Wind change fans unpredictable fires as towns evacuated
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.
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.
Tributes are flowing in for 15-year-old Luca Bennett as rescue crews scale back a search for the teenager after he was swept off rocks at a popular beach.
Three residents are in hospital, with two of them in a critical condition, after a house fire authorities suspect was deliberately lit.
There is mounting speculation an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day was downed by a Russian air defence system.
The threat of bushfires will linger in Victoria's already-scorched Grampians region even after hot and windy conditions move north.
Russia says it will not comment on the cause of the Azerbaijan Airline plane crash until its official investigation is complete.
Stable conditions and cooler weather are giving firefighters welcome relief as initial damage assessments reveal at least three homes have been lost to fire.
South Korea's entire airline system is undergoing an urgent safety check as officials scramble to learn what caused a plane crash that killed 179 people.
A response effort is underway in Port Vila after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu.
A bomb has killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces and another man in Moscow, state media reported.
A teenager who died after consuming a methanol-laced drink in Laos has been farewelled at her former school with a community guard of honour.
More wild weather is forecast for parts of Australia's east after areas of Sydney were battered by damaging storms overnight.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones following her death from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.
Holly Bowles has become the sixth person and second Australian to die after a suspected methanol poisoning event in Laos, her family has confirmed.
Tributes are flowing as a community mourns two Melbourne teenagers who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on holiday in Laos.
Fire crews have made ground in battling blazes in Victoria's west and southwest, declaring one contained and slowing another.
A driver is understood to have suffered a medical episode when his truck hit a kindergarten, killing a woman and injuring a child weeks after a similar tragedy.
The family of Eleanor Bryant, killed as a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Victoria, has paid tribute to the mother-of-two as mourners laid flowers.
A passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
A grandmother is being honoured for her love and generosity after dying in a crash involving a car allegedly stolen by a teenager at gun point.
Passengers heard a loud bang as a Qantas jet suffered engine failure on take-off, sparking a grass fire, emergency landing and hours of chaos at Sydney Airport.
Spain is mounting its biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as the death toll from catastrophic floods continues to rise.
The entire Palestinian population in northern Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence, the United Nations warns.
At least 36 people have been killed after a passenger bus skidded into a gorge in northern India.
A boy has been killed and four other children seriously injured after a woman collecting a child crashed through a fence and into a Melbourne school.
The family of Jack Davey who died a school crash tragedy has released photos of their son, as the principal vowed the community will get through the tragedy.
A farming couple killed when a truck crashed into a home would want their community to keep working to make the world a better place, their family says.
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines has exceeded 100, with many areas still cut off.
Wild weather is on the way for parts of Australia after a storm "like a freight train but worse" hit regional Victoria.
Showers and storms are set to linger in eastern Australia following days of wild weather, while some residents remain on alert for thunderstorms.
A mother and her two children have died after they were seen in distress in a waterway in Sydney with police trying to determine exactly what happened.