In a defiant speech, the public broadcaster's managing director, Mark Scott, said the ABC was not an official mouthpiece and had a duty to air a diversity of views.

Legislation stripping terrorists with dual nationality of their Australian citizenship will be introduced into Parliament today.

Two of Australia's most notorious terrorists have been killed while fighting with Islamic State (Isis) in the Middle East, according to reports.

The CIA did not know in advance that al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen was among the suspected militants targeted in a lethal drone strike last week, according to United States officials who said that the....

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that Nasir al-Wuhayshi, its No 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, has been killed in a United States strike.

The Islamic State has been making appeals online, calling for supporters to make donations using the online current Bitcoin.

The elite Seal Team Six fighting force which killed Osama bin Laden has warped and bloated into an unaccountable organisation which targets low-level militants and "street thugs", according to a new account of the secretive unit.

Lindt cafe gunman Man Haron Monis craved attention and wanted to be "a hero in his own story". He drove luxury cars with personalised plates and wore a 1930s gangster-style cream striped suit.

John Keys says NZ Defence Force chiefs have not shared the same concerns as US leaders about willingness of Iraqi troops to fight the Islamic State.

Eye-witnesses say streets of Palmyra are strewn with hundreds of bodies – the latest victims of terrorists's savagery.

Saudi Arabia has identified the suicide bomber who killed 21 worshippers at a mosque for the minority Shiite community and confirmed his link to the Islamic State group.

Ten things we've learned from the documents recovered from the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.

London-based former senior officer in the Pakistan Army accused of being a supergrass who sold the secret location of Osama bin Laden to the CIA.

Joanna Norris is chair of the New Zealand Media Freedom Committee and editor of the Press. The Canon Media Awards to be held on Friday celebrate media freedom.

A ginger-haired fanatic wanted to kill Prince Charles in the hope that redhead Prince Harry would become king, a UK court has heard.

The Obama Administration has rubbished claims that its account of the 2011 raid which killed Osama bin Laden was fabricated, describing allegations that Pakistan co-operated with the US to kill the....

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 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.

Bag checks may become a reality for shoppers in response to growing terror threats.

New Zealand is a "sitting duck" for a terror attack and should consider bag checks of shoppers and moviegoers.

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.