Russian media denied that chemical attacks had taken place, depicting rescue workers as jihadist militants and doctors as propagandist purveyors of "fake news".

A Hungarian Jew who survived Auschwitz and the Scottish soldier who helped save her will mark their 71st Valentine's Day together tomorrow.

Up to 72,000 residents living within a 2km radius of the bomb site were asked to leave their homes in one of the country's biggest peacetime evacuations.

COMMENT: Tough rhetoric on terrorists is nothing new in a US leader but straight-talking style is.

COMMENT: Could an American president start a nuclear war without going through the checks and balance of the American Congress? The short answer is yes.

The Prince of Wales has warned the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past" in a speech about the Holocaust.

Astonishing link uncovered between Kiwi soldier who died in Gallipoli and bloodied Turkish family heirloom.

A 94-year-old veteran has taken to the skies in a World War Two plane, in what is likely to be his last ever flight.

A rare 1945 Douglas DC3, owned by Air Chathams, and touched down at Whanganui Airport. Made with funding from NZ On Air

COMMENT: New Zealanders deserve to know why the issue of settlements has become so challenging, and why it came before the council in December

John Gregson, who has died aged 92, won the George Cross for saving the life of a shipmate during a torpedo attack in the Mediterranean in 1942.

New Zealand needs to show Israel there is a cost of continuing war, by refusing to accept imports or Israeli visitors from the occupied territories.

Every year dozens of protected New Zealand objects leave the country for good. Here's what some of them are.

A New Zealand man awarded the highest award for civilian bravery has died. John Gregson, 91, received the George Cross in 2014 for his actions during WWII.

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

Tens of thousands of people from east Aleppo as well as two Shi'ite villages in Syria's Idlib province have been evacuated.

New Zealand is increasing aid to those affected by six years of bloody civil war in Syria.

COMMENT: The situation is complex even for the people who live there, let alone us trying to understand it. None of our business.

Of all the events of 2016, the Syrian conflict has been the darkest.

Even though the city he grew up in has been largely destroyed by war, Ibrahim Abu Laith says he will return.

Sweden's towns and villages have been ordered to prepare for a possible military attack.

Four and a half years and hundreds of thousands of deaths later, the end of the rebellion in Syria is drawing near.

COMMENT: This month marks 100th anniversary of first sedition convictions after the passage of Military Service Act 1916, which brought in conscription.

A letter written by a soldier involved in the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade has shed light on who was to blame for the military defeat.

Syrian government forces swept through the old city of Aleppo as rebel forces debated when to withdraw from their shattered stronghold.

The public's reaction to Labour MP David Shearer's resignation from Parliament has so far been overwhelmingly supportive this morning.

Both brothers wound up on the USS Arizona as Japanese airplanes attacked in a maelstrom of fire and explosions on December 7, 1941, but only one survived.

The ashes of a brother who survived the Pearl Harbour attack will join his twin who was killed 75 years ago when the USS Arizona was hit.

Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs.

Syrian forces have rounded up hundreds of young men as government troops advance into rebel-held zones in embattled Aleppo.