For the dwindling band who still remember the horrors, it was possibly the last time they would gather to remind the world of their story.

The first female Church of England bishop described her consecration service as an “occasion of prayer and of party”.

In Europe and even parts of the United States, Jews report rising levels of the "oldest hatred". And we aren't immune from the subject here in New Zealand, writes Inge Woolf.

Women are far more likely to believe in God than men, a major study of attitudes among middle-aged Britons has found.

At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in the West African nation of Niger over the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.

The role of British female jihadists in inciting terrorism in the UK has been uncovered by the ICSR which has identified a group of around 30 female Britons based in northern

Freedom of expression requires there to be a freedom not to say, not to publish certain things.

Pope Francis has said there are limits to freedom of expression and that anyone who ridicules someone else's religion could deserve a punch.

The controversial anti-Islamic Pegida movement and terror attacks in neighbouring France are polarising Germany.

A samba school has honoured Pope Francis during the opening of a hugely popular carnival in Argentina.

A samba school has organised an unusual show to honour Pope Francis during the opening of a hugely popular carnival in Argentina.

France has responded to the murderous assaults on journalists, police and Jews with an outpouring of grief and national unity, yet once the emotions recede it faces the harder task of neutralising....

When it comes to home-grown anti-Semitism, France leads the world, writes Stephen Pollard.

The first pictures of three of the four hostages killed in yesterday's kosher supermarket siege in Paris have emerged.

The wife of the Paris supermarket gunman may be in Syria, police sources have said.

Police were fed intelligence about the Charlie Hebdo gunmen’s hideout in Dammartin-en-Goele by a graphic designer hiding under a sink.

The New Zealand Jewish Council released a statement in which it 'unequivocally condemned' the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Two days of manhunts and sieges came to an abrupt and violent end in the space of just five minutes.

The two brothers named by French authorities as chief suspects in the attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris were on the U.S. no-fly list.

Classmates of the youngest man identified as a suspect in yesterday's deadly Paris shooting say he was in class at the time of the attack.

The Maori Party distanced itself from former candidate Derek Fox after he controversially blamed the victims of the Paris terror attacks for their deaths.

Holding signs and posters aloft, more than 200 people gathered at a vigil in Wellington last night to "share their sorrow" following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.

Kiwi cartoonist Dylan Horrocks has spoken of the shock among the tight-knit global cartooning community following the massacre at Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo.

One of three suspects in the massacre of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo has handed himself in to police after seeing his name on social media.

Despite receiving numerous threats over cartoons of Muhammed, France's foremost satirical magazine never shied from attacking Islamic extremism.

Questions surround people dressed as Buddhist monks who are targeting tourists and shoppers in Queen St to solicit cash donations for a Thai temple.