The attacks left at least 34 people dead and more than 200 injured and Isis claimed responsibility.

Kiwi political leaders and terror experts agree attacks like those in Brussels are difficult to prevent.

COMMENT: The tenets of Muslim belief are not compatible with a secular society, writes Alan Duff.

A Sydney schoolgirl has been arrested by counter-terrorism police for allegedly sending money to a terrorist organisation.

A Muslim sect in New Zealand is describing the attacks in Brussels as "heinous and utterly inhumane".

A New Zealander who works next to the Brussels airport where twin explosions killed at least 11 people has described the chaos in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

Some airports, such as the one in Beirut, require security screening before passengers can even go to check-in desks, writes Steve Hewitt. Is that a feasible solution for major airports?

Kiwi Michael Nutt arrived at work, directly beside Zaventem Airport in the Belgian capital, shortly after the deadly explosions last night.

This is the tender moment two survivors embraced outside a Brussels Metro station - minutes after a blast killed 20 commuters on a crowded train.

Brussels bombers' deadly arsenal tore their victims to shreds.

The call made by Johnson, which was played yesterday at the inquest 2014 Lindt Cafe siege reveals Monis likely planned his attack for months.

It was likely to be yet another fruitless raid, the latest chapter in the agonizing four-month search for the terrorists. But it was anything but routine.

Conspiracy theorists say jihadi bride claims deliberately created a climate to ease the way for our spy agencies to be given more power, which they now do look likely to get, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: Key and Kitteridge owe us all, and NZ Muslim women especially, an apology.

Suspected al Qaeda terrorists shot dead a five-year-old boy who fell to his knees and prayed for his life during a terror attack on a tourist resort in Ivory Coast.

As many as 200 soldiers were killed in an attack on a Kenyan military camp in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamists last month.

The Independent Review of Intelligence and Security Services is due to deliver its recommendations to the Government on Monday.

The jihadist group Islamic State has shocked the world with its brutality, writes James Gelvin. Its sudden prominence has led to much speculation about the group's origins.

Ceasefire means little as rebels hold various factions at bay and children typically become the victims.

The Islamic State's recruitment of foreign fighters has slowed significantly, Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says, as the US-led coalition increasingly cuts off sources of funding to the extremist group.

Gerry Brownlee is leaving for Europe today for a meeting of countries to discuss the US-led coalition against Isis.

A savage Isis group that consisted of Jihadi John and four other extremists were called the Beatles by victims because of their British accents.

Several Republican candidates called for a return to the criticised anti-terrorism tactics used under the George W Bush Administration.

A woman whose tip-off allowed police to kill the Paris Attacks ringleader says he planned further attacks including one on a creche, and bragged about entering from Syria.

This is what the frontline near the Isis stronghold of Mosul looks like.

The women were forced to take the tests after escaping Isis by Iraq's Kurdistan government.

Australian teen Sevdet Besim boasted he would "love to take out some cops. I was gonna meet with them then take some heads".