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The son of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

• Denis Dumo

At least 272 people have died in fighting between South Sudan's rival factions in the capital Juba, as heavy gunfire erupted again in the city and many residents sought shelter at a UN base.

• Ari Rabinovitch

Philistines were no "philistines", say archaeologists who unearthed a 3000-year-old cemetery in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon.

A bullfighter and a man participating in a village bull run have been killed in Spain while another two men were gored at the world-famous festival in Pamplona.

The former correspondent awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 has died aged 82.

The comments were denounced by many as "vile", "divisive" and "insulting".

• Isabel Reynolds and Emi Nobuhiro

Voting has begun for an election to Japan's upper house billed as a chance to pass judgment on his "Abenomics".

• Carlo Allegri

The Dallas police headquarters and the surrounding blocks were placed under lockdown, after threats were received.

• Lisa Barrington

Militants shot have down a military helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax news agency said, quoting Russia's defence ministry.

Thousands of people have stripped and been painted blue as they starred in a huge installation to celebrate a British seaside town's relationship with the sea.

• Karla Adam

Andrea Leadsom, one of two women in the race to become the next British prime minister, has suggested that being a mother makes her a better pick than her rival Theresa May.

One winning ticket has been sold in Indiana in the Mega Millions lottery, earning the jackpot worth $US540 million ($A721 million), the seventh largest in US lottery history, lottery officials say.

• Paul McGeough

A cold-blooded and methodical killer took a casual approach to life and death in the streets of Dallas.

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• Paul McGeough

Analysts make the point that the current tension might match that of the 1960s and 1970s, but these days a torrent of social media images and commentaries feed an African American belief that little has changed.

• Carol Morello

The United States last month expelled two Russian diplomats as a response to a Russian police guard tackling a US diplomat outside the American Embassy in Moscow, the State Department said.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon described violence in South Sudan's capital Juba as a "new betrayal" of the country's people.

• Mark Landler and David E. Sanger

President Barack Obama and European leaders tried to project a united front at a NATO summit meeting Friday, with Obama dismissing as "hyperbole" any fear that Britain's vote to leave the European Union would unravel the broader trans-Atlantic security alliance.

• Kim Tong-hyung

North Korea fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea's military said.

• Chris Buckley

Torrential rains and floods across the southern half of China have besieged cities and towns for days.