The mother of a murdered Bay of Plenty teenager said today she was unable to describe how she felt about her son's "brutal, absolutely senseless death". A Mongrel Mob member ran down Jordan Herewini in Murupara last year.

The Iranian woman facing the death penalty for adultery could be executed in the next 24 hours.

The small French airline Aigle Azur has become the first European-based carrier to resume flights to Baghdad since the early 1990s.

A look at the United States war logs for one day from the WikiLeaks release, October 17, 2006, 24 chaotic hours of car bombs, kidnaps and death squads.

Canary Enterprises' success is built on taking a familiar product, then adding value.

Sophisticated computer worm has to be the work of a government - but which one, and why?

The Independent looks at a vanishing breed - the investigative journalist.

Leaders of the main moderate Palestinian factions have voted to oppose further negotiations while building continues in Jewish settlements.

London insurers have radical plans to reduce seaborne hijackings.

Many US and British officers warn that corrupt police are turning people against the government and 'acting as Taleban recruiting sergeants.'