Nine people, including four tourists, died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist site Saturday, police said. The victims included the fixed-wing plane’s pilot and four tourists from Australia, Ireland, England and Germany, said...

A New Zealand taekwondo athlete has opened a brothel to help fund his bid to compete at the 2012 London Olympics, local media reported Sunday. Logan Campbell, 23, told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper he hoped his Auckland “gentleman’s...

Pakistan and Australia agreed on Friday to pursue an effective anti-terrorism strategy and stressed the need for enhancing cooperation. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Michael Rudd, who held a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf here, told...

A 14-year-old youth has appeared in court in New Zealand charged with the murder and aggravated robbery of backpacker Karen Aim from Orkney. Boy, 14, charged with murder of backpacker Karen Aim Miss Aim was taken to hospital but died shortly...