US President Barack Obama's recent Nobel Peace Prize has generated much praise as well consternation around the world.

New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.

Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.

It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.

Army officer lets his tired and hungry soldiers keep cache of drug dollars found buried in the Colombian mountains.