UNDER BOMBARDMENT: The remains of a wrecked vehicle are seen next to a damaged house in the Sunni Muslim district of Bab Amro in Homs.

UN condemns brutality in Homs

Divided world powers are struggling to find a way to end the violence in the Syrian city of Homs.

Kiwi's death in Paris explained

5:00am French authorities have revealed what killed a young New Zealand in woman in Paris last year.

Truck bomb kills one, wounds 13

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A retired teacher was killed and 13 villagers wounded when a truck bomb exploded n Thailand's south.

Greek bailoutstill incomplete

Greek leaders failed on Thursday to agree on a reform and austerity programme.

27pc of terror suspects rejoin fight - report

Of the 600 terror suspects released from Guantanamo Bay, 27 per cent reengaged in terrorist activities, a US report has found.

Gay couple lose son over porn link

teddy bear Son taken as links to child pornographers in NZ and other countries are investigated.

Errors put Kiwi in train's way

A catalogue of communication errors led to a NZ track cleaner being fatally hit by a train in Sydney.

'I'm bad, but not that bad'

Floods rage through NSW, Queensland

Derailed train ploughs into homes, cars

Derailment in Santiago. A subway train has derailed near a children's playground in Santiago, Chile, smashing parked vehicles and crashing into an apartment building.

Rescued dog bites TV host

A dog rescued by a firefighter from a freezing pond has been impounded after biting a veteran US television anchor in the face during a live morning broadcast.

Snow boy video outrage

Santorum upsets Republican race

Teen thrill killer apologises

A US teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbour girl as an "ahmazing" thrill has made an emotional apology to the girl's family.

Another ocean giant meets a tragic end

Dead sperm whale on Belgian beach. Four times heavier than the whale shark brought ashore in Pakistan, a 27-tonne injured sperm whale has drifted ashore on the Belgian coast and died before it could be rescued.

Freeze set to last

The worst February cold spell Europe has seen in decades may last until the end of the month.

Frozen sauerkraut causes chaos

Last World War I vet dies

More News Corp settlements

A further 15 public figures reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a phone hacking scandal.

Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran has castigated its US adversary over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce and vowed to ban crude exports to Europe before a EU ban takes effect.

Russia in Syrian 'reform' talks

Russia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has presented reform plans to help end the bloodshed in Syria - despite his forces continuing to bombard the city of Homs.

Assad 'needs to look strong'

Syrian forces bombard Homs

Attacks resume in Syria

Syrian forces have thrust into the rebellious city of Homs, killing as many as 100 civilians by the accounts of opposition activists.

Children forced to work

Karachi child labour Six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six days a week.

Workers missing in flooded tunnel

Attempts to find five workers missing in an underwater tunnel at a refinery in Japan have been suspended due to poor visibility that posed a risk to rescue divers.

Mutiny in the Maldives

6.9 quake hits Philippines

Whopper whale shark washes up

It took two cranes to lift a 10-metre long whale shark from the sea.

Egypt to try 19 Americans

Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

Catching malaria comes with the job

Having malaria four times has failed to dampen the spirits of a young Kiwi doctor based in Ghana.

Four dead in ongoing Egypt violence

Protesters shot in Egypt - report

Libyan refugees killed in camp

Gunmen have killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb.

PNG ferry survivors 'call from island'

Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea. Survivors of a ferry sinking in Papua New Guinea have reportedly called family to say they are sheltering on a remote island.

PNG ferry survivors fought for lives

Survivors of the MV Rabaul sinking of the east coast of Papua New Guinea say they battled to stay alive.

Ferry sinks, 126 missing

Comment on McCully creates turmoil

Two cyclones growing in Pacific

Tonga's government has declared a storm warning as Cyclone Cyril looms over the horizon and threatens its northern islands.

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