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

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

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.

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

The targeted killing of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was the biggest in a string of successes against high-value targets.

COMMENT: Do the outside powers that have intervened in the war accept Bashar al-Assad's victory, or do they keep the war going?

The President invited a 6-year-old to White House to congratulate him on his compassion.

COMMENT: The event is worth being reminded of because this sorry chapter shows this country is indeed a blip on the radar screen by the French.

Donald Trump has reportedly been refusing to make time for daily intelligence briefings since the election, sparking fears about his leadership.

In an exclusive interview with the Herald, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte twice confuses New Zealand with Australia ... and asked a reporter if she was married.

Five World War II warships have mysteriously disappeared from their watery graves, leaving nothing behind but a boat shaped indentation on the seabed.

Grannies poured tea as part of a peaceful protest at Auckland's Queens Wharf today.

Royal Navy warships will be left without anti-ship missiles and be forced to rely on naval guns because of cost-cutting.

A World War Two paratrooper who survived being shot four times in the conflict died on Remembrance Sunday while the Last Post played at 11am.

Just a day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin vowed to fight terrorism together, Russia has unleashed a major offensive against the country.

New Zealand's offer to resettle 150 refugees from Australia remains on the table, the Government says, despite a new offer by the

A French memorial will be added to the War Memorial Park in Wellington after a winning design was chosen from 43 entries.

On November 11, 1918, at 11am Germany and the Allied forces signed an armistice to end four years of brutal battle, marking the end

The All Blacks will wear poppies when they play Italy on Sunday.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

A former soldier who defrauded people out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be a decorated war veteran with cancer has been jailed for 16 months.

COMMENT: Over the past 150 years the New Zealand Wars have always been central to New Zealand's history and even its popular culture.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.