US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos meets his coalition party leaders to try seek backing for a crucial 130bn euros EU rescue plan.

The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.

Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.

At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

The Prime Minister's prayer this morning at the Waitangi Day dawn service drew heavily on a 172-year-old saying.The atmosphere at the Treaty ground's whare runanga where the service is held was a world away from yesterday's tension.Instead...

More floods, droughts and extreme weather events associated with the El Nino and La Nina cycles can be expected in New Zealand in a warming world, Auckland researchers predict.A group of University of Auckland scientists looking...

Auckland has changed from an equal city to an unequal one in less than a generation with the income gap between rich and poor widening dramatically over the past 25 years.Whereas most people's incomes were bunched tightly around...

Pressure increased on the Government yesterday to keep a Treaty clause under its partial asset sales plans after 60 iwi leaders gave Prime Minister John Key a clear message that he was courting trouble if he tried to scrap it.And...

Forget the donut-munching, desk-riding stereotype of The Simpsons - when it comes to Kiwi cops, you just can't outrun the law.Police from the Bay of Plenty district have been revealed as the fittest in the country, boasting the...