Police say they have arrested one person on suspicion of arson as fires burn on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain.
Staff Writers
Officials say 22 people have been killed in a fire at a restaurant in the northern Chinese city of Liaoning.
After three days of looking for the 29-year-old, who slipped off the rocks on Friday, authorities have suspended their search.
Jacki Elezovich
Four children are confirmed dead and several are injured after a car was driven into a US daycare centre and after school camp.
David Johns
A boat has fled the scene after it crashed into a ferry near a bridge in the Florida city of Clearwater, with one person dead and several injured.
Kanishka Singh
Salmon Holes beach was closed on Monday as authorities resumed their search for a man who slipped off rocks into the sea on Friday.
Claire Middleton
One person has died and a number of passengers are injured after a recreational boat hit a ferry in Florida, sparking a ‘mass casualty event’.
Iran's president has visited those injured in an explosion that rocked a main port and killed 40 people, saying "We have to find out why it happened".
Jon Gambrell
The planned raising from the seabed of the 56-metre Bayesian yacht that sank off the coast of Italy has been delayed by several days.
Multiple people have been killed after a vehicle drove into crowds at a street festival in Canada, police say.
The horrific incident occurred on Saturday night when a 65-year-old man is understood to have been leaving a building at the corner of Welshpool Road and Ewing Street.
Caleb Runciman
Hundreds of people have been injured and at least 25 killed after a massive blast at an Iranian port, suspected to have been caused by poorly stored chemicals.
The people were injured in two crashes which occurred within 50 metres of each other on a busy stretch of Albany Highway.
Oliver Lane
Authorities are extending shark patrols in the air as the ocean predators continue to enter shallow waters.
Samantha Lock
Emergency services have been combing the area since if was reported that a person had slipped off the rocks.
All six police officers on board a small plane have been killed when it crashed into the sea off the coast of Thailand.
Police are searching for the driver responsible for running down and killing a pedestrian in a tragic hit-and-run in Wembley.
An investigation is under way after an experimental aircraft crashed at a military base near the coast of Virginia.
"Uncontrolled construction and poor maintenance of gold wells" are being blamed for a gold mine collapse in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ange Kasongo
St John WA said the man had been rushed to Royal Perth Hospital as a priority.
Police received a triple-0 call after reports the 19-year-old man became distressed while bodysurfing.
Jessica Evensen
A 30-year-old man has died after his vehicle and another car collided on Albany Highway near Narrikup on Thursday morning.
Melissa Sheil and Eliza Kavanagh
The man was airlifted using a winch about 8pm.
Department of Fire and Emergency Services chief Wayne Green has called on weekend warriors to be better prepared for the great outdoors after five incidents in two days stretched rescue services to the limit.
