Who are the key players in the Wakeley stabbing? The Australian's NSW political reporter Alexi Demetriadi explains who the high-profile orthodox Assyrian Bishop is, and what we know about the 16-year-old alleged to have stabbed the Bishop. Read more about the key players at the link in our bio.

Talented surfer Simon Gaskill’s life came to a sad, lonely end. But after being ‘brushed aside’ and ‘shut down’ by police, his grief-stricken family and friends are determined to find out what happened. Read the full story at the link in our bio.

Flights into Dubai were being diverted overnight after the desert capital had as much rain in a day as it usually gets in a year. Homes and roads were flooded and cars were stranded. More the 120 millimetres of rain fell on Dubai during Tuesday local time, with more expected to come. #Dubai #Weather

Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel had warned of an attempt on his life in the months prior to his stabbing at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on Monday night.

The father of Sydney mass murderer Joel Cauchi says he had done 'everything in my power' to help his mentally ill son, and took five US army combat knives from him last year because he was fearful of being stabbed. Andrew Cauchi and wife Michele said at their Toowoomba home on Monday that they were devastated by their son’s stabbing spree at a Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday that killed six people. “He is my son, and I am loving a monster. To you he is a monster, to me he was a very sick boy.” Read more at the link in our bio.