The parents of triplets who died in the Doha mall fire have made an emotional plea for justice after the trial over their deaths was delayed for a third time.

The hearing into the fatal fire at Doha's Villaggio mall which killed 19 people including three Kiwi triplets has been postponed for a third time.

Lebanon's Baalbek is, as Brett Atkinson, discovered, an extreme cultural mosaic.

Dating back to the second century BC, the Nabataean archaeological site, also known as Madain Saleh, has long been hidden from foreign visitors to Saudi Arabia. Assaad Abboud checks out a site that rarely opens up to tourists.

Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.

Parking congestion at Auckland mosque more pressing issue than conflagration over clumsy anti-Islamic production.

Jordan's World Heritage Site still enthrals visitors, writes Diana Balham.

In our second debate on the Electoral Commission's recommendations for MMP, Graeme Edgeler and Muriel Newman put the arguments for and against reducing the threshold. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end.

Diana Balham cruises through a danger zone without a scratch.

Official figures show Afghanistan most hazardous overseas posting for personnel.

The Government has agreed for Kiwi troops to work in a wider radius outside Bamiyan province after two soldiers were killed there on Saturday.

Prime Minister John Key has revealed the two dead soldiers were both in their 20s and did not have a lot of family in New Zealand.