Conflict

Israel's parliament has voted to allow Israeli citizens back into the sites of four settlements in the occupied West Bank evacuated at the time of the disengagement from Gaza in 2005.

Russia's president made his remarks at a joint media conference with China's leader Xi Jinping, while warning of escalation if depleted uranium-tipped shells were shipped to the conflict zone.

RNZ understands a New Zealander fighting on the front line in Ukraine has been killed in action.

Analysis - As Iraq's neighbours, Iran and Saudi Arabia, pledge to restore diplomatic ties, the time might be right for New Zealand to take another look at the region, Geoffrey Miller writes.

Warfare around Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant has prompted warnings of possible disaster - but workers say the scenes inside are just as alarming.

Russia's forced deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators say.

A high-profile evacuation to the UK of Afghan female footballers fleeing the Taliban included some who were not top-tier players, a probe has found.

Yoon Suk Yeol will arrive on the first visit to Japan by a South Korean president in 12 years amid a perceived increase in regional threats from North Korea, China and unease at home.

Beijing has reacted with anger to the details of a UK, US and Australia pact known as AUKUS.

The state news agency says the launch tested the underwater offensive operations of submarine units that form part of the country's nuclear deterrent.

Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 10th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court's powers.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to re-establish relations after years of hostility that had threatened stability and security in the Gulf and helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East from Yemen to…

At least nine people die as Russia fires powerful weapons, including hypersonic cruise missiles.

Israeli forces have raided a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin killing at least six Palestinians, including a Hamas member suspected of a recent shooting.

North Korea says any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war, while blaming joint military exercises between the US and South Korea for growing tensions.

Taiwan will not allow "repeated provocations" from China, the island's defence minister said on Tuesday, as China's foreign minister said Taiwan was the "first red line" that must not be crossed in…

The president says the embattled eastern city's defence goes on and that senior generals back the move.

Analysis: By shoring up the power of Xi Jinping in this third term, China will intensify its battle for technology and influence against the US, writes Bill Birtles.