Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative coalition has been re-elected in a shock result at the country's federal elections.
Partial results show his Liberal-National Coalition having secured close to a majority.
Meanwhile opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten accepted defeat and announced his resignation.
However the result seemed extremely unlikely with exit polls suggesting a Labor win for the first time in half a dozen years.
Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says
A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted the collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks.
New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16
New Zealand's coalition government will introduce a bill in parliament on Monday that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, and proposes fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform's global revenue for non-compliance.
Drone attack kills 2 children, burns logistics hub in Russia's Krasnodar
Two children have been killed and nine others, including seven children, were injured after drone debris hit a private childcare centre in Krasnodar, southern Russia, overnight, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.
Offices, schools closed in southern Taiwan due to torrential rain
Torrential rains across southern Taiwan forced offices and schools to close on Monday and some rail services were disrupted, though not operations at major chipmaker TSMC, with officials bracing for a typhoon to hit later in the week.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 2 people, injure 7
Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday have killed at least two people, including a four-year-old boy, and wounded seven others, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel warned it would intensify strikes after what it said were launches of balloons, drones and kites from Gaza toward Israel.
