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Brits lower Union flag after 13 years

There were reasons for optimism on that February day, eight years ago, that Britain's Helmand force would not suffer the same fate as the French in Vietnam

Jihadists stay at home to wage terrorist war

If there was anyone left who thought only troubled, fractured societies were subject to terrorism, the wave of apparently jihadist attacks across a country that is a byword for laid-back prosperity will surely have disabused them.

Fears raised of lone-wolf extremists

Canada was already on edge after a radical Muslim convert killed a soldier and injured a second on Tuesday, ahead of yesterday's attack on Parliament.

Largest ever investigation of Gallipoli battlefield completed

100 Kiwi Stories: Sallies brought comfort to hurt

39: In August 1915, an Anzac shot through the eyes recognised one comforting voice as he lay close to death in a Cairo hospital.

Escape to New Gold Mountain

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival in New Zealand of Chinese refugee families fleeing the Japanese. Renee Liang talks to one of the original refugees, now an Auckland GP, about the long road to acceptance.

Claim Isis sitting on chemical weapons

An expose by the New York Times claims the US military covered up the discovery of huge chemical weapons sites in Iraq - in areas now controlled by Islamic State.

Airbase confusion shows US-Turkey tension

The US was struggling to put aside misunderstandings between itself and Turkey, after officials in Ankara contradicted a claim by top officials that the two countries had reached a deal to give the....

Editorial: Parliament should decide whether we go to war

If New Zealand decides to send forces to support an international response to the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria (Isis), the decision will be made by the Government not Parliament, the Prime Minister has explained.

100 Kiwi Stories: Sub sank ship full of nurses

35: Hundreds of vessels were sunk by U-boats and Allied submarines during World War I, from the Mediterranean to the South Atlantic to the Pacific.

PM: NZ won't be a target

Any commitment of military assistance to counter Islamic State militants in Iraq should not make NZ more of a target for terrorism, Prime Minister John Key says.

Brian Rudman: If Key wants to send troops, here's a better war

The argument that if we don't join the American crusade to wipe out Muslim fanatics in Iraq and Syria, they'll swoop down to Godzone and behead us all is a rerun of the old Vietnam War domino theory....

Isis fight is Govt's decision

PM says any plan to give assistance to efforts against militants will probably be debated in Parliament but the ultimate decision is the Government's alone.

John Key unveils new Cabinet line-up

Paula Bennett, Jonathan Coleman, Amy Adams and Simon Bridges have consolidated their status as the National Government’s rising stars in John Key’s new Cabinet.

100 Kiwi Stories: Trench raids 'warfare at its most primitive'

34: It's said the greatest technological advances come in wartime. Indeed, World War I saw the invention of tanks, flamethrowers, tracer bullets, depth charges, aircraft carriers, and even sanitary napkins.

Key: SAS could join Isis fight on ground

NZ's elite SAS personnel aren't yet on standby for deployment to combat Islamic State militants - but the PM can't rule out sending them in if asked.