The man who shot dead five police officers in Dallas and wounded seven more was planning an even larger attack, the city's police chief says.

A matador has died after being gored by a bull in Spain, becoming the first bullfighter to die in the ring in the country this century.

Two Russian pilots are killed after their military helicopter is shot down by Islamic State fighters near the Syrian city of Palmyra, Moscow says.

Dallas police heighten security at their headquarters after receiving an anonymous threat, two days after five officers were killed in the city.

International agencies condemn the murder of Lesbia Yaneth Urquia, the second prominent Honduran environmental activist to die this year.

More than 5,000 French police will be deployed at key venues in and around Paris ahead of the Euro 2016 football final between France and Portugal.

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull declares victory for his conservative coalition in last week's closely fought general election, as the opposition concedes.

Prominent Cambodian political commentator and government critic government Kem Ley is shot dead in the capital Phnom Penh, reports say.