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Middle East

Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Monday October 19, 2025.

US envoys arrive in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire after deadly flare up

Israel had threatened to halt shipments of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and its forces killed dozens in strikes there after accusing Hamas militants of killing two soldiers.

World

7:01am

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows an airstrip built on Zuqar Island, Yemen, in the Red Sea on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025.

Mysterious airstrip on Yemeni island – 90km from Houthi stronghold

It could give a military force the ability to conduct aerial surveillance over the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the strategic, narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

World

Monday 6:57pm

An armed man shoots in the air during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025

Israel launches new strikes in Gaza as ceasefire faces major test

Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of ceasefire violations.

World

Monday 6:20am

4:20

Locals dig graves for people killed in a cross-border airstrike by the Pakistani army in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire, Qatar says

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured after the deadliest crisis between the neighbouring countries in several years.

World

Sun, Oct 19

Palestinians watch members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

US says 'credible reports' Hamas planning attack violating ceasefire

Donald Trump previously warned on social media that “if Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them".

World

Sun, Oct 19

Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Monday October 19, 2025.

US envoys arrive in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire after deadly flare up

Israel had threatened to halt shipments of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and its forces killed dozens in strikes there after accusing Hamas militants of killing two soldiers.

World

7:01am

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows an airstrip built on Zuqar Island, Yemen, in the Red Sea on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025.

Mysterious airstrip on Yemeni island – 90km from Houthi stronghold

It could give a military force the ability to conduct aerial surveillance over the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the strategic, narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

World

Monday 6:57pm

An armed man shoots in the air during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025

Israel launches new strikes in Gaza as ceasefire faces major test

Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of ceasefire violations.

World

Monday 6:20am

4:20

Locals dig graves for people killed in a cross-border airstrike by the Pakistani army in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire, Qatar says

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured after the deadliest crisis between the neighbouring countries in several years.

World

Sun, Oct 19

Palestinians watch members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

US says 'credible reports' Hamas planning attack violating ceasefire

Donald Trump previously warned on social media that “if Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them".

World

Sun, Oct 19

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This family escaped Gaza for NZ, but could more have been helped?

Corazon Miller follows one family’s struggle to get out, and uncovers official documents indicating it might have been possible to evacuate others.

Politics

Sun, Oct 19

4:20

From a damaged building turned into a shelter, a Palestinian woman observes members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip

Hamas hands over the remains of an additional hostage

So far in past days, Hamas has handed over the remains of nine hostages, along with a 10th body that Israel said wasn’t that of a hostage.

World

Sat, Oct 18

A security officer pulled the woman off the tracks in Kayseri, Türkiye after she stepped out without looking.

Security guard saves woman from being hit by tram in Türkiye

Surveillance video footage showed the office swiftly pulling the woman, who was wearing headphones, from the path of the oncoming vehicle.

World

Fri, Oct 17

Mourners walk near the car carrying the coffin of slain hostage Guy Illouz during his funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

Remains of two more hostages received by Israel

Israel received the remains of two more hostages Thursday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage.

World

Thu, Oct 16

A still from a video showing armed Hamas men forcing a group to their knees and executing them.

Hamas reasserts control in a chaotic Gaza, reports of executions

The head of Gaza’s private truckers union claimed Hamas was acting against gangs that had terrorised people in areas controlled by Israel.

World

Wed, Oct 15

People greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails

Living Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners freed in Gaza ceasefire

Cheering crowds greeted buses of released prisoners in the West Bank and Gaza, while families and friends of the hostages gathered in a square in Tel Aviv, Israel.

World

Tue, Oct 14

US President Donald Trump speaks during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal.

World leaders gather in Egypt to throw weight behind Gaza ceasefire

Before the summit, US President Donald Trump was hailed by the Egyptian President as the “only one” able to bring peace to the region.

World

Tue, Oct 14

Gaza food sites run by US-Israeli-backed group being shut down

Gaza food sites run by US-Israeli-backed group being shut down

The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating in May, after Israel shut off all food to Gaza for months, pushing the population toward famine.

World

Mon, Oct 13

Displaced Palestinians ride donkey carts loaded with belongings past destroyed buildings in Gaza City

'Is that what is left?' - Toll of war in Gaza City laid bare

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war, and as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

World

Sun, Oct 12

Displaced Palestinians carry their belongings as they walk along the heavily damaged Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025

Palestinians return to ruins amid ceasefire and US troops land in Israel

“Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no idea where we should live or where to go,” said Mahmoud al-Shandoghli as he walked through Gaza City.

World

Sun, Oct 12

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A displaced Palestinian girl carries a bag on her head as she walks along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, heading toward Gaza City, Friday, October 10, 2025.

Many unresolved questions remain as a ceasefire begins in Gaza

Bombardment stopped, and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza under a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead to a lasting peace?

World

Sat, Oct 11

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hold a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office, during Rubio's visit, in Jerusalem (Pool Photo via AP).

Israeli cabinet approves 'outline' of hostage release deal

The approval is a key step in implementing a ceasefire and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners brokered by US President Donald Trump.

World

Fri, Oct 10

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File photo.

World leaders react after Trump announces Israel-Hamas peace deal

Hamas will release all 20 living hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza.

World

Thu, Oct 9

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip celebrate after the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, as they gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv

Families of Israeli hostages joyous as freedom nears for captives

For 24 months, it's been Israel's ground zero of anguish, uncertainty, torment and despair.

World

Thu, Oct 9

This image obtained from live stream footage from Gaza Sunbird vessel, one of the nine boats taking part in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens to Gaza, shows an Israeli soldier trying to reach the camera onboard Gaza Sunbird vessel

Israeli military intercepts another flotilla heading to Gaza

Türkiye strongly condemned and called Israel's latest interception in international waters an "act of piracy".

World

Thu, Oct 9

People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza.

Divided Israel marks two years since Oct 7 attack – Gaza war grinds on

Israel and Hamas are holding indirect peace talks in Egypt.

World

Tue, Oct 7

A Syrian woman passes in front of posters showing Syrian-American Jew Henry Hamra, a candidate for the Syrian Parliamentary elections, in the Jewish neighborhood of old Damascus, Syria Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Many Syrians unaware of first parliamentary election since Assad's fall

In the days leading up to the polling, some residents of the Syrian capital had no idea a vote was hours away.

World

Sun, Oct 5

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli army strike, outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip

Israeli bombing of Gaza City 'significantly subsided' - hospital official

The army statement came hours after US President Donald Trump ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza once Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan.

World

Sun, Oct 5

Hamas fighters hand over 3 female Israeli hostages to Red Cross at al-Saraya as part of 1st phase of ceasefire and prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Gaza on January 19, 2025.

Israel preparing to implement 'first stage of Trump’s plan' to end war in Gaza

A statement from the prime minister’s office Saturday said Israel would work “in full cooperation” with Trump to end the war in accordance with its principles.

World

Sat, Oct 4

Sam Leason, a Kiwi teenager on board Sirius, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. (Source: Instagram / Sam Leason)

Kiwi teen on board Gaza flotilla ship intercepted by Israeli forces

The Global Sumud Flotilla, a group of dozens of boats carrying 500 people, is trying to break Israel's blockade.

New Zealand

Thu, Oct 2

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