Firefighters are racing to contain California's largest active fire as it grows rapidly and threatens thousands of homes.
Rebecca Boone and John Antczak
Police are urgently searching for a driver after a young child was seriously injured in a hit-and-run on Friday afternoon.
Taylor Renouf
Millions of litres of water from a large factory fire is being treated before it's released into the Port Philip Bay or used for industrial purposes.
Rachael Ward
At least 257 people have died in a devastating mudslide in Ethiopia, and the search for bodies continues.
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Rescuers have used hand shovels to pick through the debris from mudslides in southern Ethiopia that officials fear could have killed as many as 500 people.
Amanuel Gebremedhin Birhane
The Philippine coast guard is racing to avert an "environmental catastrophe" by siphoning the oil cargo from a tanker that sank in stormy weather.
Jim Gomez
Video has emerged of a wall of flames that tore through several villas in Bali, leaving Australian holidaymakers in fear as they were forced to flee to safety.
Claire Sadler and Caleb Runciman
Strong winds and heavy rains are pounding southern China as Typhoon Gaemi makes its way inland after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines.
The family of a Perth man stabbed to death while on holiday in Thailand this week have told of their heartbreak, saying the world is now a ‘poorer place’.
Claire Sadler
An investigation at the site of a double fatal helicopter crash in the Kimberley is expected to take several days as the two men killed in the collision are remembered as ‘exceptional pilots and great mates’.
Claire Sadler, Caleb Runciman and Adam Poulsen
The identity of two pilots killed in a helicopter crash in the Kimberley on Thursday can be revealed, as tragic new details about the collision begin to emerge.
Phil Hickey, Claire Sadler and Katya Minns
Loved ones of a South West man killed while collecting a skip bin for work have remembered him as a ‘funny, kind and caring’ father and friend.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Two pilots have died after helicopters collided while taking off near Mt Anderson Station in Camballin, 120km south of Derby.
A woman continues to fight for her life after a car smashed into a school bus full of children in Perth’s north.
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.
Jack Gramenz
The International Organisation for Migration says a boat carrying about 300 people has capsized off Mauritania and half of the passengers are missing.
A young surfer remains in hospital after a shark attack, but there's no update on whether surgeons have been able to reattach his leg.
Samantha Lock
Eighteen bodies have been recovered after a plane carrying 19 people slipped off the runway and crashed at the Nepal capital's airport.
Fire crews are at the scene of a major structure blaze in Perth’s south.
Phil Hickey
Two people are in custody and more are on the run after the group allegedly failed to stop for police before crashing in Perth’s western suburbs this morning.
An Ethiopian official says 229 people have died in landslides in the country's south following heavy rain.
People in the western Canadian town of Jasper in Alberta have been told to leave as wildfires approach.
A man and woman are dead and seven young children are injured after a pedestrian walkway in a housing project collapsed in southern Italy.
An 11-year-old girl was playing at a friend’s house when her parents and two younger sisters were killed in a car crash leaving her orphaned.
Rory Tingle, Mark Branagan and Tracey Kandohla