After 9/11, a top US General travelled to George W Bush's private ranch. What followed set off a series of events that changed history.

Suicide bombers suspected of links to Isis struck for the fourth time in less than a week when they targeted three locations in Saudi Arabia.

COMMENT: With less than a month to go until Rio, serious concerns have been raised about the safety of tourists and teams arriving in the city.

The FBI is not recommending criminal charges be brought against Hillary Clinton over the use of her private email server. Turkey has charges 17 more people over the recent deadly gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's international airport.

Tell Obama his drone operations are unacceptable, writes Brian Rudman.

Facebook's campaign against jihadis using the social media platform is causing all sorts of problems for those named after the Egyptian goddess of motherhood.

Massacres attributed to Isis have struck on four continents this year, reflecting how its appeal is growing despite setbacks in Iraq and Syria.

Australian Amy Perrett became the first woman assistant referee in Super Rugby on Saturday, she talks to Laura about going to the Olympics An Auckland apartment owner is offering, what may appear to be a welcome reprieve from the housing crisis, at $115 for a bed in a shared room, including water, electricity and unlimited WiFi. But it comes with a hitch And we celebrate Māori Language Week

Today, on NZH Focus, at least 125 people are dead and about 150 wounded after an explosion in Baghdad. Facebook is on the verge of signing a deal with the Maori Language Commission to develop a tool which will translate posts into te reo Maori. Also, a report says a better approach is urgently needed to help school-aged NZers having unprotected sex.

New Zealanders are being warned not to travel to Turkey after the bombing of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport that killed at least 36 people.

At least 36 killed and 140 wounded after three suicide bombers attack Istanbul airport with explosive vests and AK-47s.

Inquest reveals details of Sydney seige gunman's death

The survey, commissioned by a French human rights group, came after terror attacks in Belgium and months after deadly assaults in Paris.

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen demanded to a crisis negotiator that the US "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to transcripts released by the FBI.

Key details remain unknown about what exactly happened during the violent episode in Orlando and the hostage standoff that followed.

The 16-strong New Zealand Defence Force team is joining forces with around 2000 personnel from the Five Eyes partner nations.

A solemn President Barack Obama visited with grief-stricken families of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.

COMMENT: I write this as a Muslim even though being a Muslim does not define me.

COMMENT: The latest act of terror in Florida has once again raised questions about the malicious influence of radical Islam.

FBI agents had Omar Mateen on their radar for years, and long suspected him of jihadist sympathies.

A man has killed a policeman and his wife in an attack at their home in a Paris suburb by a man who reportedly yelled 'Allahu Akhbar'.

We will never know precisely why a 29-year-old American went to a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and started shooting people.

COMMENT: This incident raises questions about the dangers of the pursuit of intolerance and hatred through political, social and religious teachings.

In the grim statistics of terrorism in America, the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando appears to represent the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11.

The gunman in America's worst mass shooting had been investigated by the FBI for terror links twice but was still able to purchase high-powered weapons.

The first American captured on the battlefield after escaping to fight with Islamic State has a message for other westerners - don't go there

In March, a senior commander with Isis was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion.

Followers of Islamic State doctrine face court in NZ.

The first person in the country caught with graphic terrorist propaganda will be sentenced in an Auckland court this morning.

Isis (Islamic State) insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria yesterday.