There are plenty of good reasons to add Abu Dhabi to your list writes Stephanie Holmes.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

Travellers with valid visas and green cards have reportedly been prevented from boarding flights and turned away at US border control.

Politics sure makes for strange bedfellows. Donald Trump has slammed Chelsea Manning as an "ungrateful traitor" for criticising Barack Obama.

The 750 refugees who arrive in NZ each year now face a whole new journey navigating our foreign land.

Auckland barrister and Green Party candidate Golriz Ghahraman is hoping to be the first refugee to become an MP in New Zealand.

The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day has been caught .

The world's richest country per capita is back in the deal-making business.

Qatar Airways is putting the finishing touches on its launch party to celebrate its new service to Auckland.

The father of a toddler who was found dead lying face down in the mud after trying to flee Myanmar has pleaded with the world to take notice. WARNING: GRAPHIC

Sitting in her family's new apartment in Turkey, Fatemah al-Abed still cannot believe they made it out of Aleppo alive.

Turkish authorities are hunting a lone gunman who opened fire at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing 39 and wounding 70.

Herald photographer Brett Phibbs has been recognised by Newsweek in their annual 'most iconic photos' section.

To the sound of 200-300 voices chanting "live, live, Israel, resolution go to Hell", Hawke's Bay pastor Nigel Woodley stood outside

A truce aimed at ending the bloody five-year war in Syria has been announced. But what does it mean?

US Secretary of State John Kerry says settlement growth in Israel means the prospects for a diplomatic solution are being "narrowed".

McCully was reportedly warned of a "declaration of war" if the UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israel's continued settlements.

Israel bars Kiwi ambassador from entering the country in further fallout from the UN Security Council's resolution to condemn settlements in occupied territories.

A chilling video shows two young girls - aged 7 and 9 - being embraced and kissed by their parents before being sent on suicide missions in Damascus.

First class passengers on Emirates night flights will be moisturised as they sleep by new pyjamas infused with sea kelp.

COMMENT: The situation is complex even for the people who live there, let alone us trying to understand it. None of our business.

Seven policemen, two Jordanian civilians and one Canadian tourist were killed on Sunday.

As the green surrender buses trickled out of Aleppo, Bashar al-Assad's two biggest backers reacted differently.

Stephanie Holmes checks into a huge junior suite with palace views.

Four and a half years and hundreds of thousands of deaths later, the end of the rebellion in Syria is drawing near.

Some fares to London aboard one of the world's top airlines have dropped to equal a record low.

Syrian forces are arresting and forcibly conscripting civilians fleeing opposition-held areas of east Aleppo, relatives of detainees say.

A 15-year-old boy who tried to enter a football stadium wearing a suicide belt has spoken of the training he was given by Isis and his disappointment at failing.

COMMENT: A number of lessons can be learned from Belgium. This is particularly true for NZ where the problem of Islamic extremism is much more manageable.

Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs.