Organisers of the Delhi Commonwealth Games have dismissed Australian government warnings of terrorism risks.

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

The NZOC says the decision of the three team sports to engage their own security advice ahead of the Delhi Games defies logic.

An Auckland woman died after being stabbed in the heart twice before having her body stuffed inside a suitcase, a court heard today.

New Zealand Commonwealth Games bosses have insisted they won't be cutting corners on security for next month's Delhi Games.

The 51st Traverse team are treated to overwhelming hospitality as they journey through Tajikistan, writes Rob Gray.

Advice on travelling in Asia with a toddler.

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.

I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintiff Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."

Matt Crook reports on a smack-you-in-the-face adventure.

In World War II the railway line between Thailand and Burma was built by Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers to give the Japanese an overland supply route.

One-time factory worker Zhang Xin rode China's property boom.

Maurice Williamson's comments that opponents of land sales to foreigners were sometimes being racist was a case of humour backfiring, John Key said today.