Conflict

In recent weeks millions of Ukrainians have intermittently been left without electricity and water as Russian air strikes target vital infrastructure.

One is now worried he could be tortured or killed by the Taliban regime, which he says is targeting citizens suspected of interacting with foreign forces.

Police are investigating whether an Auckland woman appealing for donations to help Russia is against the law.

It's the clearest sign yet that security forces may intensify their fierce crackdown on nationwide unrest.

A British newspaper claims the ex-prime minister's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.

Russia says it has finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands of people in a month.

About 50 protesters are demonstrating outside the Iranian embassy in Wellington.

The body of an American soldier who died alongside Kiwi Dominic Abelen in Ukraine has been sent home - but Abelen remains in Russian hands.

The country has just experienced one of the biggest nights yet of demonstrations.

The West is scrambling to prevent the inevitable crumbling of the global dominance of the United States and its allies, the Russian president says.

The body of a US soldier who died alongside a New Zealand corporal in Ukraine is being repatriated, but Dominic Abelen remains in Russian hands.

An academic says hostage diplomacy is a well-known tactic of the Iranian regime and New Zealanders should not go to the country. Audio

Videos showed thousands of residents walking along a highway, through a field and across a river to bypass roadblocks and reach the Aichi cemetery.

The first formal peace talks between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country's northern region of Tigray have started in South Africa.