A letter written by a soldier involved in the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade has shed light on who was to blame for the military defeat.

Syrian government forces swept through the old city of Aleppo as rebel forces debated when to withdraw from their shattered stronghold.

The public's reaction to Labour MP David Shearer's resignation from Parliament has so far been overwhelmingly supportive this morning.

Both brothers wound up on the USS Arizona as Japanese airplanes attacked in a maelstrom of fire and explosions on December 7, 1941, but only one survived.

The ashes of a brother who survived the Pearl Harbour attack will join his twin who was killed 75 years ago when the USS Arizona was hit.

Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs.

Syrian forces have rounded up hundreds of young men as government troops advance into rebel-held zones in embattled Aleppo.

The targeted killing of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was the biggest in a string of successes against high-value targets.

COMMENT: Do the outside powers that have intervened in the war accept Bashar al-Assad's victory, or do they keep the war going?

Donald Trump has reportedly been refusing to make time for daily intelligence briefings since the election, sparking fears about his leadership.

In an exclusive interview with the Herald, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte twice confuses New Zealand with Australia ... and asked a reporter if she was married.

Five World War II warships have mysteriously disappeared from their watery graves, leaving nothing behind but a boat shaped indentation on the seabed.

Grannies poured tea as part of a peaceful protest at Auckland's Queens Wharf today.

97 year old's Maynie Thompson and Kit Nelson march against war and the arms race

Syrian government airstrikes pounded eastern Aleppo yesterday.

Royal Navy warships will be left without anti-ship missiles and be forced to rely on naval guns because of cost-cutting.

A World War Two paratrooper who survived being shot four times in the conflict died on Remembrance Sunday while the Last Post played at 11am.

Just a day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin vowed to fight terrorism together, Russia has unleashed a major offensive against the country.

On November 11, 1918, at 11am Germany and the Allied forces signed an armistice to end four years of brutal battle, marking the end

The All Blacks will wear poppies when they play Italy on Sunday.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

A former soldier who defrauded people out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be a decorated war veteran with cancer has been jailed for 16 months.

COMMENT: Over the past 150 years the New Zealand Wars have always been central to New Zealand's history and even its popular culture.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

The Iraqi army backed by a US-led coalition is preparing an offensive to take back Mosul and ISIS is buckling down for a fight. According to American and Iraqi officials ISIS are setting booby traps; lowering explosives into holes dug throughout the city; built tunnels so that militants can quickly disappear from one location only to pop back up firing from another; and have rigged the city’s bridges with bombs.

The name of a Kiwi soldier executed for mutiny during World War I will finally be added to a war memorial dedicated to mutineers

A tiny Russian "exclave" in Europe is now a dangerous flashpoint, as tensions between Russia and the West intensify.

Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the UK or France.

A rare set of medals awarded to three New Zealand brothers who died in two consecutive wars are coming up for auction in Auckland on Saturday.