Mum: 'I was saving my baby'
4:27 PM She opened the door to find her 16-year-old daughter wrestling with a masked intruder. Then a shot rang out.
From tragedy came love
14 min ago When a firefighter saved a Boston Marathon bomb victim, it began a journey that would lead to a wedding.
Trump to study 'dumb deal'
5:16 PM US President comes out swinging after revelations of a caustic call between him and Australia's PM.
'Stabbed with a ruler'
"He just walked in and stabbed them, then walked out," a shocked witness said.
In deadly raid, a lesson
It was a US-led strike against al Qaeda, but it killed a young American girl.
Trump will honour 'dumb' refugee deal
But after Trump and Turnbull's row, the US could still refuse to take refugees though 'extreme vetting'.
Trump's threat to Mexico
US President Donald Trump told Mexican president he might send in US troops to stop "bad hombres down there''.
Boy, 5, handcuffed, detained
He was a five-year-old boy at an airport. But to the White House he was a threat.
Where's billionaire Xiao Jianhua?
The Hong Kong-based businessman appears to have gone missing, despite an advert which says he is "recuperating abroad".
'There is a major war brewing'
Trump right-hand man Steve Bannon's worldview signals even bigger changes ahead.
Kiwi captures Iraq frontline
Joe Dowling braved the frontlines of Iraq to capture life through the lens in the fight against Isis.
Is this Australia's most ironic crime?
He was after the CCTV camera outside a Perth business, but forgot it was probably filming him.
Misdiagnosis led to gangrene
An Australian dad was told he had the flu but instead he lost his legs and fingers.
Jellyfish like bubble wrap carpet
No, that's not high tide, but a plague of jellyfish beached in Australia.
Trump will honour 'dumb' refugee deal
5:02 PM But after Trump and Turnbull's row, the US could still refuse to take refugees though 'extreme vetting'.
Is this Australia's most ironic crime?
He was after the CCTV camera outside a Perth business, but forgot it was probably filming him.
Spy base working for Trump?
Protesters call for closure of Waihopai spy base near Blenheim so new US president can't get information from NZ.
Trump rooster no comedy cockerel
OPINION: Donald Trump has cast a giant orange shadow over the world - and it's no laughing matter.
Trump bans Muslims
President Donald Trump indefinitely bans people fleeing Syria and prohibits entry to people from seven Muslim nations.
Putin, Trump phone call
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are expected to talk, for the first time since Trump took office, this Saturday.
Accused parents flee US for NZ
An American couple accused of killing their 7-year-old son have fled to New Zealand.
Trump club to stump up $7.9m
Donald Trump told disgruntled golf club members to get lost if they didn't like his new rules, a judge disagreed.
Live: Sean Spicer speaks
Watch as White House press secretary speaks after a week of controversial moves by President Trump.
Paris wages war on wee
The City of Love could also be known as the City of Pee. But it's fighting back, with composting urinals.
Brexit bill clears first hurdle
The way has been paved for the British government to launch EU divorce talks by the end of March.
Locked-in dad rejects future son-in-law
Groundbreaking technology helped him to speak for the first time in years. But his daughter probably wished he hadn't.
Actress vows to travel to Oscars
Iranian-born Swedish actress will risk being denied entry into the US to attend the Oscars.
Tonga's underwater volcano
46km out to sea from Tonga's capital lies a "submarine volcano" - and it's been erupting for over a week.
Revolt over double-deckers
Waiheke residents taking a stand over Fullers Ferries' double-decker tourist buses.
Powerful quake hits Pacific
A powerful but deep quake has hit between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, but there is no tsunami threat for NZ.
Strong quake hits off Solomon Islands
A 6.7-magnitude quake has hit off the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 33km.
Murder suspect destroyed evidence
Sara Connor burnt her clothes after she and boyfriend, David Taylor, "panicked"
Oldest human ancestor had a big mouth
The fish that paved the way for humans 540 million years ago was certainly not a beauty.
Kiwis hurt in Sri Lanka
Six New Zealanders are planning to leave Sri Lanka after lucky escape from crash.
Police clamp down on 'scalawags'
Philippine authorities are diverting their attention from the war on drugs to cleanse the force of rogue officers.
Left to drown in Venice
Onlookers apparently watched on from boats as video surfaces of African man drowning in Venice's Grand Canal.
Militants kill 28 in hotel attack
Car bomb rammed into gate before militants storm inside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
Fairy circles: mystery solved?
It is one of nature's head scratchers - the circles seen in distant deserts, but a new theory has emerged.
Suicide blast kills more than 40
Deadliest suicide bomb attack in Mali's history claims 42 lives and wounds more than 100.
A Muslim ban or not?
It targets Muslim-majority countries and Muslim majority demographics but is it fair to call it a Muslim ban?
Lindsay Lohan holds political talks
The former starlet turns diplomat, meeting with Turkey's president at his home to discuss the refugee crisis.
Trump's ban a victory - jihadists
Islamist groups celebrate "blessed ban", saying it validates claim that US is at war with Islam.
Syria denies stroke claims
Reports suggest the Syrian dictator is in hospital after falling ill, but the regime has denied the claims.