Rubble of destroyed buildings is pictured at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Rweiss neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Photo: AFP Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has said the country’s forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran’s commanders at a seaside hotel … Read more
By Julie Zhu and Federico Maccioni, Reuters DIEGEM, BELGIUM – APRIL 11: A Boeing 777 (A6-EQJ) from Emirates flying form Dubai lands in Zaventem Airport to Milan on April 11, 2025 in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium. The Triple Seven, is an American developed and produced long-range wide-body airliner. Emirates is one of the two flag airlines of … Read more
By Neve Brissenden and Georgia Loney, ABC News The defence told the court the pregnancy did not occur as a result of Skye Palazzese Edwards’ actions. Photo: ABC South West WA: Georgia Loney A Western Australian woman who poked holes in her housemate’s condoms in a “fit of rage” has walked free, after a court … Read more
By Nicholas Ross Smith and Anna Christoforou of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon talking to US President Donald Trump. Photo: X / Prime Minister’s office Analysis: When a local political commentator recently suggested (partly tongue-in-cheek) that New Zealand might respond to US President Donald Trump’s new world order by becoming the seventh state of Australia, it … Read more
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the economic impact of the war in the Middle East still isn’t clear. Energy prices have spiked because of supply concerns, while financial markets have been spooked by the conflict. The shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for energy trade, effectively … Read more
GCSB Director General Andrew Clark. Photo: VNP/Louis Collins The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) spy agency says it is providing round-the-clock threat intelligence updates on the Iran war. The GCSB, along with its partner agency NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS), appeared at a Parliamentary select committee for their annual reviews on Wednesday. GCSB Director-General Andrew … Read more
Photo: SUPPLIED The family car is filled with petrol and packed with supplies and go bags for a hasty escape. But for now, a New Zealand family living in Qatar’s capital, said they would stay where they were while loud booms could be heard in the distance. Since Israel and the United States launched an … Read more
By Tal Shalev and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a religious gathering in Tehran on 19 February, 2026. Photo: “AFP / Handout / Khamenei.ir The traffic cameras on the streets of Tehran provided a real-time view of the targets. Hacked years ago, the cameras allowed Israel to map the city in … Read more
A plume of smoke rises from the Zayed Port following a reported Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi. Photo: AFP / RYAN LIM A New Zealander living very near a military base in the Middle East which is critical to the US says he feels safe enough for the moment – but his family has an … Read more
Follow the latest with our live blog above US President Donald Trump is warning ‘a big wave’ of strikes against Iran is yet to come. Speaking to CNN, Trump said the US hasdn’t even begun to hit the Iranian regime hard. Missile strikes continued to fly over the Middle East overnight, with multiple countries threatening … Read more