A Hawkes Bay judge has been criticised for telling a woman wearing a headscarf to leave his courtroom.

The man who held a US girl captive for 18 years is now under investigation for a string of unsolved murders.

A man was beaten and his nose and ears were slashed off for voting in defiance of the Taliban in Afghanistan's recent elections.

British swimming pools have begun hosting special Muslim swim sessions during which all swimmers will be banned from swimming if they do not comply with Islamic dress code.

Wairoa College student died while trying to rescue his prized and expensive basketball from river.

A principal and an athletic director in Florida could be charged and spend six months in jail after they prayed before a meal at a school event.

The alleged plot in Australia shows NZ must remain vigilant against terrorism, PM John Key says.

Warnings of a growing risk of home-grown terrorism rising out of young men influenced by the ideology of global jihad and the teachings of local extremists.