• Mirwais Harooni
• 23m ago

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul targeting members of the country's Shi'ite Muslim minority, the group's Amaq news agency reported.

• Gaspard Sebag and Lisa Du
• 1h ago

Christine Lagarde is likely to avoid jail time and keep her job as head of the International Monetary Fund after she was ordered to stand trial in France on charges that carry a potential prison term.

• Sheryl Gay Stolberg
• 1h ago

A Democrat even the Republicans recognise as a stable, unwavering guy, Tim Kaine has a scandal-free record as a politician.

• Uli Ries and Adam Morton
• 1h ago

It was a typically busy Friday rush hour in Munich's underprivileged north-west.

• Josephine Tovey, Lucy Cormack, Julie Power, Lisa Visentin

Ten people are dead and at least 10 injured, after a solo gunman opened fire in and around a mall in Munich.

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

On the eve of the convention meant to confirm Hillary Clinton as presidential candidate, the Democratic Party has been plunged into crisis

Turkish President orders the closure of more than 1000 private schools and extends the period in which suspects can be detained without charge.

• Aaron Blake

Hillary Clinton just announced Virginia Senator Tim Kaine will be her running mate in 2016.

• Suzan Haidamous

Ali Elamine's bid to keep the man his ex-wife hired to snatch their two children in Lebanon while until the matter is resolved in court has failed, with a judge lifting a previously imposed travel ban on Adam Whittington. 

• Paul McGeough

Hillary Clinton's choice of former Virginia governor and current senator Tim Kaine, is an important decision.

• ANALYSIS
• Uli Ries

Germans are in shock. They aren't used to mass shootings.

• Nick Miller

The Pozieres soil releases Anzacs. It's a regular event, even a ritual, that the locals are well familiar with – but it never fails to send shivers down the spine.

• Lisa Visentin

At least nine people are dead after gunmen opened fire in a shopping centre just after 9pm on Friday night in the German city of Munich. The attackers are on the run. This is what we know so far.

• Kieran Gair

A lone Gunman opened fire in a busy mall in Munich on Friday evening.

• Benjamin Millar

A Geelong woman caught up in the Munich massacre has been praised for showing "humanity at its best" during the tragedy.

• Fred Barbash

Washington Post

US Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia will be Number 2 on her ticket when she gets confirmed as the party's nominee next week.

• Nick Miller

Red Cross volunteer Mike Denison has just returned from the civil-war-torn east of Ukraine, a part of the world never particularly prosperous and now torn apart by a "frozen conflict". The Red Cross is there to help in a crisis but the locals fear this crisis is here to stay.

• Michael Miller

'Oh my god. Oh my god,' teacher screamed after being pulled over for speeding. 'Why are you doing this to me?'

• COMMENT
• Anne Summers

If you thought the shenanigans at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland were the weirdest thing happening in America this week, you would be wrong.

• Latika Bourke

A possible free trade agreement between Britain and Australia has been raised at Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's first meeting with Boris Johnson since his shock appointment as Foreign Secretary.

• Georgina Mitchell

New photos have been released by Kensington Palace to celebrate the third birthday of Prince George.

An Indian air force plane carrying 29 military personnel to a remote island chain in the Bay of Bengal has gone missing, the military said.

• Ron Corben

Vietnamese security officials say three men arrested trying to smuggle heroin through the post have links to Australia.

• Nick Miller

Scott Saunders decided to trace his great-uncle's footsteps until he found the place he may have fallen.