Germany miss three penalties in a shootout but still beat Italy 6-5 to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016.

Bangladesh begins two days of national mourning for those killed when Islamic militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka.

The French captain of a hijacked plane at the centre of a famed 1976 Israeli rescue operation says he saw a passenger killed by a hostage-taker.

With 12 seats still to be declared, Australia faces several days of uncertainty before a final result after a closely-contested election.

Michael Cimino, director of the landmark 1978 Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter, has died, his friend and former lawyer confirms.

At least six people are killed in two bombings carried out by the group known as Islamic State in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say.

At least 55 people have been killed after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit northern Pakistan and India.

New Zealand police intercept $10m worth of cocaine inside a diamante-encrusted horse's head, the country's biggest ever seizure of the drug.