As his reign collapsed, Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria. Instead, officials and even ...

An Indian actor has been arrested after his appearance at a movie screening allegedly prompted a stampede by fans that ...

A Chinese businessman who had forged close links with Prince Andrew and was authorised to act on his behalf to seek investors ...

The country's mental health system has received its first report card on progress toward the government's five targets to ...

A survivor of the Lake Alice unit where children were tortured in the 1970s has now received an in-person apology.

Analysis - It has long been a problem but two new treaties address some interests of Indigenous peoples, Jessica C Lai writes ...

A teenager appears to be lucky to be alive although he remains stuck after climbing a power pylon in Christchurch on Friday ...

Buckingham Palace said it would investigate staff working for Britain's royal family following an after-party which the Sun ...

But residents at an Auckland apartment building have been told they can not hang their wet washing out on the balcony. It has ...

Clean-up efforts are underway on a property in Canterbury's Norwood after a vegetation fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand ...

Analysis - Getting Xi to fly across the world would be an enormous coup for the president-elect - which makes it politically ...

Wellington City has lost more than 10 percent of its jobs in a year, data shows. As more Health New Zealand cuts are revealed ...