Six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group are shot dead by Russian special forces after they took prison guards hostage at a detention centre in Rostov. 

Anthony Albanese is expected to use a speech in front of China's Premier Li Qiang to declare that while the countries have some "competing views" there are opportunities to be found.

A man wielding a pickaxe and a Molotov cocktail has been shot by police officers in Hamburg, Germany, near a Euro fan zone for soccer fans. 

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis post a touching Father's Day message for Prince William, sharing an image taken by Catherine, the Princess of Wales. 

Two teenagers are in hospital with stab wounds and two others have been arrested following an incident in the northern Perth suburb of Karrinyup. 

A father and son were winched to safety hours after the yacht they were on capsized off the coast of Bundaberg. Rescuers later recovered the body of a third man.