Lupe Fiasco has been rushed off stage at a pre-inauguration concert for Barack Obama after performing an anti-war song telling the audience he did not vote for the President.

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are collaborating on a third World War II mini-series.

The most frustrating part of covering the Lebanese civil war (1975-90) was that after a while there was nothing left to say. Syria is starting to feel just the same.

New Zealand's overseas defence force personnel will be turning to heavy doses of Skype tomorrow for a link with home on Christmas Day.

Editorial: The situation in Syria is "bad and getting worse", according to a joint statement released yesterday after talks in Geneva between the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the Arab League.

North Korea said it will launch a long-range rocket in mid-December, a provocative move just eight months after a failed attempt violated a United Nations ban.

There was rioting in the streets and parts of Honiara were burning to the ground in protest at the recent elections.

Sol Te Whata, 95 today, reckons his uncle's blessing before he left for World War II was one of the things that brought him home safely.

The killing of a senior Taleban warlord, blamed for the deaths of four New Zealand soldiers, has been met with shock and sadness by one grieving mother.

Leslie Bravery responds to the Israeli ambassador's comments on the Gaza conflict

The latest round of Middle East trouble began with an anti-tank missile, says Israel's ambassador to NZ.

Israel needs to "flatten all of Gaza" in order to spare the lives of Israeli soldiers and civilians, according to a son of former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon.

A New Zealand documentary maker has escaped the Gaza Strip in a taxi as Israeli air strikes began while he was filming.

A group of Latin American leaders yesterday declared that votes by two American states to legalise cannabis have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling.

The Australian Army is about to find out that deciding to pull out of Afghanistan is one thing. Getting home is something else again.