Holidaymakers were evacuated from a popular hotel in Perth after a fire broke out in a second floor room.
Caitlin Vinci
Wildfires have intensified across southern Europe, burning homes and forcing people to flee in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Albania.
Staff Writers
The Italian coast guard says at least 26 people have died after a boat carrying about 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
At least three people are dead as firefighters continue to battle wildfires across southern Europe that have forced thousands of people from their homes.
Wildfires are burning in southern Europe as millions of people across the continent struggle to adapt to searing temperatures in excess of 40C.
David Latona and Pietro Lombardi and Stevo Vasiljevic
A swarm of jellyfish has forced a French nuclear plant offline after the creatures were sucked into its water cooling systems.
Authorities say four children and two adults have been killed after fire ripped through a house in Waldorf, Maryland.
A wildfire is spreading extensively across Arthur's Seat, an extinct volcano overlooking Scotland's capital Edinburgh.
Trucks were ordered to park up after the busy Pacific Motorway was closed and lighter vehicles detoured following a deadly crash near Brunswick Heads.
As wildfires continue to spread in Greece, France is breathing a sigh of relief as massive blazes have been contained.
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned, killing at least 25 people including a 10-year-old girl.
At least 400 firefighters are battling an uncontained blaze in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles.
Emergency service crews successfully freed a teenager who was trapped in his vehicle after it rolled on Chester Pass Road near Albany on Friday afternoon.
Melissa Sheil
Footage circulating on social media shows at least four fire trucks at the scene with their lights activated.
WA is on track for a record-breaking number of home fires caused by one culprit.
Travellers were left screaming in fear during the scary mid-flight stunt.
Claire Sadler
A man in his 60s is in hospital after his home was engulfed by flames early this morning while he was still inside.
Ghana's government says a helicopter crash has killed eight people including the nation's defence and environment ministers.
Authorities say France's biggest wildfire this summer is spreading quickly in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border and has claimed one life.
A fast-moving wildfire is burning in southern France, near the Spanish border, injuring nine people.
Police have made a grim discovery in the search for a missing woman who attempted to drive through floodwaters during heavy rain in NSW.
Alex Mitchell
A tiny detail in his policy with a well-known insurance company means he has been abandoned overseas with broken bones in his feet, hands, leg and spine.
A man in his 60s has suffered severe burns after a blaze that engulfed a shed in Geraldton’s industrial area on Tuesday night.
Josephine Hingst and Caitlin Vinci
Four people are dead after a medical transport plane crashed Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.
