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NZ forces could train Iraqi troops - Key

PM John Key said New Zealand helping to train Iraqi troops was among the options the Government would consider when ruling on its contribution to the fight against Isis.

Aussie airports collecting Kiwi data

Thousands of NZers travelling to Australia could have "biometric data" such as facial recognition data, iris scans and fingerprints stored and shared.

The trial they tried to keep secret

When police pulled over Erol Incedal's car for what seemed like a routine traffic offence a year ago, it was a key moment in a case that would make British legal history.

Terror website shows lax attitude by NZ

An international security expert says the terrorist website fiasco shows New Zealand is not checking website details registered here closely enough.

Brian Rudman: Scaremongering to curb freedom further

Displaying your defeated enemy's heads on poles is a time-honoured New Zealand military practice.

Labour: terror law overhaul 'superficially attractive'

NZ director 'horrified' at link to Isis

A suspected Islamic State website shut down by Iceland authorities was registered to a private box in an upmarket Auckland suburb.

Pregnant Jihadi brides want out

Two teenagers who became poster girls for the jihad in Syria are now desperate to come home after becoming disillusioned with life in the war-torn country.

US-led air strikes target oil

The US bombed Islamic State-controlled oil refineries in Syria as President Barack Obama recruited more allies to fight the jihadist “network of death”.

Hidden camera reveals life under IS

A mystery woman has covertly provided the world with a rare glimpse of life in the heartland of the Islamic State using a camera concealed beneath her niqab.

Teen held over threat to kill Christians

A second teenager has been charged after death threats were allegedly screamed at Christians outside a school in Sydney, while an Islamic State flag was brandished.

Shot teen's action had worried police

A teen who stabbed two officers in Melbourne before he was shot dead had his passport cancelled last week, and was seen with an Isis flag at a shopping centre.

Attacks on Muslims, mosques surge

A mother has been spat on, a baby’s pram kicked, a pig’s head has been impaled on a cross and mosques vandalised, in a worrying escalation of attacks against Australian Muslims.

Dead teen was known terror suspect

The teen terror suspect who was shot after stabbing two police officers has been named.

Editorial: Intelligence useful tool to keep us safe

As New Zealand's election campaign entered its final days, Australians absorbed news that 800 police had swooped on suspected jihadist sympathisers in Sydney and Queensland to foil an atrocity.

Tougher security is new norm

Australians will have to put up with inconvenience and tougher security for "some time to come" as the world tackles terrorism, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned.