US President Donald Trump said Palestinians would not have the right of return to the Gaza Strip under his proposal to redevelop the enclave, according to excerpts from a Fox News interview.

Hamas has announced it will stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group says are Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Internal briefings suggest one of the main ways the government has cut costs for the new Dunedin hospital could make it more expensive to run.

Two political polls out today show the left bloc has the numbers to form a government if an election was held today.

New Zealand's 3G network will be retired at the end of the year, making room for more advanced technologies like 4G and 5G.

Libya's security authorities recovered at least 28 bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the desert in southeast Libya, the country's attorney general said on its Facebook page.