Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals.

Imagine strapping into a car-sized capsule and hurtling through a tube at more than 1100 km/h - not for the thrill of it, but to get where you need to go.

Prime Minister David Cameron is urging the whole country to "get behind fracking".

A sinkhole has caused a villa at a central Florida resort to partially collapse while another section of it is sinking.

The World Athletics Championships aren't the only sporting event taking place in Moscow this week.

Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have faced off in the first of three pre-election debates in Australia.

The Navy set sail today on New Zealand's first-ever mission to defend ships against Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Africa.

Fonterra says it will have to rethink how it plans to go about launching its own infant formula brand in China, following the contamination scare.

NSA leaker Edward Snowden's father plans to discuss how his son could fight espionage charges when he visits him in Russia.

Two bombings targeting an army checkpoint and a convoy near the Iraqi capital have killed five soldiers, officials say.

A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness.

Two New Zealand World War II veterans living in Sydney had a special ceremony held in their honour today.

A controversial royal wedding between Tongan royalty and a commoner has taken place in Auckland without the king's approval.

President Barack Obama said Friday he was reassessing the US relationship with Russia.

Australia will hold its election four weeks from today, and the first week of campaigning has been notable for the number of cringe-worthy moments.

Around 30 demonstrators gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Wellington this afternoon protesting against Russia's gay rights issues.

Assailants on the East African island of Zanzibar threw acid on two British women volunteering at a primary school on the Tanzanian island.

New Zealand Olympic speed skater and gay rights campaigner Blake Skjellerup opposes a proposed boycott of the Winter Olympics to protest Russia's new anti-gay laws.

A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range forcing some 1,500 people to flee.

A Kiwi journalist in Syria says the revolution has completely broken down, with no unified effort to overthrow President Bashar Assad.

David Cameron is calling for people to boycott social media sites that do nothing to counter online bullying.

There have been a couple of cringeworthy moments on the Australian campaign trail a Rachel Morton takes a look.

A second British teenager has committed suicide after being the victim of cyber bullying on social media website Ask.fm.

Footage has emerged of the moment a bus was struck by a truck on a highway in Lishui City in China's southern Zhejiang Province.

In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama called off an upcoming Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Snowden tensions.

A visiting former CIA operative says it's plausible that New Zealanders may have received training from al-Qaida in Yemen - but not here.

A British MP who used to deal with Twitter trolls by sending them pictures of kittens says the problem is now far more serious.

The house where three women were held captive for a decade was reduced to rubble in less than an hour and a half.

A massive fire has destroyed the arrivals hall at Kenya's main international airport, forcing the closure of East Africa's largest airport and the rerouting of all inbound flights.

Mount Sharp has beckoned Curiosity since the NASA rover made its grand entrance on Mars exactly a year ago.

Iran is ready for "serious" and swift talks with world powers over its controversial nuclear program, the country's new president says.

Maj Nidal Malik Hasan fired the last of 146 bullets in his assault on Fort Hood, then walked outside.

A new study shows how the consumption of milk and other dairy products has driven the evolution of human society.

A new massive federal study says the world in 2012 sweltered with continued signs of climate change.

The US military evacuated non-essential US government personnel from Yemen due to the high risk of attack by al-Qaida.

Canadian police are treating the deaths of two young boys who were strangled by a Python as a criminal investigation.

A new white Bengal tiger cub has made her first public appearance in a Peruvian zoo.

It may look like an iceberg, but there's nothing cool about it.

Infamous State of Origin streaker Wati Holmwood says he "doesn't know" why he streaked during the final Origin game on July 17, but would do it again.

Police say two young boys are dead after they were strangled by a python that escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Canada.

Syrian rebels captured four villages in the heartland of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect.

The US State Department has closed its embassies in four sub-Saharan African nations as part of a heightened security alert.

Amnesty International's senior crisis researcher Donatella Rovera has just come back from eastern Syria.

According to surveillance video, a man in a large black car steered around a vehicle barrier and accelerated mercilessly through the crowd.

Support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party has taken a hit.

Zimbabwean church leaders urged worshippers to pray for peace after disputed elections gave longtime President Robert Mugabe a landslide victory.

Helen Clark is backing New Zealand's bid for a spot on the UN Security Council, saying it will bring "soft power" to the role.

Iran's new president says no force in the world will be able to shake his country's decades-old alliance with Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad.

A number of Twitter users are boycotting the social media site for 24 hours in a protest directed at online trolls.

The weekend closure of nearly two dozen US diplomatic posts in the Muslim world resulted from the gravest terrorist threat seen in years.

Imagine driving down the motorway at 100km/h when your car suddenly jerks sideways or just stops, and you had nothing to do with it.

Twitter is introducing a one-click button to report abuse and is updating rules to clarify that it will not tolerate abusive behaviour online.

The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 US embassies and consulates in the Muslim world.

Taiwanese lawmakers exchanged punches and threw water at each other Friday ahead of an expected vote on a nuclear power plant.

Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden has upset the Obama administration and enraged the US Congress.

Allegations of vote-rigging are flowing in Zimbabwe, with reports of fake registration cards and voters turned away from the polls.

Jane and Martin Weekes have brand new babies, Poppy and Parker.

A Colorado restaurant security camera has caught a thief red-handed - or should that be red-pawed.

A speech prepared in 1983 for the Queen to give in the event of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union has been released by Britain's National Archives.

A highly anticipated fall summit could become a casualty of Moscow's defiant decision to grant temporary asylum to Edward Snowden.