Search for man taken by shark ends without finding body
Authorities have concluded the search for a surfer who was seen taken by a shark but have not located his body.
Authorities have concluded the search for a surfer who was seen taken by a shark but have not located his body.
The search for a bushwalker missing for 11 days resumes after specialist crews have joined the efforts amid soaring temperatures and nearby fires.
Investigators are working to extract data from the flight recorder of a plane that belly-landed and burst into flames in South Korea, killing 179 people.
The death toll from a deliberate truck crash in New Orleans has risen to 15, according to officials.
Authorities don't believe an army veteran was acting alone when he rammed a truck flying the Islamic State flag into New Orleans revellers, killing 15 people.
Finding scarce water on one of Australia's most challenging bush trails is key to a missing hiker being found alive after more than a week missing.
Rescuers are being winched into dense bushland in a desperate bid to find missing hiker Hadi Nazari as a major search operation continues.
The family of a student missing in a national park say they are praying for his return, while another bushwalker has fallen to his death from a dangerous peak.
South Korean investigators are examining an airport embankment, bird strikes and pilot actions as possible factors in an air crash that killed 179 people.
Two tourists have died at a dangerous beach and a man was unable to be revived after being pulled from the water as the summer drowning toll continues to rise.
Azerbaijan's president says Russia accidentally shot down their passenger plane, killing 38, and then attempts were made to cover it up.
An emergency alert has been downgraded for a bushfire that has had communities on edge but the blaze is expected to keep burning for days.
A spate of drownings during the festive season has left authorities urging Australians to prioritise safety around the water during the summer holidays.
Two more defence flights will bring stranded Australians home from quake-hit Vanuatu as rescue efforts continue amid severe damage and looming cyclone threats.
French President Emmanuel Macron has been booed and jeered in Mayotte, as residents begin cleaning up after Cyclone Chido.
Defence flights have brought home more than 400 Australians but one man still stranded in Vanuatu says the government's response is "slow and inadequate".
Soaring frigatebirds warned of a cyclone that would be Australia's most destructive and put Darwin on the map for the wrong reasons.
Evacuation orders are in place for an out-of-control fire in Victoria as blazes and sweltering temperatures begin Australia's bushfire season.
Vanuatu has been hit by another earthquake as Canberra announced more financial assistance and hundreds of Aussies returned home.
Firefighters are working around the clock to prepare for sweltering Boxing Day conditions as warnings for several major blazes are downgraded.
The death toll from Cyclone Chido in northern Mozambique has risen to 94, as authorities continue to assess the damage caused by the devastating storm.
A Queensland-based team of 66 including paramedics, engineers and firefighters has spent almost a week helping locals following Vanuatu's deadly earthquake.
Millions of residents and travellers across the country are being warned to be on high alert as the risk of Christmas-week infernos intensifies.
Total fire bans have been declared in two states over the Christmas break as emergency services prepare for the worst conditions since Black Summer.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reflected on how Cyclone Tracy impacted the nation on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Darwin being flattened.
Residents in the Grampians towns of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal have been told to leave immediately and seek shelter as a bushfire threat is imminent.
Survivors gathered at the shoreline in Darwin at dawn to remember the moment 50 years earlier when Cyclone Tracy made landfall, claiming 66 lives.
A multi-agency search is underway to find a boy swept off rocks and into the sea while with a group of friends on a popular beach.
Dozens of communities have been urged to leave or take shelter as an out-of-control bushfire was fuelled further by gusty winds on a day of extreme conditions.
December 26 marks 20 years since a monster earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people including 26 Australians.
Mourners have visited mass graves and held ceremonies in Indonesia, Thailand and beyond to mark two decades since a massive tsunami killed 230,000 people.