Latest from Libya

Four people have reportedly been arrested in connection with the execution-style killings of New Zealander Lynn Howie and Briton Mark De Salis in Libya on Thursday.

The apparent execution-style killing of a NZ woman in Libya has sparked concerns for five others still in the country.

The motive for the killings of a British man and his female New Zealander companion on a beach in Libya could be criminal as well as political, investigators have said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was last night working with Libyan authorities to establish the identity of the NZ woman shot dead in Libya.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking into reports that a New Zealand woman has been shot dead, along with a British man, in western Libya.

The Libyan capital was braced for fresh violence after a day in which at least 37 were killed and more than 400 wounded in a confrontation outside a militia headquarters.

Libyan militiamen have attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country's rampant armed groups, killing at least 22 people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Editorial: The situation in Syria is "bad and getting worse", according to a joint statement released yesterday after talks in Geneva between the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the Arab League.

Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.

Zain Ali says it may be the perpetrators of violence who are the ones who have besmirched and dishonoured Muhammad.

Irfan Yusuf says if Muslims took time to see just how bad the video is, they might realise it's not worth getting so upset about.

A New Zealand documentary film-maker was detained in Libya after filming rebel abuses.