A lion has attacked and injured a man after escaping from a zoo in southern Turkey, media reports say.
Staff Writers
US authorities say the death toll from flash floods that rampaged through central Texas has risen to at least 67.
Another driver has lost their life on the road — the sixth fatal crash to rock the State in just four days.
Jessica Evensen
The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has risen to 43, while dozens of children from a Christian girls' summer camp remain missing.
Sergio Flores, Rich McKay and Andy Sullivan
The search continues for survivors believed to be trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in Pakistan as the death toll from the disaster rises to 16.
Turkish fire equipment is on its way to Syria as the neighbouring countries battle deadly blazes amid soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions.
Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner has pleaded with drivers to take extra care on our roads after WA’s road toll surpassed 108 deaths, with five killed in one day at the start of the school holidays.
Sarah Steger
Dozens of people were injured in an explosion at a Rome petrol station with emergency workers investigation reports of a gas leak.
Turkish crews are battling wildfires for a third day amid soaring temperatures and strong winds, while blazes on Crete in neighbouring Greece are mostly tamed.
Suzan Fraser and Derek Gatopoulos
A petrol station has exploded in Rome, injuring at least 27 people, including a number of first responders who rushed to the scene.
Alvise Armellini and Yara Nardi
WA’s road toll now stands at 107 - 10 more deaths than the same time last year - the highest for this time of year in a decade.
Caitlin Vinci & Elizabeth Creasy
A car and motorcycle collided near the Narrogin town centre on Friday morning, with the motorcyclist taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Jacki Elezovich
Rescue operations have resumed in the waters of Bali Strait involving ships, helicopters, and hundreds of rescuers, after a ferry sank, killing 35 people.
Sultan Anshori
A wildfire in central California has expanded despite the best efforts of firefighters, pushed by summer gusts that increase as the sun starts going down.
Christopher Weber
Gale-force winds have made for tinderbox conditions, hampering Greek authorities' efforts' to tame several fires, as much of Europe bakes in a summer heatwave.
Alexandros Avramidis and Renee Maltezou
An elderly motorcyclist has died after colliding with a tow truck in the State’s South West.
Caitlin Vinci
More than 1500 people have fled a fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete as crews battle blazes that are being fanned by strong winds.
Derek Gatopoulos
A military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia has crashed at the capital's airport, leaving five Ugandan soldiers dead.
Omar Faruk
The 30-year-old man who died in a horror three-vehicle crash in the Wheatbelt is being remembered as a ‘loving’ father of three with a ‘big personality’.
Two people have died in a wildfire in Spain's Catalonia region as Europe continues to swelter in a severe heatwave that's brought record temperatures.
Joseph Wilson
Poor maintenance has been blamed for a blaze at a London substation that caused a major, costly shutdown of Europe's busiest airport, a report says.
William James
The 30-year-old sustained serious injuries and died at the scene.
At least nine people are dead and many thousands have been forced from their homes after heavy flooding ravaged parts of central and southern China.
The Mandurah locals are now facing homelessness.
Rachel Fenner
