Attacks target Israeli diplomats

6:49am Assailants have targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia in near-simultaneous strikes that Israel blames on Iran and Hezbollah

Kiwi in $3m cocaine case

A Kiwi accused of smuggling $A3 million ($NZ3.8m) worth of cocaine into Australia is far from a lowly pawn in the drug ring, a court has been told.

Leading al Qaeda figure freed

7:48am Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric whom British officials say is an al Qaeda figurehead and a threat to national security, is to be freed from an English prison into virtual house arrest.

Kiwis' disappearances linked

A NZ nurse who became a prostitute was one of several women who disappeared from Sydney's north shore in the 1980s, an inquest has heard.