Monday, March 9, 2026

Woman summonsed over fatal 2025 Taranaki dog attack

Police have today summonsed a 35-year-old woman in relation to the death of four-year-old Timothy Rolleston, following a dog attack in Katakati in March...

Police investigate Dannevirke burglary

Manawatū Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Dannevirke last week. On Friday 6 March, around 11.40pm, Police were called with a report...

Update: Search and Rescue operation, Greymouth

The police search in Greymouth continues after a report of a person who had been swept out to sea this weekend. At around 6pm Saturday,...

Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s new supreme leader

He will succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

Baker warns of ‘ninth COVID wave’

Immunologist Michael Baker claims New Zealand is now moving through its ninth significant Covid-19 surge, with the latest figures showing the virus continues to...

No quick ceasefire as Tehran demands permanent end to conflict

Iran says it is not prepared to accept another short-term ceasefire, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning that any pause in fighting must lead...

Iran poised to pick next supreme leader

The Assembly of Experts says a consensus has been reached on Ali Khamenei’s successor. Several members of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for...

Explosion rocks US Embassy in Oslo

An explosion struck the United States embassy in Oslo during the early hours of Sunday, prompting a major police response and an ongoing investigation...

NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party to end ACC’s ‘taxpayer-funded war on Kiwis and hold Pfizer accountable

On the heels of a significant rise in the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll—which now places the NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party (NZOFP) at 1.7%,...



Another EU country ready to veto Ukraine loan

Doing so is a “legitimate tool” to make Kiev resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, the Slovak prime...

Xi sends warning to ‘corrupt elements’ in Chinese army

Beijing has initiated an anti-graft campaign targeting the top echelons of power. Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to continue...

German media tycoon to buy out conservative UK newspaper

Media powerhouse Axel Springer SE has moved to purchase Tory party-affiliated British newspaper The Telegraph. Germany’s Axel Springer SE, the...

BBC Middle East editor’s ‘Israeli propaganda’ court case begins

Raffi Berg, an avowed Mossad admirer, wants journalist Owen Jones to retract a story alleging his pro-Israel bias. The UK...

Iran will no longer attack neighbouring countries – President

The states won’t be targeted unless the Islamic Republic is hit from their territory, the Iranian president has said. Tehran...

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