Full transcript of an address by US President Donald Trump about the Syria air strikes.

The Tomahawk has been a critical part of US warfare since the Gulf War in 1991.

The main question after strikes on Syria - how does Russia respond?

Trump is reportedly considering military action over horror chemical attack.

'These heinous actions by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated,' US President says.

Father heartbroken after losing his two children, wife in the suspected chemical attack.

Chemical attack on Syrian town demands action from those backing the Assad regime.

Assad regime blamed for suspected sarin strike that kills 100 including 25 children.

A suspected chemical attack has left at least 58 people dead in Syria.

Iraqi government forces halted the fight for Mosul yesterday.

Mosul was captured by Isis in June 2014 after the Iraqi army fled the city.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but Isis supporters appear happy about.

The GCSB will soon be able to spy on Kiwis under reforms passed into law today.

Aid deliveries have all but stopped for hundreds of thousands of Syrians.

COMMENT: It's been six years since war broke out in Syria and it shows no signs of ending.

A standoff between Turkey and Kurdish forces is complicating the operation to retake Raqqa, writes Raf Sanchez.

White House press conference on Obamacare and immigration ban.

The true horror of Islamic State's mass killings may never fully be known.

More than 2800 needy children are already being sponsored by the charity Variety's Kiwi Kids scheme, launched in 2013, and a further 600 are on its waiting list.

Russian media denied that chemical attacks had taken place, depicting rescue workers as jihadist militants and doctors as propagandist purveyors of "fake news".

A Russian airstrike in northern Syria has killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 more, senior Russian officials have confirmed.

Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept nuclear-capable Russian bombers over the North Atlantic.

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

Twice a week in the middle of the night, men were taken in "meat fridges" to their death inside a military prison. WARNING: Graphic.

Syrian President al-Assad's Govt has secretly executed between 5000 and 13,000 people in just one prison as part of its campaign to eliminate opposition.

Nearly one in two Americans support Donald Trump's block on some immigrants

US Embassy confirms NZ dual citizens excluded from travel ban.

It was a chilling prediction issued as part of a propaganda video intended to fuel hatred between Muslims and the West.

A young Kiwi couple's dream to see America has been dashed - at least temporarily - by Donald Trump's ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim nations.

Prime Minister Bill English says it remains unclear whether a US travel ban applies to New Zealanders who also hold a passport from Muslim-majority countries.