As devastating fires continue across Europe, authorities in Greece are waging a battle against one blaze that has been going on for four days.
Louisa Gouliamaki, Vania Turner and Angelos Tsatsis
Drivers taking to regional roads with a sense of complacency and poor discipline is contributing significantly to WA’s road toll, an analysis of the State’s road toll has found.
Oliver Lane
A serious crash near Shark Bay on Monday has killed two people and critically injured a 12-year-old child, who is receiving treatment on an emergency jet flight back to Perth.
Caleb Runciman
Two people are dead after Australian-owned helicopters fighting a fire in Greece collided mid-air in a tragedy that has taken the disaster's death toll to five.
Laine Clark
Emergency services raced to the scene to find a wall had caved in.
Freddy Pawle
There are no reports of casualties or damage to property after a moderate earthquake struck north of Egypt's city of Suez.
Staff Writers
More than 60,000 people have been evacuated in Washington state as fires destroy hundreds of homes, businesses and other structures.
JOHN HANNA
A house has been destroyed in an early-morning inferno that triggered a major emergency response in Perth’s north.
Brooke Rolfe
A ferry has caught fire off Indonesia's Madura Island with at least five people killed and 41 still missing.
The National Guard and firefighters from more than a dozen US states are helping as wildfires burn out of control across huge swathes of Washington state.
Kenrick Cai
Europe continues to be ravaged by wildfires, with people evacuating to escape the flames in Greece as conditions also deteriorate in France and Spain.
Nepal-born renowned mountain climber and former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja and nine others have died in an avalanche while climbing in Pakistan.
MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN
Thirteen people have been killed in a plane accident in Peru, after a small plane carrying tourists crashed in a field outside the city of Nazca.
A woman who was found dead in her car is the latest victim of Japan's earthquake, bringing the death toll to 36, while the number of missing remains unknown.
MARI YAMAGUCHI
Hundreds of people have fled their homes as strong winds fan blazes in Greece, while France and Spain fight hot spots as Europe's fire-ravaged summer drags on.
Police are investigating after a crash near Geraldton killed a 21-year-old man on Friday.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Night waterbombing raids flown by Australian firefighters will be a new weapon against France's raging wildfires after calls for help were answered down under.
Tom Wark
A passenger bus travelling in eastern Algeria has crashed, killing 25 people and injuring 44, authorities say.
An 11-year-old boy died a shocking death after waking to find a bat sitting on his nose and mouth while he slept.
Troy de Ruyter
A man has died after his Mini Coupe veered off the road in Wuraming, west of Boddington and collided with a tree on Friday afternoon.
Melissa Sheil
Cooler weather has allowed authorities to be cautiously optimistic about fighting a mega-fire that's raged in southern France for more than a week.
A woman has been injured in a serious crash near Broomehill on Thursday, with the RAC Rescue helicopter now transporting her to hospital.
Cameron Newbold
A house fire has claimed the lives of a father, mother and son whose bodies were found in a granny flat at the rear of an outer suburban property.
Nick Wilson and Annabelle Banfield
Thousands of people can return to their homes in France as moist, cooler conditions raise hopes that firefighters can finally get on top of a massive blaze.
