Mayor urges young people to make friends and try new experiences.

From our new Prime Minister, to the 31-year-old changing the face of Europe.

Millionaire's daughter allegedly jumped a red light in her Lexus and killed five people.

New Zealand's 10 medals at the Invictus Games has already surpassed our previous record.

24,000 people evacuated and airspace closed over the region after depot explosions.

WARNING: Graphic. Police have labelled this the most brutal murder in LA's history.

The US President's pledge to partner with Putin has drawn swift condemnation.

Hackers caused widespread disruption for businesses, banks and airports across Europe.

A destructive computer code used to bring down a power grid has sparked fresh fears.

Spending by tourists on Visa cards was up 12 per cent last year, hitting $2.8 billion.

The town of Pripyat is a model of technology gone catastrophically wrong.

A motorcyclist crashed in to a car when he was distracted by a girl twerking roadside.

Less than 72 hours before he was fatally shot, Denis gave one of his final interviews.

A Russian MP who fled Moscow fearing Putin's secret service has been assassinated.

Diplomat Gerard van Bohemen reflects on the two years he spent on the high-powered UN Security Council.

No issue appears to have flummoxed GOP lawmakers as much as Trump's consistent defense of Vladimir Putin.

US President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin discuss coordinating on ISIS and Syria, Kremlin says.

Stranded on a train track for 2 days, this terrified dog faced certain death. But thanks to her loving companion, Lucy survived the horrifying ordeal.

Xero spokesperson says staff are "deeply saddened by the loss" of two employees who died during an overnight walk in the Tararua Range.

Tapped phone conversations filled with swearing and codenames were among the most critical pieces of evidence into MH17. Here's what really went on.

Documents of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin party reportedly show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump's campaign chairman.

Helen Clark's bid for the UN Secretary General job has been raised by Foreign Minister Murray McCully during a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin may have unleashed his worst enemy when Nadia Savchenko was freed from Russian prison.

The former Soviet city of Pripyat, the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, has became an unlikely drawcard for international tourists

Russia and Ukraine sank further into a widening trade war yesterday, as Russia halted all gas deliveries to Ukraine.

The biggest pieces of wreckage have vanished, hauled away to the Netherlands for analysis, and green stalks of grass are poking through the burned ground where the centre section exploded.

A powerful explosion killed a number of firefighters yesterday as they fought to control a blazing fuel depot which had burned through the night outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Ukraine accused Russia of sponsoring a terrorist attack on a peace march in the city of Kharkiv that left two dead and at least 10 wounded.