Satellite view of UK under snow

UK Arctic snap continues

Britain's coldest weather in 30 years continues to cause disruption, with more snow predicted.

Faster threat response call

12:07pm US President Barack Obama says when it comes to terror threats against the nation, "the buck stops with me."

Protest ship sinks

12 min ago LATEST: The NZ-registered whaling protest ship Ady Gil, which collided with a Japanese whaling ship, has sunk while being towed.

9/11 victims still being identified

11:23am Two more victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks have been identified through DNA tests of human remains from the World Trade Centre site, the New York City medical examiner's office says.

Fire fears for Victoria holidaymakers

11:04am Fire authorities in the Australian state of Victoria, are moving to high alert over the weekend and into Monday with temperatures expected to hit 41 degrees in parts of the state.

Mechanic takes Lamborghini for joy ride

A Perth doctor is unable to recover his $A200,000 ($NZ249.82) Lamborghini after it was seized by police who caught his mechanic driving it at speeds up to 70km/h over the limit.

Body is NZ teen - police

Queensland police have confirmed a body which washed up this morning on the Gold Coast is missing New Zealand teenager Richard Doyle.

Calm urged in 'whale war'

Grandson witnesses murder

Fatal special needs bus crash

Rescuers help crash passengers A tractor-trailer jackknifed on a snow-covered road in the US, swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers, killing four people.

Teen hired friend to kill mum

A high school student told investigators he hired a schoolmate to kill his mother because she was too strict, US police said in announcing capital murder charges against the two.

US to indict NZ firm

Funeral home sued over 'brain in bag'

Victim of St Louis shooting

Three killed in factory shooting

A disgrunted employee armed with an assault rifle and a handgun walked into a factory in the US and opened fire, killing three people and wounding five others, before apparently killing himself.

Youngest lottery winner found dead

Christopher Donnelly in 2007 Police are investigating the death of a man who became a millionaire after winning Britain's National Lottery when he was 17.

Tax Google to help music industry?

How to help prop up the ailing music industry? Tax Google, suggests a new report commissioned by the French government.

ID cards for Kiwis in UK

Irish leader's cheating wife attempted suicide

Satellite view of UK in snow

UK Arctic snap continues

Britain's coldest weather in 30 years continues to cause disruption, with more snow predicted.

Obama's fresh shot at peace talks

Barack Obama The Obama administration is gearing up for a fresh attempt to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the effort hit a dead-end last year.

Gunmen kill six at Egypt church

Gunmen have killed at least six people in a drive-by shooting outside a church in southern Egypt, as worshippers left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas.

Four children die in Afghan blast

World's tallest building opens

ON THE FRONTLINE: US army soldiers shield themselves from swirling dust generated by a Chinook CH-47F transport helicopter at Wilderness FOB in Paktya province, Afghanistan.

Al Qaeda claims attack on CIA

Al Qaeda's Afghan wing has claimed last week's attack at a US base in Afghanistan in which a double agent turned suicide bomber.

Chopstick removed from boy's brain

A 14-month-old boy in China is recovering after doctors removed a chopstick from his brain that accidentally poked up through his nose.

Latest Chinese milk scandal

China's deadly toxic milk scandal has blown up again, amidst reports of a high level cover-up and revelations a Shanghai dairy company has been closed after melamine was found in its products.

'Allah' decision suspended

Kashmir suicide bomber kills 3

Mine rescuers

China coal mine fire kills 25

A fire in a coal mine in central China has killed at least 25 workers, and search efforts continued for at least three others trapped underground.

Elephant tramples mother, baby to death

A lone elephant charged out of the brush as an American family was hiking near Mount Kenya and trampled to death a mother and the one-year-old daughter she held in her arms.

UN stops food aid to Somalia

The UN food agency has suspended the distribution of desperately needed aid in southern Somalia because of attacks on its staff, a decision affecting up to 1 million people.

Zulu wedding for president

Somali with chemicals arrested at airport

People from the Nuer ethnic group

Tribesmen kill 139 in south Sudan

Armed Nuer tribesmen have killed at least 139 members of a rival tribe in an attack in a remote area of southern Sudan.

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