PNG police shoot protesting uni students

Daniel Flitton 12:32 PM   Papua New Guinea police have shot at protesting university students in Port Moresby, with several unconfirmed deaths, according to reports.

Rye Hunt may have taken wrong hallucinogen

Laura McQuillan 7:06 AM   A young Australian traveller missing in Brazil may have taken a powerful and potentially dangerous hallucinogen, thinking it was a party drug, his family believes.

Yoga teacher drives twin sister off a cliff

An American yoga entrepreneur will appear in court in Hawaii charged with the murder of her identical twin, after she drove their car over a cliff, smashing into the rocks 60 metres below.

Trump 'textbook definition of racism': Ryan

4:03 AM   Republicans are facing a tricky predicament as their party's nominee repeatedly insults and offends broad swaths of the American public.

'Republicans for Hillary' PAC formed

Kate Ackley 5:39 AM   Mathematically affirmed as the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton is getting help from across the partisan divide.

Public support for the EU plunges across Europe

Noah Barkin 12:56 PM   Public support for the European Union has fallen sharply in its biggest member states over the past year, a survey showed on Tuesday, weeks before Britons vote on whether to leave the 28-nation bloc.

Migrants linked to huge upsurge in crime in Germany

Michelle Martin 12:51 PM   Migrants in Germany committed or tried to commit some 69,000 crimes in the first quarter of 2016, according to a police report that could raise further unease about immigration in Europe.

Hillary Clinton declares herself Democrat nominee

12:46 PM   Hillary Clinton has declared herself as the Democratic Party nominee for US president, saying she has made history as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House.

California, New Jersey cast their primary votes

Josephine Tovey, Chris Zappone 12:08 PM   Follow the latest updates from the last big day of US primary contests in the presidential election race.

The judge in the Stanford rape case is being threatened. Who is he?

Liam Stack 11:10 AM   A California judge harshly criticised for giving what many say is a lenient sentence to a Stanford student convicted of sexual assault has been bombarded by threats of violence against him and his family, an official said Tuesday.

Tiger Temple investigation uncovers slaughterhouse

Lindsay Murdoch 10:44 AM   Police investigating Thailand's now closed Tiger Temple have found what they believe is a slaughterhouse and holding facility used by a suspected animal trafficking network.

Assad vows to 'liberate every inch of Syria'

Tom Perry 9:48 AM   President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April.

Indonesian minority religion leaders charged with blasphemy and treason

Jewel Topsfield 9:18 AM   Three former leaders of the disbanded Gafatar movement face life imprisonment after being arrested for blasphemy and treason in a case raising serious concerns about Indonesia's treatment of religious minorities.

'Hero' students tackled Brock Turner after Stanford University rape

Megan Levy 9:13 AM   A simple hand-drawn picture of two bicycles has been taped above the bed of a 23-year-old woman to remind her, she says, that there are "heroes in this story".

Largest military exercise in eastern Europe since Cold War begins

Thomas Gibbons-Neff 6:09 AM   The biggest military exercise in eastern Europe since the Cold War kicked off in earnest Tuesday as roughly 2000 NATO paratroopers were set to fill the skies over Poland.

Ex Italy PM Berlusconi hospitalised for heart problem, but not life threatening

10:09 PM   Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised in Milan for a heart problem but his condition is not life threatening, a spokeswoman for his party said on Tuesday.

Cardinal George Pell to tender resignation to Pope Francis

10:03 PM   Australia's most senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell will tender his resignation to Pope Francis on Wednesday.

Explosion rocks Istanbul district, police targeted

Humeyra Pamuk and Osman Orsal 9:43 PM   A Turkish police bus has been targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district near a university and tourist sites.

British paedophile gets life for Malaysian, Cambodian crimes

Michael Holden 8:55 PM   Paedophile abused 23 Malaysian and Cambodian children and babies.

Why Bernie Sanders must end his campaign

Nick O'Malley 12:00 AM   If Bernie Sanders hopes to be remembered as a positive force in American politics, he must now end his campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination.

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Clinton needs a big win in California

Paul McGeough 4:40 PM   The Associated Press has called Hillary Clinton as the winner in the Democratic nomination race. So what now?

Brazil's impeachment trial to run into Rio Olympics

Anthony Boadle 3:43 PM   The impeachment trial of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff will conclude in the middle of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August, according to a timeline decided on Monday by the Senate impeachment commission.

Frenchman arrested in Ukraine was 'planning 15 attacks' in France

Henry Samuel 2:43 PM   A French citizen arrested with a "vast arsenal" of explosives and assault rifles was planning "15 attacks" to coincide with the Euro 2016 football tournament in France, according to Ukraine's state security service.

Australian NGOs denounce use of 'pity' advertising in fundraising campaigns

Lindsay Murdoch 2:18 PM   Many of Australia's non-government aid organisations have denounced charities that use images portraying people in a "pitiful way" to manipulate a story in their fund-raising campaigns.