8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (852+ words) Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea. (Source: Supplied) Indonesian rescuers said about 140 passengers and crew were missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1142+ words) Ireland's President Catherine Connolly (centre) greets US President Donald Trump (right) in Dublin. (Source: Associated Press) US President Donald Trump said a unified Ireland would be “fantastic” as he waded into a complex, politically charged subject during a weekend visit…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1425+ words) Saudi Arabia shut down the pipeline after it was attacked the previous day, with the Ministry of Energy describing the closure as "a precautionary measure". (Source: Supplied) Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1233+ words) This image taken from undated video released by Al-Masirah TV, a channel owned by Yemen's Houthi rebels, on Friday, September 11, 2026, shows, according to the channel, Houthi fighters chanting atop a pickup truck in Khawkhah, Hodeida province, Yemen. (Source: Associated Press)…...

17+ hour ago   (1209+ words) More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defence official said. The dead are part of 1.5 million Russian casualties in Ukraine, Air Chief Marshall…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1368+ words) Workers apply finishing touches to a BRICS sign ahead of the summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India, Saturday, September 12, 2026. (Source: Associated Press) The BRICS group of emerging economies expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (846+ words) Muma Dee'z Creations in Rotorua. (Source: Supplied) The owner of a Rotorua holistic shop says she's scared to be there alone after a group twice preached outside it, telling people she practised "witchcraft" and would kill anyone who went in....

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (640+ words) Princess Diana arriving at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in a gown by Christina Stambolian, June 1994. (Source: Getty) Princess Diana's "revenge dress" which broke royal protocol and created a sensational pop culture moment is going on sale for the first time…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (404+ words) Fire and Emergency says it has responded to an electrical burning smell reported at Auckland Airport this morning, with crowds of people pictured outside the domestic terminal. Images sent to 1News show queues of travellers outside the terminal, with emergency services…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (811+ words) Pilot Tim Brown (left) and guide Sean Roach. (Source: Supplied) A helicopter that crashed killing two people in Mt Aspiring National Park plunged 30m down a mountain after its rotor blades struck the rockface, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found....