Groundbreaking new research puts a price tag on our natural resources.

Leaders of the main moderate Palestinian factions have voted to oppose further negotiations while building continues in Jewish settlements.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has emphasised NZ's security and development role in the Pacific in a speech to the United Nations.

The world has seen major improvements in key areas like literacy, access to clean water and infant mortality, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Countries around the world should aspire to be as prepared as New Zealand for massive natural disasters like the Christchurch earthquake.

Rating: 3/5 Verdict: The un-Seeded Nick Cave rocks hard once more.

The international panel set up to advise governments on the effects of global warming 'needs a major overhaul', a report says.

News that members of the Pakistan cricket team were allegedly paid to bowl no-balls is just the latest in a long history of match-fixing.

Authorities in Pakistan were battling yesterday to save a city in a flood-devastated southern province.

Three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year are pawns in a diplomatic game, say their families.

Washington is considering tightening sanctions against the military rulers of Myanmar, formerly Burma.

Eric Schmidt warns that the amount of personal data people leave online could force them to change their names to escape their cyber pasts.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark is calling for a major rethink about leading multilateral institutions including UN where she is No 3 in command.