Israeli commandos yesterday boarded and seized control of a yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists.

John Lindh travelled to Afghanistan to help the ruling Taleban fight against Russian-backed insurgents. Then 9/11 happened. US troops tortured him, tried him as a terrorist and jailed him for 20 years.

As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.

We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.

A Middle East-based journalist has penned a book advising travellers how to keep themselves safe in dangerous places.

The desert city of Abu Dhabi is the newest location for a vast caviar farm that dwarfs its global competitors.

Culturalism, schmulteralism: Mask wearers want no part of the West except our privileges, according to Paul Holmes.

Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.

Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Israel dismisses claims it is behind events hampering Gaza protest.

It's an oasis in the desert, filled with massive and mind-bending wonderments, all easily accessible by train, air, ferry ... or camel. Jim Eagles takes a look.

A group campaigning for an end to Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers is calling on Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries to pull out of the kingdom.