COMMENT: Yesterday our nation paused just before one o'clock to remember.

An election day coup plot to attack Montenegro's parliament and kill the pro-Western leader was directed by Russian intelligence officers last year.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has refused to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

France, already on high terror alert, has been set on edge after an electrical explosion at a metro train station which has left eight people injured.

In a Western world fast embracing a darker view of Islam, a German sports hero has suddenly fallen from heights it took a lifetime to achieve.

COMMENT: How backwards does that make us, to lag behind America in drug policy? Writes Raybon Kan.

Nearly one in two Americans support Donald Trump's block on some immigrants

It was a chilling prediction issued as part of a propaganda video intended to fuel hatred between Muslims and the West.

A Doomsday Clock, which symbolises the current threat of global annihilation, is expected to be moved closer to midnight by scientists.

A gunman reportedly wearing suicide vest filled with gasoline and gunpowder and shouting "Allahu Akbar" opened fire in a Spanish supermarket.

Prime Minister Bill English says there are limits to what authorities can do once people leave the country, following the death of a former NZ student alleged to be involved in a terror attack.

Turkish police shot dead two attackers after a car bomb in the city of Izmir killed a police officer and a court worker.

Two gunmen have reportedly opened fire in a restaurant in Istanbul.

The gunman behind the Istanbul nightclub terror attack has been identified. His wife, who's been detained, has expressed her shock at his links to Islamic State.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year's Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people.

Turkish authorities are hunting a lone gunman who opened fire at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing 39 and wounding 70.

Two bombs have exploded in a market in central Baghdad killing dozens and wounding many more

A truce aimed at ending the bloody five-year war in Syria has been announced. But what does it mean?

The prime suspect sought in the deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market was the subject of a terrorism probe in Germany earlier this year.

Policeare desperately hunting a "violent and armed" suspect, as the Berlin attack exposes gaping holes in Germany's security system.

Truck driver did not give up the keys easily to terror suspect who then rammed vehicle into crowded Christmas market.

Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility for the Berlin truck attack that left at least 12 people dead.

Berlin police storm disused Tempelhof Airport used as refugee camp in the wake of Christmas market attack, while truck driver identified as young Pakistani.

A top ally of Vladimir Putin claims secret services of a Nato country is "highly likely" to have been behind the assassination of ambassador Andrei Karlov.

A boy dubbed "The Kindergarten Bomber" is accused of planting a nail bomb near a Christmas market in Germany.

COMMENT: A number of lessons can be learned from Belgium. This is particularly true for NZ where the problem of Islamic extremism is much more manageable.

John Key returns from an overseas trip tomorrow after tumultuous week of affairs. Audrey shares an insider's view of the Prime Minister's week.

Having to attend a work Christmas party may have been the motive for Syed Rizwan Farook's shooting spree that killed 14.

New Zealand is leading a bid to get UN Security Council members to agree to resumption of a ceasefire in Syria.

The sister of the San Bernardino shooter has spent months trying to adopt her niece, but so far is only allowed to see her in six-hour regular visits.