WorldFull commitment waiting for UN nodAustralian special forces and aircraft will not be sent into Iraq until the Cabinet considers a risk assessment and the United Nations gives the operation the nod.15 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldWelfare cut for terror suspectsWelfare payments will be stripped from people in Australia suspected of supporting terrorism.13 Sep 10:35 PM
OpinionJack Tame: Bombs won't destroy ideologyHe strode out. He spoke well and he "My Fellow Americans-ed" with the best of them. But this speech was one US President Barack Obama never wanted to make, writes Jack Tame.13 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandNZ backing for strikes on jihadistsNew Zealand would back United States airstrikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader David Cunliffe say.11 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldUS drones hunt Isis leader in SyriaAmerican drones are being flown over the Syrian stronghold of Isis (Islamic State) for the first time, in an effort to target the jihadi group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.09 Sep 05:00 PM
World10 questions Nato facesAs the Nato summit in Wales ends, Simon Tisdall assesses their choices.07 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldUkraine crisis: Ceasefire holds, Russia says it 'will react' to further EU penaltiesA ceasefire between Ukraine and separatist rebels began last night and appears to still be in place following a five-month bloody conflict left more than 2,000 dead.06 Sep 09:40 PM
WorldUkraine crisis: Fighting fizzles out as ceasefire agreed – but for how long?The Ukrainian government and separatist rebels agreed to a ceasefire amid flickering hopes of peace.05 Sep 11:44 PM
WorldIsis gets rich on the economy of terrorFew experts disagree with David Cameron and Barack Obama's assertion that by paying ransoms Western governments end up bankrolling the very terrorism groups they seek to combat.05 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldPrince 'heartbroken' by Christians' fateThe Prince of Wales has written an impassioned letter to Christians in Iraq speaking of his "heartbreak" at their suffering at the hands of Jihadists.03 Sep 11:04 PM
WorldIraqi soldier 'played dead' to surviveAn Iraqi soldier survived a mass execution carried out by Islamic State militants (Isis) by dropping to the floor and pretending to be dead.03 Sep 08:36 PM
WorldBritish aid worker new Isis targetA Briton will be the next hostage murdered by Islamist terrorists, the British extremist known as "Jihadi John" threatened in a beheading video released yesterday.03 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldBan on AK-47s in US backfiresPresident Barack Obama's ban on the import of Russian Kalashnikov rifles.03 Sep 05:00 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: From Boer War to Palestine26: When World War I came, Kiwis were ready. The first foundations of a homegrown army were already in place.03 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldKilling mirrors Foley deathThe video showing the killing of Steven Sotloff is a mirror image of that two weeks ago carrying the last words of his colleague James Foley.03 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldPutin makes 'Kiev in two weeks' bragVladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders his forces could sweep into Kiev in two weeks if he wanted.02 Sep 06:50 PM
WorldRadicals will be detained for treatmentIslamic radicals returning from Iraq and Syria will be forced on to "deradicalisation" programmes to reverse any brainwashing.02 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldAlaskans asked to spy if Russia invadedThe US security services recruited Alaskan fishermen, trappers and bush pilots as "stay-behind agents" to form a secret American resistance network if the Soviet Union staged a widely feared air invasion of the territory.02 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldRussia trembles on the brink of warRussia is "practically in a state of war against Europe", with the crisis in Ukraine rapidly approaching "the point of no return", warn EU leaders.31 Aug 06:20 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: Grand uniform for service in far-flung India25: In the studio photograph Lieutenant Kenneth Thomson wears the splendid military dress of a British officer in the Indian Army.31 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldUK's 'greatest terrorist threat'Britain faces the "greatest and deepest" terror threat in the country's history, Prime Minister David Cameron warned yesterday as he pledged emergency measures to tackle extremists.30 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldUN: 3 million have fled Syria's bordersThe civil war in Syria has forced a record three million people out of the country as more than a million people fled in the past year, the United Nations refugee agency said yesterday.29 Aug 05:00 PM
World'Jihadi John' - son of alleged bomber?A British extremist who is one of the suspects in the murder of James Foley is the son of an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist awaiting trial.26 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandWWI: Kiwis keen to reach for sky during the warTwenty years before our air force split from the Defence Force in 1937, air fever swept the country.24 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: World War I's first casualty gets his dueFor generations that have not known war, our stories from exactly a century ago are an insight into what it would be like.24 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldIsraeli air raid wipes out familyAn Israeli air strike hit a house in central Gaza before dawn yesterday, fatally injuring five family members, including two women and two preschoolers.23 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldReservists on call in wake of raidIsrael said it would call up 10,000 reservists as Palestinians vowed to avenge Israel's killing of three Hamas commanders in Gaza.22 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldHow America's mission to free hostages failedA secret, failed mission by the United States military to rescue American hostages, including the murdered journalist James Foley, has been described in full to the Daily Telegraph.22 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandWar education over remembranceA leading war historian believes millions being spent on World War I commemorations will be wasted if it fails to focus on education rather than remembrance.22 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldUS attacks Isis despite hostage threatObama undeterred as air strikes continue even though jihadists say they will execute more US journalists22 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldBritish man 'likely' behind beheadingDavid Cameron has said that it is "increasingly likely" that a British jihadist beheaded American journalist James Foley20 Aug 09:45 PM
