At least nine people have killed from Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese towns, as the Israeli military said it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon.
The wife of a man who died after taking part in a charity boxing match in Christchurch says she thinks the practice is abhorrent - and wants to see it stopped.
Barbados has completed what it calls the world's first 'debt-for-climate resilience' swap and will invest multimillions in water infrastructure, food security and environmental protection.
Letters sent to IT employees at Te Whatu Ora Waikato, outlining a proposed restructure and possible disestablishment of their jobs, included the wrong job titles.
Vanuatu has urged the top UN court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries to address consequences of them contributing to global warming.
US President-elect Donald Trump says there will be "hell to pay" in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip were not released before his inauguration next month.
About 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are walking off the job for eight hours today over what they say are critical threats to patient safety.
A team of front-line hospital workers who make beds, tidy wards and replenish supplies to ease the load on clinical staff have been told their jobs could be gone next year.