John Key returns from an overseas trip tomorrow after tumultuous week of affairs. Audrey shares an insider's view of the Prime Minister's week.

Having to attend a work Christmas party may have been the motive for Syed Rizwan Farook's shooting spree that killed 14.

New Zealand is leading a bid to get UN Security Council members to agree to resumption of a ceasefire in Syria.

The sister of the San Bernardino shooter has spent months trying to adopt her niece, but so far is only allowed to see her in six-hour regular visits.

The targeted killing of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was the biggest in a string of successes against high-value targets.

The suspect in a knife attack at Ohio that injured 11 people posted an online rant shortly before he drove his car into a crowd and began stabbing people.

COMMENT: The event is worth being reminded of because this sorry chapter shows this country is indeed a blip on the radar screen by the French.

A far-Right extremist has been told he will never be released after being convicted of murdering British Labour MP Jo Cox.

Seven men arrested by anti-terror police in France initially planned to target the Euro 2016 European soccer, police say.

A year after Nick Alexander died in Bataclan massacre, the friend who held him to the end braved her demons to attend a concert to reopen the Paris venue.

President-elect Donald Trump's campaign staff has erased from his website a statement detailing one of his controversial proposals.

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

COMMENT: Islamic State is a long way away so we don' t really have to worry about it - right? Wrong.

Thousands of residents poured out of eastern neighbourhoods of Mosul yesterday, the first significant wave of people to escape the city held by Isis.

New Zealand's top security systems were activated to deal with a serious domestic terrorism threat, it has emerged.

Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the UK or France.

NZ has a "broad sense" of the number of Kiwis fighting with IS and has monitoring in place in case they tried to return home, John Key says.

A 'viable device' found on a London Underground train was part of a plot to attack the transport network, it is believed.

Europe must prepare for a fresh influx of Isis jihadists fleeing Mosul as the Iraqi Army moves in on their last stronghold in the country.

Kurdish fighters meet fierce resistance from jihadists in battle for Mosul.

Iraq has launched its biggest fight against Isis. PM Haider al-Abadi pledged to raise the Iraqi flag over Mosul once more.

Amira Karroum was beautiful and accomplished, but also lonely: an easy mark for the Islamic State recruiter who lured her to a barbaric death.

Thick black plumes of smoke carry for kilometres over the northern Iraqi landscape, blotting out the afternoon sun and making it feel like night.

A Syrian man suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany on behalf of Isis (Islamic State) was arrested after being captured by fellow Syrians.

Harry Sarfo's sanitized tale of being an innocent bystander reveals worrisome blind spots for intelligence authorities.

"It is a scary time because you never know when it will happen again."

Nine days after the 9/11, 2001, attacks, George W. Bush stood before Congress to outline a two-pronged response to history's deadliest terrorist act.

Gathering dust in a New York basement are 3,483 items from victims of 9/11 - among them fragments of jewellery, wallets and keys - waiting for reclamation.

A 22-year-old man charged with committing a terrorist act following a stabbing in Sydney's west was inspired by Isis, police say.