An insecticide implicated in a Kiwi tourist's death could be harming NZ workers, the Green Party claims.

The father of a New Zealander who died suddenly in Thailand suspects Thai authorities have covered up the circumstances surrounding her death to protect their tourism industry.

Sunni-Shia hostility in the Muslim world is likely to deepen because of the demolition of Shia holy places in Bahrain.

Britain and France have argued Nato is taking too long to destroy Colonel Gaddafi's military regime.

South African judge Richard Goldstone said yesterday that he did not plan to seek nullification of his highly critical United Nations report.

New Zealand health experts are leading a push to make the world largely smokefree by 2040.

Ivory Coast has been plunged back into civil war after a slow-burning election crisis developed into violence.

Syrian police launched a relentless assault on a neighbourhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in a pre-dawn operation, witnesses said.

The question of exactly who's in charge of the Libyan operation has divided the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

Serious fractures emerged in the international community yesterday over military intervention in Libya.