A New Zealand documentary maker has escaped the Gaza Strip in a taxi as Israeli air strikes began while he was filming.

A group of Latin American leaders yesterday declared that votes by two American states to legalise cannabis have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling.

The Australian Army is about to find out that deciding to pull out of Afghanistan is one thing. Getting home is something else again.

Russian women carry supplies to Stalingard defenders after a German air raid on the city.

Report highlights increasing use of 'double-tap' tactics which are terrorising an entire population with death from the skies.

New Zealand has been allocated 2000 of the 10,000 places available for the 2015 dawn service at Gallipoli - guess which country gets the rest?

The grandfather of a Kiwi soldier killed in Afghanistan has welcomed the arrest of a senior Taliban member connected to the attack.

Sports writer Dan Coyle tells Phil Taylor about his long battle to cut through the PR myths surrounding Lance Armstrong and organised doping in cycling.

Irfan Yusuf says if Muslims took time to see just how bad the video is, they might realise it's not worth getting so upset about.

With our troops pulling out of Afghanistan next year, one big question remains on whether the mission was worth it. Richard Jackson and Alexander Gillespie debate the issue.