Bus driver charged after three women killed in crash
Months after three women died in a crash, police have charged the driver of a bus that collided with a vehicle towing a caravan on a major highway.
Months after three women died in a crash, police have charged the driver of a bus that collided with a vehicle towing a caravan on a major highway.
Police divers have resumed searching for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank off Italy.
A second fatality in less than three weeks at a coal mine has stoked safety concerns and led to operations being suspended amid a probe.
Italian media reports say prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week.
Torrential rains have caused floods that overwhelmed the Arbaat Dam in eastern Sudan, killing at least 30 people, with hundreds more missing.
Operations at a central Queensland coal mine are set to resume following a fatality, after the industry regulator gave the green light amid an investigation.
Almost $400 million will be spent on projects to better protect Australians from natural disasters including key cyclone and flood protection upgrades.
A popular Gold Coast theme park says ride stoppages aren't uncommon after thrill seeking passengers were stuck twice in a week at Sea World.
A wildfire raging on the Gallipoli Peninsula has raised Australian fears it could damage "sacred" Anzac graves, while Turkey says the blaze is under control.
A wildfire raging on the Gallipoli Peninsula has raised Australian fears it could damage "sacred" Anzac graves, while Turkey says the blaze is under control.
Rescuers have returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht off Sicily to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch.
A pilot who fatally crashed a helicopter into a hotel was a ground crew employee who earlier attended a farewell party, a charter company says.
Authorities are investigating how a chopper was flown out of a far north Queensland airport and crashed into a hotel, with hundreds evacuated.
Brazilian airline VoePass has said 62 people were aboard a plane that crashed in Sao Paulo state.
A plane with 61 people aboard has crashed in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, after spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses.
The families of 62 people killed in an air crash in Brazil are gathering at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as experts work to identify the victims' remains.
A helicopter is believed to have crashed into the roof of a hotel in Cairns, in Queensland's far north, police say.
A helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel in Cairns, in Queensland's far north, with hundreds of guests evacuated and others warned to avoid the area.
The search continues for survivors of landslides in southern India that killed at least 194 people, but hopes of finding the almost 200 missing are fading.
Rangers have euthanised a large crocodile as the search continues for a NSW man who went missing while fishing in far north Queensland.
Landslides triggered by torrential rain in southern India have killed more than 150 people as the search for survivors continues.
Emergency services have located the body of a man who fell into Brisbane River and failed to resurface.
An Italian fighter pilot is recovering in hospital after his warplane "encountered an unknown issue" and crashed during military exercises in remote Australia.
Eighteen bodies have been recovered after a plane carrying 19 people slipped off the runway and crashed at the Nepal capital's airport.
More than 20 people were killed when a freighter sank off the NSW coast, but 55 years on researchers hope a new discovery will bring closure for their families.
Relatives of people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed in Ukraine have gathered in the Netherlands to mark the tragedy's 10th anniversary.
Tributes have poured in for two Indian students who died at a far north Queensland tourist waterhole, with a fundraiser set up to cover funeral costs.
The Queensland government believes the state-owned operators of a power plant will do better after safety failings were revealed in a report on an explosion.
A huge factory fire billowing toxic smoke is expected to burn for days, with residents told to stay indoors and a major freeway shut for health reasons.
A childcare centre has been fined after a baby was given the wrong formula which caused a severe allergic reaction.
Police are investigating the cause of a suspicious house fire that claimed the lives of two 18-year-old men in north Queensland.