Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

US President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin discuss coordinating on ISIS and Syria, Kremlin says.

Travellers with valid visas and green cards have reportedly been prevented from boarding flights and turned away at US border control.

The 750 refugees who arrive in NZ each year now face a whole new journey navigating our foreign land.

The father of a toddler who was found dead lying face down in the mud after trying to flee Myanmar has pleaded with the world to take notice. WARNING: GRAPHIC

Sitting in her family's new apartment in Turkey, Fatemah al-Abed still cannot believe they made it out of Aleppo alive.

Turkish authorities are hunting a lone gunman who opened fire at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing 39 and wounding 70.

Herald photographer Brett Phibbs has been recognised by Newsweek in their annual 'most iconic photos' section.

A fragile ceasefire in Syria is hanging in the balance after fresh clashes between government forces and rebel fighters near the capital.

Mass graves with the bodies of civilians subjected to brutal torture have been found in Aleppo areas left by militants.

Syrian refugee Mohamad Eid Morad and his family are grateful to be celebrating a safe first Christmas together in New Zealand.

Tens of thousands of people from east Aleppo as well as two Shi'ite villages in Syria's Idlib province have been evacuated.

New Zealand is increasing aid to those affected by six years of bloody civil war in Syria.

A chilling video shows two young girls - aged 7 and 9 - being embraced and kissed by their parents before being sent on suicide missions in Damascus.

COMMENT: I don't want to live in a world where we shrug our shoulders at the destruction of a state and the killing of its people. That's not the NZ that I grew up in.

A look at the two main players in the killing of a Russian diplomat in Ankara, Turkey.

COMMENT: The situation is complex even for the people who live there, let alone us trying to understand it. None of our business.

Now, as the battle reaches its final stages, visitors are returning to the historical sites at the city's centre - and taking selfies amid the ruins.

The evacuation has been suspended after pro-Govt militias demanded wounded people also be brought out of two Shi'ite villages besieged by rebel fighters.

A small faction of people, some wearing 'Make America Great Again caps, ended up clashing with the Syrian Solidarity NZ group.

Even though the city he grew up in has been largely destroyed by war, Ibrahim Abu Laith says he will return.

Of all the events of 2016, the Syrian conflict has been the darkest.

COMMENT: The indiscriminate killing in Syria and the use of chemical weapons continues. Women and children are gunned down in the streets. For what?

Four and a half years and hundreds of thousands of deaths later, the end of the rebellion in Syria is drawing near.

Dozens of people have been executed by Syrian government loyalists sweeping through the remaining opposition-held districts of Aleppo.

The end of a long and bloody war is nearing but the use of deadly weapons is escalating. Those trapped inside Syria's Aleppo have no way out.

Syrian government forces swept through the old city of Aleppo as rebel forces debated when to withdraw from their shattered stronghold.

Syrian forces are arresting and forcibly conscripting civilians fleeing opposition-held areas of east Aleppo, relatives of detainees say.

New Zealand tried and failed to get a truce in Aleppo.

Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs.