Cellphone entrepreneur tries again, with venture targeting emerging markets.

United States news organisation CNN International has released its top 10 places to propose to a loved one on Valentine's Day.

V8 Supercar champion James Courtney is ready to put his new red rocket into hyperdrive in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

New Zealand news cameraman Olaf Wiig has been hurt dodging a molotov cocktail in Egypt as he covered riots for Fox News.

The Government has come under criticism for not doing enough to help New Zealanders stranded in Egypt as the upheaval rages on.

Egypt has shut down the Cairo operations of Al Jazeera as part of a crackdown against anti-government demonstrations.

It's hard not to feel both hope and trepidation at what is unfolding in Egypt, writes Herald foreign desk editor Nicola Lamb.

Diplomats in Cairo are doing all they can to help New Zealanders leave Egypt, Prime Minister John Key said today, while families here are fearing for their loved ones who remain in the crisis-torn country.

Kiwis with relatives in crisis-torn Egypt say they are worried about what might happen next. More than 100 people have been killed and thousands injured in anti-government riots as protesters demand that President Mubarak resigns.

One of the women involved in a Dubai sex scandal involving a Kiwi was once sacked for being too flirtatious.

The New Zealand man caught in a violent love triangle in Dubai has reportedly spent six weeks in jail without being charged.

Eww, eww and awe ... Shayne Currie suffers vertigo in the world's tallest building.

Liz Breslin spends a day in Abu Dhabi, a city largely under construction.

The residents of Isfahan know how to make the most of an enchanted evening on the banks of the Zayandeh River.