Cloverlea in Palmerston North in lockdown as a manhunt continues and the Italian Coast Guard rescued 223 migrants in two different operations. Also Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London pulls out of the race for leadership of Conservative Party.
New Zealanders are being warned not to travel to Turkey after three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's Ataturk International airport. Patients could soon be able to check their surgeons' safety records before going under the knife.
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.
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.
After the massacre in Orlando, the head of a prominent Muslim advocacy group made remarks beyond the expected condemnations.
In the same way, people in 100 years will live with the consequences of the decisions we make now.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Iraqi forces have pushed into the southern edge of Fallujah, enduring car bombs and sniper fire from Isis fighters determined to hold onto the city.
A disfiguring tropical disease has spread across the Middle East as millions are displaced from the war-torn region.
Australian counterterrorism police said they arrested a 24-year-old man in Sydney yesterday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.
Senior police believed Sydney cafe hostages were "jovial" and didn't think gunman was preparing to kill them
The last member of the group of British jailers who supervised the torture and killing of Western hostages held by the Islamic State has been identified.
A drone missile strike said to have killed the Taliban's supreme leader has further undermined hopes of a peace process.
The US military has dealt a potential blow to the Taliban whose insurgent assaults pose a major obstacle to US hopes for ending the war in Afghanistan.
The younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers has qualified to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio.
A teenager has been arrested after Australian police alleged he had been planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sydney.