A Canterbury lines company is offering a $5000 reward to anyone who reports "significant" information about the tampering or theft of copper earthing wires from power poles.

Leslie Parr was spiralling. It had been 27 years since he'd killed his ex-partner and his mental health was rapidly declining.

Dubai's international airport is gradually resuming flights, authorities say, after a fire caused by a drone attack forced a temporary suspension to one of the world's busiest air travel hubs.

Food prices are likely to rise if war in the Middle East keeps pressure on oil prices - but some types of food may be more affected than others.

Israel has warned that displaced Lebanese driven from their homes by its military campaign would not be able to return until the safety of Israelis living near the border was ensured, as Israeli troops pushed into new parts of southern Lebanon.

Cuba's national electric grid has collapsed leaving around 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is appealing a conviction for criminal conspiracy over attempts to procure campaign funds from Libya, for which he received a five-year jail sentence last year.