New low: 65m people displaced in the world

5:25 PM   The UN refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan has raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year.

Dump Trump movement gains momentum

Paul McGeough 1:56 PM   Renewed agitation for Trump to be ambushed and stripped of the nomination at the party's July convention got a push along on Sunday when House Speaker Paul Ryan seemed to encourage the mooted revolt.

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Train wreck as Trump's numbers sink

Paul McGeough 12:00 PM   Trump's modus operandi is to lend his name to a project that others fund, but it's not working in politics.

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The unread words from Obama senior

The trove of documents renders a portrait of Barack Obama snr in his own words, sometimes in his own handwriting. But it also lays bare the beginnings of the fractured relationship between father and son.

Rome poised to elect 1st female mayor

The Eternal City has elected its first female mayor in its two-and-a-half millennia history, in a ballot that will test Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's popularity.

Pistorius family face extortion attempt

10:29 PM   Oscar Pistorius and other relatives have been threatened ahead of the former track star's sentencing for murder.

'It's up to them': Indonesians to escort Sri Lankan boat out to sea

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 9:18 PM   Sri Lankans on board a boat marooned in Indonesia for more than a week insist they will continue their journey to Australia if their boat is escorted back into international waters.

Taliban suicide bomber targets minibus in Kabul

Mirwais Harooni 3:47 PM   A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded eight in an attack on a minibus carrying Nepalese security contractors in the Afghan capital.

Donald Trump's 'Japanese ad' by Mike Diva goes viral

Karl Quinn 1:31 PM   It's got some people fooled, but the pretty-in-pink Japanese Donald Trump campaign ad is the work of Hollywood-based joker Mike Diva.

Turkish border troops 'kill 11 Syrian refugees, including women and children'

Suleiman al-Khalidi 1:13 PM   Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from north-western Syria, says an independent monitoring group.

Chinese 'Ivory Queen' in court over 700 smuggled tusks

Neil Connor 12:21 PM   She once described herself as the best example of friendship between China and Tanzania, but the Chinese restaurant owner is accused of smuggling tusks from hundreds of elephants.

Dozens dead in Indonesia landslides

11:43 AM   The death toll has risen to 35 from landslides and floods in parts of Central Java with at least 25 people missing.

Apple to pull out of Republican convention because of Trump

Henry Cooke 10:50 AM   Troubled by Donald Trump, Apple will reportedly not provide free computers or funding to the US Republican National Convention, a break with tradition.

Gunmen storm Rio hospital in deadly raid to free associate

Adriana Gomes Licon 10:16 AM   A group of heavily-armed men stormed a Rio de Janeiro hospital to free an associate, sparking a shootout with officers that left a patient dead and two wounded.

US car dealership's latest promotion: 'Buy a car, get an AR'

Peter Holley 7:03 AM   Used-car dealers are never short on goofy sales gimmicks to attract customers.

Venezuelans ransack stores as hunger grips the nation

Nicholas Casey 5:58 AM   Venezuela is convulsing from hunger.

Trump says US should consider racial profiling

Emily Stephenson 5:22 AM   Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling in law enforcement, after urging harsher policies following last week's mass shooting in Orlando.

Summer camp boating accident in Russia leaves at least 13 children dead

Andrew Roth 4:37 AM   At least 13 children and a counsellor at a Russian summer camp died Sunday in a boating accident that investigators have suggested is the result of criminal negligence.

Britain's rival EU campaigns restart as polls show momentum for 'In'

William James 3:20 AM   David Cameron is warning Britons they faced an "existential choice" at Thursday's EU referendum.

US authorities to release 911 call transcripts from Orlando shooting

Amber Phillips 1:48 AM   United Stated Attorney General Loretta Lynch says authorities will release redacted transcripts of the phone calls between Orlando shooter Omar Mateen and police.

EgyptAir flight recorders severely damaged

Ahmed Aboulenein 1:28 AM   The memory units of both flight recorders from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 are severely damaged and will require "lots of time and effort" to fix, Egyptian aircraft accident investigation committee sources said.