1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (916+ words) Israel said last week it was enlarging a "buffer zone"up to the Litani River. It was not immediately clear whether Netanyahu was referring to that area or to the seizure of additional territory. "I have now instructed to further…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1060+ words) Meanwhile, an'Iranian attack'on an airbase in Saudi Arabia seriously wounded two US military personnel and injured another 10, a US official told Reuters, as drones and missiles continued to strike around the Gulf. Rubio told reporters on Friday after meeting G7 counterparts…...

5+ day, 54+ min ago  (372+ words) Rising fuel prices appear to be keeping some travellers off the roads in the main centres. Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub helped RNZ compile NZ Transport Agency data showing traffic at sites throughout the country. It shows Auckland's light vehicle…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (631+ words) The announcement that the University of Otago intends to partner with the Palo Alto Networks (PANW) to offer a Masters in Digital Technology for the new Queenstown campus will be shocking to many in the wider community. This is because…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (754+ words) New Zealand is once again feeling the fallout of a geopolitical crisis. With a de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in place, oil prices soared past the $US90 ($NZ154) per barrel mark after New Zealand's close of business on Friday....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (898+ words) Iran did not immediately comment on Israel's announcement it had killed Ali Larijani, widely viewed as one of Iran's most powerful figures and a confidant of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son and successor, Mojtaba. In a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (584+ words) The 24-year-old gunman is seeking a court gag order preventing publication of the names of his mother, brother and sister, who say they have received death threats since Akram's arrest. A 10-year-old girl was among 15 people killed when Akram and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (295+ words) The United States-Israel war against'Iran'has thrown global aviation into turmoil, with flights cancelled, rescheduled and rerouted, as most Middle East airspace stays shut over fears of missile and drone attacks, while the crisis sends fuel prices soaring. Monday's incident pointed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (669+ words) The road through the Negev desert cuts across a lunar landscape, past giant erosion craters, date groves, a crocodile farm " and Israel's worst-kept secret. The Dimona nuclear site is not visible from the road, but it appears clearly in satellite…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (140+ words) New Zealand should speak plainly about the United States and Israel's "flagrant violation of international law, Professor Robert Patman says. "The consensus among'legal scholars around the world is that this [assault] is a blatant violation of Article 51, which is you…...