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Watch NZ Herald Focus: Baghdad bomb kills 125

Today, on NZH Focus, at least 125 people are dead and about 150 wounded after an explosion in Baghdad. Facebook is on the verge of signing a deal with the Maori Language Commission to develop a tool which will translate posts into te reo Maori. Also, a report says a better approach is urgently needed to help school-aged NZers having unprotected sex.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: A Man hunt continues in Cloverlea in Palmerston North

Cloverlea in Palmerston North in lockdown as a manhunt continues and the Italian Coast Guard rescued 223 migrants in two different operations. Also Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London pulls out of the race for leadership of Conservative Party.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Turkey travel warning

New Zealanders are being warned not to travel to Turkey after three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's Ataturk International airport. Patients could soon be able to check their surgeons' safety records before going under the knife.

Turkey to be avoided, Kiwis warned

New Zealanders are being warned not to travel to Turkey after the bombing of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport that killed at least 36 people.

Explosion that ripped through airport

At least 36 killed and 140 wounded after three suicide bombers attack Istanbul airport with explosive vests and AK-47s.

Sydney siege ballistics examined

Inquest reveals details of Sydney seige gunman's death

Support for torture of terror suspects rises in France

The survey, commissioned by a French human rights group, came after terror attacks in Belgium and months after deadly assaults in Paris.

What the Orlando shooter told police

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen demanded to a crisis negotiator that the US "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to transcripts released by the FBI.

Editorial: Gun laws make acts of hate deadly

We will never know precisely why a 29-year-old American went to a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and started shooting people.

Louisa Wall: Blood on hate-preachers' hands

COMMENT: This incident raises questions about the dangers of the pursuit of intolerance and hatred through political, social and religious teachings.

50 people die in America's worst massacre

The gunman in America's worst mass shooting had been investigated by the FBI for terror links twice but was still able to purchase high-powered weapons.

Picture of post-9/11 terrorism transformed

In the grim statistics of terrorism in America, the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando appears to represent the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11.

'It's really, really bad': Isis escapee

The first American captured on the battlefield after escaping to fight with Islamic State has a message for other westerners - don't go there

Isis killing its own in hunt for informants

In March, a senior commander with Isis was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion.

Assaults step up pressure on Isis

Isis (Islamic State) insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria yesterday.

Fanatic scoped US consulate in NZ

The first person in the country caught with graphic terrorist propaganda will be sentenced in an Auckland court this morning.