Watch live coverage on TV One and at tvnz.co.nz/fifa as France play Germany in the quarterfinals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Estádio Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro. 6mins - FRA 0-0 GER. It's a cagey start to proceedings, with Germany knocking the ball about ...

Hamas and Israel are expected to announce a ceasefire following exchanges of fire along the border with the Gaza Strip. The BBC reported that a militant Palestinian group said a truce had been brokered by Egyptian intelligence officials. Scores of rockets ...

Hurricane Arthur strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane late yesterday, with winds increasing to 161 kph as it neared the U.S. East Coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre said that little additional change in strength was expected Thursday night and ...

Hurricane Arthur strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane late yesterday, with winds increasing to 161 kph as it neared the U.S. East Coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre said that little additional change in strength was expected Thursday night and ...

Hurricane Arthur strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane late yesterday, with winds increasing to 161 kph as it neared the U.S. East Coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre said that little additional change in strength was expected Thursday night and ...

The economic relationship between China and South Korea looks like it couldn't be better as Xi Jinping arrives in Seoul for his first presidential visit to the Korean Peninsula. Yet expectations are high that the summit between Xi and South Korea's president ...

Australian-born TV entertainer Rolf Harris faces new allegations of sex abuse after being convicted of a string of indecent assaults on teenage girls, including from at least one New Zealander. Law firm Slater & Gordon has received up to a dozen new ...

A member of an Iraqi volunteer forces group joins training in city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 26, after authorities urged Iraqis in to battle. - Source: AP. Related. Added 18:46 Rights group says Iraq militants executed 160 captives · Added 05:58 Iraqi ...

Kim Smith has been forced to withdraw from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a foot injury. Smith had been selected to compete in the marathon but the injury has prevented her from training properly. "I unfortunately won't be able to run at Glasgow.

Algeria has qualified for the World Cup knockout stages for the first time after Islam Slimani's headed equalizer gave his team a 1-1 draw against Russia today. HIGHLIGHTS: Kokorin puts Russia in front, Slimani equalises. Algeria placed second in Group H ...

Alexander Kerzhakov scored with one of his first touches after coming on as a substitute to earn Russia a 1-1 draw with South Korea today in a World Cup match marked by the first big goalkeeping error of the tournament. Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev ...

Barack Obama has announced that 275 US troops will be deployed to Iraq to bolster security at the US embassy in Baghdad. According to AFP, the military personnel began deploying yesterday. Mr Obama wrote in a letter to Congressional leaders that the ...

Ghana and the USA played a crucial World Cup Pool G clash from Estadio das Dunas, Natal. FULLTIME - Ghana 1-2 USA And the US have secured a famous win! Revenge is secured for their lost in 2010 and they now have a real chance of making the ...

Tracy Morgan is expected to spend several weeks in hospital following a car crash yesterday. The 30 Rock star sustained a number of injuries - including a broken femur, a broken nose and broken ribs - after the limo bus he was travelling in overturned when ...

In this image released by Egypt's state news agency MEAN, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reviews honor guards during his inaugural ceremony inside the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 8, 2014. - Source: AP. Egypt's newly sworn-in ...

An el-Sissi supporter waves a flag in front of a banner of the leader. - Source: AP. Related. Egypt extends presidential vote a day after low voter turnout. Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to ...

These are the opening words of Disney's latest Maleficent, a much anticipated dark fairytale, starring Angelina Jolie as the lead and the iconic faerie Maleficent, from the 1959 movie, Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent lives in a world divided by two kingdoms; ...

Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal improved his French Open record to 61-1 after beating big-hitting Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. The Spaniard's only defeat at Roland Garros was in the fourth round against Robin Soderling five years ...

The Sharks cemented their spot atop the Super Rugby standings by beating the Blues 29-23 at North Harbour tonight. The men from Durban wrapped up their tour of Australasia with a second New Zealand scalp, after notching an historic win over the ...

Press materials are displayed on a table of the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014, before Attorney General Eric Holder was to speak at a news conference. Holder was announcing that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese ...