Military commanders from Thailand and Cambodia held talks yesterday as calm returned to their disputed border and displaced residents began trickling back.

The driver of a car that crashed on an Auckland motorway has died after falling from the Newmarket flyover bridge.

Two Israeli human rights organisations say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, the first major voices in Israeli society to level the strongest possible accusation against the state, which vehemently denies it.

A gunman opened fire inside a midtown Manhattan skyscraper, killing at least four people before the suspect turned up dead in the building.

Failing to locate stacks of cash during a home invasion, a masked man fatally beat an elderly relative over the head before fleeing, a jury has heard.

Dunedin Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit clinical director is supporting calls for medication to be checked by two people before it's dispensed, following the death of a two-month old baby allegedly given medication at an adult dosage.

In Australia's Northern Territory they are desperate for people to join their workforce and they have got Kiwis in their sights.