Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.

Four hundred life-sized human statues have been installed under the sea off the coast of Mexico.

A dream trip down the Mexican Riviera has turned into a travel nightmare for two Kiwis aboard a stricken cruise ship.

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.

One of NZ's greatest scientists was investigated by Britain's MI5 as a suspect in passing information to Russia on the first atomic bombs, according to newly released files.

The War on Drugs makes the Afghan campaign seem like a blitzkrieg akin to 1967 when Israel cleaned up Egypt, Syria and Jordan in six days and rested on the seventh.

Official documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.

Authorities in central Mexico say a newborn baby girl, who was declared dead but later revived inside her coffin, has died.

Embattled BP chief Tony Hayward is planning to step down within a matter of weeks, a London-based newspaper reports.

Approved pot growers in New Mexico are struggling to keep up with demand from the 2000 registered medical marijuana patients.

The US government allowed BP to keep the cap shut on its oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking.