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Inside Isis: Former militant tells all

'The scenes terrified me': Meet the former jihadi who deserted Isis rather than take part in executions, beheadings and rape.

100 Kiwi Stories: Tough man fought sporting wrong and won, but succumbed in battle

76: Charlie Savory was one tough rooster. He had a reputation for never taking a backward step in not one, but two, rugby codes.

Police sorry for failure to warn families of Isis girls about schoolfriend's flight

Police have apologised to the families of three London girls who flew to Turkey to join Isis (Islamic State) in Syria after it emerged that officers failed to alert them that a schoolfriend of the trio had left to join the militants.

100 Kiwi Stories: Official artists came late in war

75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.

Blossoms hide awful truth

It is spring in Tokyo, but Toshiko Takagi cannot bear to see office workers sitting beneath cherry blossom in the parks that dot the Sumida district where she lives.

Alexander Gillespie: If NZ is entering Isis conflict, let's accept more refugees

One of the lesser-noted points in Prime Minister John Key's speech last year on the New Zealand response to the crisis caused by Isis was that "we will be looking at further assistance to meet....

100 Kiwi Stories: Drama on voyage to theatre of war

74: Conditions on board the troopship SS Arawa were stifling.

Isis influence grows as Boko Haram joins

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has announced it is joining Isis by apparently releasing an audio statement swearing allegiance.

Jihadi John's mother: 'That's my son!'

The mother of Mohammed Emwazi realised seven months ago that her son was the masked killer known as Jihadi John but failed to tell the authorities.

War criminal claim checked

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand but says "I'm sure someone will look into it".

Kate Shuttleworth: Israel on hunt for acolytes of Isis

A Palestinian family of six sleep in one bedroom in a cramped, damp and mouldy three-room home.

Alan Duff: Sniper's nation has its blind spots

Somehow the word 'American' makes it not only acceptable but epic, admirable, even glorious and certainly ordained by a Christian God, especially given that Clint Eastwood directed.

PM plays down claim war criminals are living in NZ

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand.

Air strikes make sense - Little

Labour leader Andrew Little told Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in their private meeting that Australia's air strikes against Isis in Iraq make sense.

Move on Mosul may cause mass flight

As many as one million people could flee Mosul in northern Iraq if the Iraqi Army, backed by US air strikes, seeks to recapture the city this year, aid agencies have said.

Jihadi John linked to UK bombing plot

"Jihadi John" was able to flee the scrutiny of the security services despite being a member of a terrorist cell known to have links to the failed 21/7 attacks on London in 2005.