Several activists were killed when Israeli marines raided a Turkish ship near Gaza. Others were captured, including NZ's Nicola Enchmarch.

A NZ woman held by Israeli authorities after being taken from a flotilla attacked by Israeli forces is named.

A New Zealander was on board the aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos in international waters.

Israel yesterday described as baseless reported findings in a new book that it offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975.

In an attempt to take the pressure off bomb disposal officers in Afghanistan, combat engineers will now be tasked with blowing up many improvised devices rather than having to dismantle all of them.

A new record has been set in the Middle Eastern equivalent of our scrap over pavlova with Aussie - with a ten ton batch of hummus

Under the gaze of the Israeli army, one man is building an extraordinary hotel.

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

Our small country has a long record in world peacekeeping.

Herald blogger Dita Di Boni says building genuine self-esteem in young girls is never an easy task.

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.