Paris is a special place, a city the world associates with romance, culture, good times and the fine things of life.

John Key says New Zealand is less vulnerable than other countries and being part of the Five Eyes Club gives us an advantage in the fight against terrorism.

Attacks on a sports stadium and concert venue in Paris show no sign of affecting events in New Zealand.

A woman who survived the massacre inside the Bataclan Theatre in Paris by pretending to be dead says she whispered "I love you" to everyone she knew.

Kiwi Muslims have raised their voices, protesting the Islamic State and urging the global community to rally against the world's "common enemy".

Woman can be heard screaming: "I'm pregnant, please help me I'm going to drop out." WARNING: This article contains disturbing footage.

Suicide attacks are much more common in the Middle East, the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and Africa

The Philippines is vowing "higher security" for world leaders at an economic summit in Manila next week following the Paris terror attacks.

President Francois Hollande says France will be "merciless" against those behind the deadliest attacks in the country in decades.

Daniel Psenny first thought the shots he heard came from the cop movie playing on his television. Soon after, he realised they came from the Bataclan concert hall.

Despite reports the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, there is no definitive proof as of yet.

Rachel Smalley, recovering in Beirut from her first marathon, hot-footed it to a bomb site where at least 43 people were killed in a shopping street.

Aviation security is likely to be tightened following a review that's been given impetus by the apparent bombing of a Russian plane in Egypt.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested by University of Missouri police for posting threats to the racially roiled campus on social media,.

Three major airlines announced yesterday that they would no longer fly over the Sinai Peninsula after a Russian passenger plane crashed in the area.

Veteran diplomat Carl Worker has been appointed the role which was created late last year after NZ confirmed plans to send troops to Iraq.

Taliban insurgents have seized control of key facilities across a major city in northern Afghanistan, driving back stunned security forces in a multi-pronged attack.

Prime Minister says New Zealand will not rush to sign up to coalition against Islamic State proposed by Russian's President Vladimir Putin.

Nothing less than a multifaceted strategy is required to address both the political causes and the military symptoms of the rise of Isis, writes Robert Patman.

Jihadists are defecting from Isis after their "Islamist utopia" of luxury cars and "heroism" never materialised.

The latest issue of Dabiq, Isis' English-language magazine, contains a conspicuous number of offensive provocations.

Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the United States Defence Intelligence Agency said yesterday in a frank assessment that is at odds with Obama Administration policy.

Britain should "crush" Isil by taking part in military action in Syria, a former Archbishop of Canterbury suggests today amid mounting calls for further air strikes.

The clandestine programme represents a significant escalation of the CIA's involvement in the war in Syria, enlisting the agency's powerful Counterterrorism Centre.

Thailand's junta is under scrutiny after mistakenly showing an unrelated picture of a suicide vest during a nationally televised broadcast announcing the arrest of a foreign man in connection with....

Barefoot, blindfolded and dressed only in blue hospital pyjamas, the Moroccan gunman accused of attacking passengers on a train from Amsterdam to Paris was led into a court building in the French....

Police insist they would rather risk a prosecution failing than risk members of the community being hurt or killed after a 18-year-old from Melbourne was cleared of a terror charge.

Security was stepped up on major European rail services as fears of "blowback" attacks by jihadis returning from Syria escalated after a gunman known to the intelligence agencies opened fire on a high-speed train bound for Paris.