JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

It is a case that has captivated the world for more than two decades. A top cop believes he finally knows what happened to missing toddler Ben Needham.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

Relatives of Marie Colvin, a Sunday Times journalist, have filed a lawsuit claiming that Syrian government officials killed her.

COMMENT: The Sesame Street Muppets have arrived in Fiji in hope to put a smile on the faces of children who were affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.

A Red Cross leader labelled Polyfest 'cold and mean-spirited' after it initially refused to let the charity collect at the event for Pacific victims of Cyclone Pam.

Today, Trevor Strong marks off another accomplishment in a long and remarkable life; tackling it in the same steely, unruffled style he has approached all of his missions.

People should be sceptical of Moscow’s huge aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

New Zealand has donated hundreds of emergency shelter kits and a further $300,000 to help residents of cyclone-hit Tonga.

The Red Cross got no money from the high-profile publisher of a book promoted as a fundraiser for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.

Westpac Stadium has received the all-clear to host Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rugby clash in Wellington.

The Red Cross has wound down its operations in Seddon after Friday's earthquake damaged homes, leaving some uninhabitable.

A Gisborne grandmother awarded the highest international honour for nurses says she relishes her work in the world's war and disaster zones - but it does worry her mum.

Peter Calder on the documentary of Rob Hamill's solemn journey to Cambodia where his brother was killed by the Khmer Rouge.