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Kate Turska: Time to recognise the Holodomor as genocide.
Watch: Driver inches from death as missile explodes on busy Kyiv motorway
Dashcam captures terrifying moment missile rains down on packed motorway.
Sudan: Youngsters die in Khartoum orphanage
60 infants, toddlers and older children perished over the past six weeks.
Nato to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests
The Nato-led peacekeeping mission currently consists of almost 3800 troops.
Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient’s remains return to his hometown
Luther Story's actions in the Korean War in 1950 would ensure he was remembered.
New police pursuit revealed, wet weather lashes North & drone strikes rock Kyiv | Focus Morning Bulletin: 29 May, 2023
Revised pursuit policy set to be unveiled, heavy rain and wind hits the upper North Island and Russia launches one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Russia launches ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukraine since war began
The attack lasted more than five hours, air defence shot down more than 40 drones.
Rights groups slam restrictions on Afghan women
The Taliban barred females from public spaces and most jobs, and banned education.
Moscow’s forces hit clinic in central Ukrainian city
Moscow’s forces struck a building containing psychology and veterinary clinics.
Damage to dam submerges island community
Ukraine’s snowmelt and the runoff from rainy days winds up in the Kakhovka Reservoir.
US v China: We know what side we're on - Defence Minister Andrew Little
There's not enough debate going in Labour, says one party stalwart.
Russia TV celebrates as it reports the capture of Bakhmut
A TV report showed a smouldering Ukraine city and Russian fighters yelling "Victory!"
Editorial: G7 issues threats, few solutions
Opinion: Our editorial on the gathering of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan.
Russia says Wagner private army seized Bakhmut
Forces of the Wagner private army seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Russia-Ukraine War: inside a respite house for New Zealand soldiers in Ukraine
New Zealand pastor Owen Pomana has been running the Dnipro house for around three months.
The show must go on: Ukrainian director drafted ahead of opening night
The play is drawn from real-life experiences of Ukrainians enduring the Russian invasion.
'I do nothing else': Ukrainian trauma surgeon operates on soldiers all day long
'I don’t even remember the last time I extracted a bullet.'
Ukraine grain shipping deal extended in boost for global food security
Ukraine's ability to ship grain across the Black Sea will continue for the next 2 months.
Billion dollar budget for cyclone recovery, Luxon lagging in new poll & 'technical error' launches rocket at southern Israel | Focus Morning Bulletin: 15 May, 2023
Concerns billion dollar cyclone recovery budget may not go far enough for regions, Christopher Luxon lagging behind in new poll and a "technical error" launches a rocket at southern Israel in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson push Zelensky's right to speak at Eurovision final
Pair say Ukrainian president should speak as he would have at home as host nation.
'Devastated': AFP journalist killed during intense battle in Ukraine
Arman Soldin, 32, was with a team of AFP journalists travelling with Ukrainian soldiers.
Israeli strikes: Senior commanders and families killed in attacks
Three senior commanders and members of their families were killed in the attacks.
Ukraine air force downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot
It's the first time Ukraine has intercepted one of Moscow’s most modern missiles.
Editorial: Mysterious motives behind Kremlin drone strike
Opinion: Our editorial on the theories hovering around an aerial 'assault' in Moscow.
Russia-Ukraine war: US sending about $483m in military aid to Ukraine
The new package includes Hydra-70 rockets - unguided rockets that are fired from aircraft.
Zelenskyy denies sending drones to strike Kremlin
Russia claimed it foiled an overnight assassination attack.
Russia missile attack on Ukraine injures 34, damages homes
Russia attacked Ukraine for the second time in days.
Watch: Williams Corporation director likens media attacks to Nazi concentration camps
Williams Corporation managing director and co-owner Matthew Horncastle says when media attack him he imagines he is a Jewish business owner hauled to a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation. Video / Supplied
Coca-Cola and Pepsi supplies threatened by Sudan war
Experts fear stockpiles could run out within five to six months.
Sudan clash: UK will cease evacuation flights on Saturday
A ‘significant decline’ in evacuee numbers means the last flight will leave this week.
Destiny Church leaders make Gallipoli pilgrimage
Brian and Hannah Tamaki pay tribute to the fallen soldiers who did not return.
'Scorched earth war' in Darfur city of Sudan
Foreign governments evacuate thousands as tens of thousands of Sudanese try to flee.