A NZ minister has given his support to an atheist campaign asking people to question the existence of God.

Destiny Church ministers and leaders are heading to its Brisbane branch after more than half the congregation - including its pastor - walked out.

Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot.

Kiwi sportspeople scheduled to compete in India could be endangered after a chilling warning from al Qaeda.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim.

Thousands of tourists wearing masks and costumes thronged Venice's car-free streets on Saturday as the city's celebration of Carnival began.