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An Oceania football official says he is suing a British newspaper over corruption claims.

One of two Oceania football officials suspended by the sport's governing body has arrived back in New Zealand and has criticised FIFA over its handling of the case, saying he feels like a victim.

Newspapers and bulletins on radio and televisions in Italy closed down on Friday as journalists went on strike over proposed legislation at curbing wiretapping.

Police in Christchurch say it appears the officers who chased a car which crashed, killing the driver, were following the correct procedure.

Cockpit recorders from a plane crash which killed the president of Poland and 95 other people in April, show on-board systems gave at least a dozen warnings to regain altitude in the minute before the…

The secretary of Tonga's Shipping Corporation of Polynesia has pleaded not guilty to a charge of perjury during the Ashika Royal Commission of Enquiry. Lord Dalgety, who is also known...

The mother of an Auckland teenager mistakenly killed by police following a high-speed chase wants them to change the system for dealing with armed offenders.

An Armed Offenders Squad officer says shooting the man who sparked a high-speed chase in which a teenager was mistakenly killed was the only way to stop him.

A boy charged with the killing of Liberty Templeman has been found guilty of murder.

The ferry that sank off Tonga in August was a rustbucket, the company secretary of owner Pacific Shipping Corporation has told an inquiry.

A senior Chinese naval officer has proposed that China establish a permanent naval base in the Gulf of Aden to support Chinese ships taking part in anti-piracy operations.

The lawyer acting for the jailed French Polynesian veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, says legal action will be taken against the Nouvelles de Tahiti newspaper for its publication of leaked…

More evidence of rust on the ferry Princess Ashika has emerged at the Royal Commission into its sinking earlier this year in Tongan waters. A welder and fitter for the...

More evidence of rust on the ferry "Princess Ashika" has emerged at the Royal Commission into its sinking in Tongan waters earlier this year.

A different view of early contacts with Maori is emerging from the archives of the Vatican - showing French Catholic priests had a markedly different approach to Maori than their English Anglican…

The FBI has issued documents which show Saddam Hussein let the world believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to reveal lraq's weakness to Iran.

The Crown case against David Bain has ended after nine weeks of evidence in his retrial.

A transcript of the evidence David Bain gave at his first trial has been read to the jury as he is retried for the murder of his 5 immediate family members.

The woman who gave birth to eight babies last week has spoken about them for the first time. Nadya Suleman says they were born from sperm donated by a friend.

The mother of six who gave birth to octuplets in January says she always wanted a "huge family" and tried for years to get pregnant before conceiving her first child through in vitro fertilisation.

Housing minister Phil Heatley is adamant he said publicly before the election that no state houses would be built under any National-led government for two or three years.

China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. But anyone wanting to protest will have to apply for permission from the city's ...