Conflict

China will send a senior official to Saudi Arabia for talks on finding a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine, a forum that excludes Russia, in a diplomatic coup for Kyiv, the West and the Saudi…

The junta's decision could drastically reshape a fight against Islamist insurgents in the region after the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum last week.

An independent review of editorial processes at RNZ has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a single staffer made 'inappropriate' edits to international news stories…

Nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two office buildings.

Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has hailed Niger's military coup as good news and offered his fighters' services to bring order.

Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down planes have been ordered released from prison after a judge said they had been manipulated by the FBI.

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early on Wednesday.

On a day when Auckland was the focus of the biggest story in world sport and the Football Ferns ended up making history, deadly shootings a stone's throw from football teams' hotels and the fan zone…

The police watchdog will conduct a general review of the police response to an anti-trans activist's rally in Auckland in March. Audio

A pre-dawn attack on a bridge linking mainland Russia to occupied Crimea has dealt a blow to the Kremlin's war effort in southern Ukraine. Here's everything you need to know.

Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeniy Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's army, President Vladimir Putin says.

At least two people have been injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on the Kyiv, authorities say.

The US is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine in a move it hopes will shorten the war – how do they work, and why has the move prompted an uproar from human rights workers? 

Australian war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith intends to appeal after losing a landmark defamation case against three newspapers.

Ukrainian troops pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast as President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country's forces had "taken the initiative" after an…

Fresh from delicate diplomatic relations with China, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has arrived in Europe for a week dominated by the war in Ukraine and the NATO Leaders' Summit.