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Ukraine declares 'war' on insurgents
Ukraine's Government said yesterday that the country was now at war with pro-Russia insurgents.
Ukraine's Government said yesterday that the country was now at war with pro-Russia insurgents.
Les Munro earned a place in history when he flew the famous Dambusters raid during World War 2. Now he will have his own place in London's Imperial War Museum.
The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was fighting for his life after a daylight assassination attempt as the country's east is dragged toward chaos.
The star witness in the trial of a radical Islamic cleric has described how he received a hug from Osama bin Laden after he was given instructions for a "shoe bomb" plot.
Labour leader David Cunliffe’s incorrect claim that his grandfather won a Military Medal was the result of a family mix-up, his office says.
One of the most infamous battles of the Land Wars has been remembered in Tauranga this morning - the Battle of Gate Pa.
Heavily armed pro-Russian gunmen last night seized another town in east Ukraine, storming the town hall in Kostyantynivka and setting up barricades.
As a young boy Willie Apiata sat close to his grandfather on Anzac Day and was puzzled by the laughter that mixed with sadness, and eyes that "watered just a little bit".
Kiwis commemorate April 25 as one today, from the child learning about war history, to the veterans who saw fighting at close quarters
A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.
In 1942, at the age of 49, World War One hero Ormond Burton went on trial in the Supreme Court at Wellington.
Jews have reportedly been told to "register" with pro-Russian forces in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, in a move condemned by the US as "grotesque and beyond unacceptable".
Ukraine's armed forces and government suffered a public humiliation yesterday after pro-Russian separatists seized six of their armoured personnel vehicles and paraded them through the streets.
A prolonged and increasingly vicious confrontation in eastern Ukraine turned into armed conflict yesterday.
Are some of the 'patriotic' gunmen seizing police stations and buildings in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine actually Russian troops?
To some, they are heroes ready to trade their personal liberty for the sake of high principle. To others, they are spoiled rich children, shirking their national duty on the backs of the less fortunate.
A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported.
Gallipoli means more to New Zealanders than words can convey. But when the names of Mary and Doug Hill were drawn from the ballot this week for places at the 100th Anzac Day, the moment was especially poignant.
The Prime Minister is probably not correct to say few New Zealanders know what happened at Orakau.