Controversial President Rodrigo Duterte has already told Barack Obama to "go to hell". Now he has struck another blow against the US.

They survived Boko Haram, now millions are at risk of starvation. It has been described as one of the world's biggest humanitarian disasters.

Washington's support for Saudi Arabia's campaign against Houthi rebels has implicated the US in civilian deaths, according to human rights groups.

Phil Goff's first public event as Auckland Mayor was to lay a wreath at the Passchendaele 99th Commemoration at Auckland Museum today.

The garden will be completed in time for the centenary of Passchendaele, finally a place of peace where far too many young NZers died in the horror of war.

A piece of hallowed ground in Belgium which holds in its grasp the remains of hundreds of NZ soldiers is still claiming victims a century after WWI.

A garden made for contemplation on a World War One battlefield where New Zealand soldiers faced "hell on earth" will be built here and shipped to Europe.

COMMENT: Paul Thomas is from a remarkable family of eight boys and three girls. All eight boys served in the New Zealand army. Five saw active duty.

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Up to 100 New Zealand soldiers' bodies could be brought home from overseas, after the Government confirmed it was reviewing its policy on repatriation.

It has long been suspected that Adolf Hitler's frenzied speeches were fuelled by cocaine and other powerful stimulants.

Russia-US relations fell to a new post-Cold War low as the Obama Administration abandoned efforts to cooperate with Russia on ending the Syrian civil war.

Colombians voted today in a historic referendum on whether to end the longest running civil war in the West.

A Syrian rescue worker has been filmed breaking down in tears as he heroically pulled a 30-day-old baby girl from the rubble of a

On a clear afternoon last Monday a line of humanitarian aid trucks eased to a stop in front of a cluster of warehouses packed with aid supplies 24km outside the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Like many of the 400,000 items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall since 1982, sculpture of soldier's head has a story to tell.

An explosion in New York yesterday that saw 29 people injured has been labelled intentional after a second device was found, Trans Tasman Resources face more opposition this morning as a petition to halt all seabed mining is delivered to parliament, and Lydia Ko takes home another trophy.

The 100th anniversary of the First World War in France has been marked in a formal ceremony in Wellington this morning.

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It's 100 years to the day that New Zealand troops joined the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Prince Charles paid tribute to New Zealand's role in war.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

It's 100 years to the day that New Zealand ground troops joined the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Kieran Campbell is in France for the commemorations.

Thousands of Kiwis died in the Battle of the Somme. Commemorations marking the centenary of their sacrifice start in France start this afternoon.

A century after his death, the family of Second Lieutenant Alexander Ormond have finally been able to honour his sacrifice.

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A memorial service marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in which more than 2000 New Zealand troops died.

It is a tiny badge but its significance is harrowing to comprehend.

While Gallipoli resonates more strongly with Kiwis, the casualties at the Somme were worse - where more than 2000 died and another 6000 were injured.

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The story of Gallipoli is the one most often told but New Zealand experienced deep sorrow on the Western Front too.