Successful hostage rescues get widespread publicity. But how common are the successes?

Early on Saturday morning, American Osprey aircraft whirred over the Yemeni coast from the Gulf of Aden, flying above the rugged mountains of Shabwe province.

A plan to blow up a plane on Christmas Day in 2009 failed because the explosives became 'degraded' after he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks.

New Zealand has no issue with US drones striking terrorists in Iraq, PM John Key told TV1's Q+A this morning.

Socotra has been called the Galapagos of the Middle East, writes Bhanu Bhatnagar.

An Australian man who died in a US drone strike alongside a New Zealander was introduced to radical Islam at a Christchurch mosque, it's reported.

John Key says New Zealand's spy agencies have provided information to international forces in Afghanistan that may have been used for American drone strikes.

A New Zealander killed in a drone strike in Yemen has been named as Daryl Jones by an Australian newspaper.

A Kiwi killed in a drone strike in Yemen had attended a terrorist training camp and may have been a foot soldier for al-Qaeda.

Prime Minister John Key said a New Zealander who was killed by a US drone attack in Yemen in November had attended a terrorist training camp in the area.

China carries out more executions than any other country, a new report has estimated.

A suicide car bomber has struck Yemen's Defence Ministry, killing 18 soldiers and paving the way for a carload of gunmen wearing army uniforms to storm the heavily guarded compound in the capital of Sanaa, military and hospital officials said.

In a land where allegiances are easily bought and sold, the price put by the Yemeni Government on the head of Ibrahim al-Asiri last week tells its own story.

John Key has continued to justify changes to the GCSB law, saying he has signed warrants to observe people from New Zealand who were currently in Yemen.

John Key has justified the changes to the country's spying laws by saying some people in New Zealand have been trained by al-Qaeda.

Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.

John Lindh travelled to Afghanistan to help the ruling Taleban fight against Russian-backed insurgents. Then 9/11 happened. US troops tortured him, tried him as a terrorist and jailed him for 20 years.

Kiwi journalist Glen Johnson, freed from jail in Yemen this week, is heading to Egypt to start chasing his next story.

Culturalism, schmulteralism: Mask wearers want no part of the West except our privileges, according to Paul Holmes.