Australia's leaders have agreed to tougher gun laws after the country's worst mass shooting in almost three decades saw a father and son open fire on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach, killing 15 people including a child.

Follow today's developments and reaction after Australia's Bondi Beach shootings when two gunmen killed 15 people.

US director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, have been found dead at their Los Angeles home.

Since Jim Gavin stepped down as Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate more than two months ago, there has been speculation about Micheál Martin's future as party leader. Will the review quash rumours or invigorate such mutinous murmurs?

With a population of around 1.3 million people, Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh is the largest refugee camp in the word.

Charlie Smyth capped off his first home NFL regular season game in style on Sunday night, with a 47-yard winning field goal with six seconds left on the clock that gave the New Orleans Saints the win over their NFC South rival Carolina Panthers.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said it is the Government's preference that Ukraine be funded in the coming years through frozen Russian assets.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee said it was not clear when a vote on the EU-Mercosur trade deal will take place.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.

The European Commission is expected tomorrow to reverse the EU's effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035, bowing to intense pressure from Germany, Italy and European automakers struggling against Chinese and US rivals.

An inspection report has warned that the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland needs to do much more to protect children from sexual exploitation, with police resourcing levels said to be creating a risk.

An investigation is under way after a man in his 20s was injured in a shooting in north Dublin, yesterday evening.

Chile has elected its most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy, with Jose Antonio Kast securing a victory over his leftist runoff rival.

The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady this week for its fourth meeting in a row with inflation in check, although debate is heating up about the path forward.

Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year.

US authorities have detained a person of interest in a shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and nine others wounded, the latest in a long line of school attacks across the country.

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has hailed as a hero a man who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach attack today.

Gunmen killed 15 people including a 10-year-old girl, in an attack on Bondi Beach on the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. Here is what we know so far.

Three people have died in two separate road crashes in Co Tipperary in the last 24 hours.

Israel's assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the viability of the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of the militant group has said, calling on US President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the terms of the truce.