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Iranian group to challenge aid blockade
The Iranian Red Crescent is planning to send humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza in a brazen challenge to Israel's sea blockade.
US involved in deadly Yemen attack - watchdog
Amnesty International says a US cruise missile armed with cluster ammunition was used in an attack in Yemen which left 52 dead.
UN proposes Palmer to head Gaza inquiry
Former New Zealand prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer has been suggested to lead an inquiry into the raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla a week ago.
MFAT confirms identity of captured Kiwi
Several activists were killed when Israeli marines raided a Turkish ship near Gaza. Others were captured, including NZ's Nicola Enchmarch.
NZ woman held by Israeli authorities named
A NZ woman held by Israeli authorities after being taken from a flotilla attacked by Israeli forces is named.
NZ woman on board aid flotilla
A New Zealander was on board the aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos in international waters.
Israel rejects claim of nuclear offer to South Africa
Israel yesterday described as baseless reported findings in a new book that it offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975.
Stress taking toll on bomb disposal experts
In an attempt to take the pressure off bomb disposal officers in Afghanistan, combat engineers will now be tasked with blowing up many improvised devices rather than having to dismantle all of them.
Hummus wars: Lebanon goes one up
A new record has been set in the Middle Eastern equivalent of our scrap over pavlova with Aussie - with a ten ton batch of hummus
Luxury resort in the middle of a war zone
Under the gaze of the Israeli army, one man is building an extraordinary hotel.
South Asia becomes centre of violence
Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.
<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Cool heads in hotspots
Our small country has a long record in world peacekeeping.