This month's strikes are said to have killed more than 100 people in remote tribal areas - many of them, inevitably will have been civilians.

An al Qaeda plot to launch co-ordinated terror attacks in Britain, France and Germany involving shooting sprees on civilians has been uncovered in Pakistan.

Many US and British officers warn that corrupt police are turning people against the government and 'acting as Taleban recruiting sergeants.'

Kiwi sports fans heading to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games may best be advised not to broadcast their nationality.

Complaints of widespread irregularities in the Afghanistan election are pouring in.

John Key remains confident NZ will send a team to the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Sir John Walker has implored the New Zealand team to attend the next month's Commonwealth Games.

The second report from an independent security firm ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games has raised no notable fresh concerns.

September 23 is looming as D-Day for New Zealand's involvement in the crisis-torn Commonwealth Games.

Depiction of what happened in America on September 11, 2001.

For the first time in a long while, the 'Ground Zero mosque' man is avoiding the press.

The threat of terrorism and piracy has put a stop to a New Zealand-based bid to jetski from London to Auckland.