Protesters are planning to renew action against Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer's participation today in Auckland's ASB Classic.

Osama bin Laden has allegedly said in a new audiotape that President Obama's Afghanistan strategy is "hopeless" and has called on the US to end the Afghanistan war and break its alliance with Israel.

The Russian-crewed ship allegedly carrying timber and hijacked by pirates earlier this month may have actually been carrying secret missiles bound for the Middle East as cargo.