An alleged deliberately lit car fire jolted residents in Perth’s east awake this morning as angry flames threatened surrounding homes.
Brooke Rolfe
A boat carrying 157 migrants has capsized in the English Channel after its engine caught fire, with all people onboard rescued by UK and French authorities.
Staff Writers
Taking centre stage for the Fremantle Dockers’ Lights and Sirens round on Friday night was Narrogin emergency services hero Amanda Howell who was a member of the guard of honour at the start of the match.
Claire Middleton
A selfless first responder to a double fatal head-on collision near Shark Bay has recounted how she spoke quiet, gentle words to one of the drivers involved in the tragedy before they took their final breath.
US authorities have arrested a man suspected of intentionally starting one of the devastating wildfires burning in the state of Washington.
David Ryder, Matt McKnight and Steve Gorman
There has been some encouraging news on the condition of the 12-year-old boy critically injured in a double fatal head-on collision near Shark Bay.
Residents have found their properties reduced to ash from Greece's fierce blazes, while crews who doused the fires stay on alert for flare-ups.
Stelios Misinas, 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.
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.
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.
