Afghanistan's intelligence agency says it has thwarted a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai after arresting a bodyguard and five people with links to the Haqqani network and al-Qaeda.
Manila emergency services and residents are cleaning up and restoring electricity after a powerful typhoon unleashed floodwaters that killed at least 18 people and sent huge waves crashing over seawalls.
Tonga coach Isitolo Maka has named the following team to play New Zealand in their World Cup Pool A clash at Eden Park on Friday.
Michael Jackson's former doctor faces a tough challenge clearing himself of involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star's death as his trial, which promises to avoid many dark aspects of Jackson's life, begins with jury selection due this week.
New Zealand's unemployment rate has declined this year as businesses kept staff on deck amid an improving economic recovery.
Three members of an ABC news team are feared dead in a helicopter crash at Lake Eyre in South Australia.
The emperor penguin who became world famous when he washed up on a Kapiti Coast beach in June will return home at the end of this month.
A 59-year-old coal miner suffered an apparent heart attack and died while underground in the Roa Mine on the West Coast yesterday morning.
Adidas' public relations disaster spiralled further out of control last night, with the global sport giant cancelling a glitzy party tonight to celebrate the All Blacks.
Alec Baldwin says he's thinking of running for mayor of New York, but not until he learns more about the job.
Five tries from Nathan Merritt helped a rampant South Sydney humiliate a woeful Parramatta 56-6 in a one-sided NRL contest at ANZ Stadium on Monday night.
New Zealand has got another hoof in the European trade door with a European Union decision to allow access of a quota for grain-fed high quality beef.
The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at a record low 2.5%.
Labour Party members gathered on Parliament's steps today to release red balloons in memory of their counterparts and other victims who died in Norway's mass shooting and bombing at the weekend.
An elderly Manawatu farmer was crushed to death by a large hay bale yesterday.
Callous thieves are continuing to prey on sick children at Auckland's Starship Hospital.
A former West Coast man has died after reportedly being beaten up in Nadi, Fiji, several days ago.
The first phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the series of explosion at the Pike River coal mine on the West Coast which killed 29 workers was completed in Greymouth today, with former company boss Peter Whittall testifying.
The bones of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, have been removed from their grave in a small Bavarian town that had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
The NRL are set to vote today on two changes to the competition which include a New Zealand 'State of Origin' match and an extra round that could see two games played at Eden Park in one night.
