Auckland woman thought she found love online, but the Syrian refugee became abusive.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to provide transcript of Trump meeting derided.

The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings.

US Central Command refused to comment on the strike until its investigation is finished.

She was meant to spy on him, instead an FBI agent married her IS enemy assignment.

New wife would have to be willing to join him in Isis capital.

An arms supply hub operated by Hezbollah in Damascus was apparently hit in the attack.

Shocking new details of Syria's torture and murder of its citizens have emerged.

The first child he found lying on the floor was dead. The second was alive, barely.

North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.

Tweets from 7yo Syrian refugee in ravaged Aleppo will become a book.

Russian Foreign Minister says the attack in Syria may have been orchestrated.

COMMENT: This sketch of Sean Spicer at a press conference is dedicated to John Clarke.

United States invented tale of gas attack to justify air strike, claims Assad.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is meeting with Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State.

EDITORIAL: Trump needs to treat North Korea with the same care he showed with Syria.

A CBS News poll found majority support for the bombing ordered by Trump.

What did firing of 59 tomahawks achieve? With each passing day, it looks less meaningful.

Could Obama have attacked Syria and prevented last week's Sarin-related deaths?

Despite US military action, China and US relations remained positive after the weekend.

The Syrian air strikes aren't likely to lead to a global conflict, Bill English says.

Residents devastated by chemical weapons attack said warplanes had returned to bomb them.

COMMENT: We live in a troubled world and that doesn't look like changing anytime soon.

Here are seven key points for understanding this dramatic shift in policy.

The Defence Minister says a request from the United States is unlikely.

Russia says US strikes were illegal and "one step away from military clashes with Russia".

Nine people are said to have been killed in the US airstrike.

Oil jumped as the US missile attack against Syria roiled global financial markets.

Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad has weighed in on the US air strikes.

Graphic shows which countries are siding with Russia or the US, after Syrian airstrikes.