• Paul McGeough
• 35m ago

The city of brotherly love saw scenes as chaotic and fraught as last week's Republican follies in Cleveland.

• Luciana Lopez and Amy Tennery
• 1h ago

Democrats divided over the future of their party agreed on at least one thing at the DNC: Michelle is a star.

• Paul McGeough
• 1h ago

In crisis mode through the weekend, the DNC response was two-fold: political embarrassment and blame for the Russians.

• Stephen Eisenhammer
• 1h ago

Twelve Brazilian suspects arrested for discussing a potential attack during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were "no joke", says prosecutor.

• James Mooney
• 1h ago

A fisherman in the US has captured the dramatic moment when a big tiger shark takes a bite out of a hammerhead in Louisiana waters.

• Lauren Farrow

A statement on the South China Sea has highlighted the powerlessness of ASEAN, an expert says.

• Michael Idato

Bushfires have scorched the northern foothills of Los Angeles' edge.

• Live
• Julie Power, Josephine Tovey, Saimi Jeong

Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders will address the first day of the Democratic Convention amid ongoing fallout from the leaked email scandal.

• Jewel Topsfield

The spiritual advisers who will spend the final hours of life with those condemned to die in Indonesia's next round of executions have been told they will be carried out around midnight on July 29 to 30.

A knife-wielding man went on an attack in a home for the disabled killing at least 15 people, in the Japanese city of Sagamihara, according to reports.

• Lindsay Murdoch

The number of dead doesn't include drug users and pushers executed and left on the streets with cardboard signs "admitting" their guilt.

• Raphael Minder

A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth on Monday to a baby with microcephaly in Barcelona, Spain

A classic car owned by John Lennon could sell for nearly half a million dollars when it goes up for auction.

• ANALYSIS
• Chris Zappone

The goal of distributing Democratic Party emails is not only to create disorder within the party but to shape broader US politics.

Perth millionaire Zhenya Tsvetnenko has been indicted by US prosecutors as part of a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud consumers by charging unsuspecting mobile phone users for unwanted text messages.

• Kieran Gair

Police say the shooting was not an act of terrorism.

• Melissa Eddy

A 27-year-old Syrian who blew himself up Sunday evening at an open-air music festival in southern Germany, injuring 15 people, had recorded a cellphone video in which he professed loyalty to the Islamic State.

• Eryk Bagshaw

A US newspaper has taken the unprecedented step of writing an editorial against a presidential candidate the day after he launched his campaign. 

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

Extraordinary Democratic Party allegations that Moscow is behind a massive leak of internal party emails as a Russian strategy to help Donald Trump are being taken seriously.

• Jewel Topsfield

A man is transferred from hospital to the island of Nusakambangan, one of several prisoners set to be killed by firing squad.

• Andrea Shalal

One person has been killed and 12 injured in an explosion in Ansbach, near the German city of Nuremberg, with some officials saying it may not have been an accident.

• ANALYSIS
• Noah Barkin

The EU is pressing the new British government to trigger divorce proceedings as soon as possible. But behind the scenes, diplomats think a quick exit may be too much to ask.

• Julie Makinen

Four officials have been suspended over their response to last week's floods in China. But one local isn't satisfied.

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

Sanders backers have long held a grudge against party chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz. WikiLeaks gave them lethal ammunition.

• Joshua Mitnick

An Israeli combat medic who faces manslaughter charges for shooting a Palestinian defended himself for the first time in public on Sunday.