Australian police have urged parents to keep a closer eye on their children and monitor social media activity, after foiling yet another alleged teenage terror plot.

A 17-year-old has been charged with preparing for a terrorism act after police swooped to foil a reported plan to explode bombs on Mother's Day in the heart of Melbourne.

A bitter row has erupted among top writers over the decision to award a top prize for freedom to Charlie Hebdo.

The security Jeremiahs will be most put out. Not one sword-wielding ninja, or explosive-belted suicide bomber, shattered the peace of Anzac Day commemorations. Anywhere.

A Kiwi jihadist who claims to be fighting in Syria with the Islamic State has called for terror attacks in New Zealand.

A former New Zealander now living in Denmark says her son was killed when he travelled to Syria to fight with Isis after authorities failed to stop him.

There are no immediate plans to tighten security measures across NZ shopping centres and cinemas following a warning the nation is a "sitting duck" for a terror attack.

Terrorists must, because of their inherent weakness, select soft targets. Few may be softer than a country that likes to think it is closeted by its isolation.

Five teenagers arrested in counter terrorism raids were allegedly planning IS-inspired attacks on police at Anzac Day events in Melbourne.

More New Zealanders were being monitored because of their links to Islamic State the head of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service says.

New Zealanders travelling to Gallipoli have been assured they will be safe from terrorism at the centenary commemorations.

Jurors were shown video of the moment a pressure cooker bomb ripped through the crowds at the marathon finish line.

For two days after the first gunshots sent her running for cover, Cynthia Charotich lay in a cupboard under piles of clothes, cramped and silent.

When al-Shabaab gunmen burst through the gates of her Kenyan university at dawn on Thursday, Cynthia Cheroitich crawled into a cupboard and hid.

Most of the 147 victims of a terror attack on a Kenyan university on Thursday died execution-style as they lined up waiting for their turn to be shot.

The latest Edward Snowden file spying revelations is a grievous abuse of power that should call into question that the GCSB is an agency concerned with protecting our security.

Kiwis have rejected government surveillance of their own communications - and that of people in other countries, according to new survey.

The IS terror group has vowed to blow up world-famous landmarks such as Big Ben, Eiffel Tower and the White House in an audio broadcast.

A teenage Melbourne terrorist who reportedly died in a suicide bombing in Iraq had previously been plotting an attack in Australia.

Police have apologised to the families of three London girls who flew to Turkey to join Isis (Islamic State) in Syria after it emerged that officers failed to alert them that a schoolfriend of the trio had left to join the militants.

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has announced it is joining Isis by apparently releasing an audio statement swearing allegiance.

John Key says new claims around intelligence collection are wrong - but he won't say why.

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the GCSB has broken the law by spying on New Zealand citizens in Pacific nations.

New Zealand's electronic surveillance agency has dramatically expanded its spying operations since John Key came to power.

Jihadi John's father has disowned his terrorist son in an emotional outburst, calling him "a dog, an animal and a terrorist".

Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.