Several people have been killed and several others injured in a bus crash in the village of Susch in eastern Switzerland.
Staff Writers
A fire has swept through two adjacent schools in the city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 24 students, officials say.
A cargo ship docked for repairs in a Chinese port caught fire, killing at least 25 people and leaving others missing.
Almost 90 people are missing after a fire broke out on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines, killing at least five people.
Investigators have determined the origin of a blaze that severely damaged a remote power station and cut electricity to hundreds of properties.
Ethan James
An explosion at a temporary site used to store weapons and remnants of war near the Syrian city of Sarmada has reportedly killed 14 people.
One of Albany’s most dedicated volunteers was handed the highest individual honour a State Emergency Service member can get at the WA Fire and Emergency Services Awards on Saturday.
Melissa Sheil
The UK cannot have a repeat of an air traffic control problem that led to the cancellation of more than 1000 flights, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says.
The death toll has risen to seven after a five-storey building, which provided student accommodation, collapsed in the Indian city of New Delhi.
RISHI LEKHI
Indonesia has announced flights to and from Jakarta have resumed after airports were closed for two days, due to a plume of ash from a volcanic eruption.
Search efforts continue for survivors of the devastating Nepal-Tibet floods with operations focused on tunnels in hydropower projects.
Binaj Gurubacharya
As relatives desperately search and wait for news on dozens of Australians missing following the Nepal-Tibet floods, one Aussie has been found alive and safe.
Nick Wilson
Police said the 70-year-old pedestrian sustained serious injuries in the incident and was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital, where he later died.
Amelia Broun & Caleb Runciman
A person has died in a house fire in Spearwood, with the blaze the second at the property in the past week.
Matt Zis
There’s been an extraordinary rescue far off the coast of Western Australia, with a solo sailor found drifting in a tiny tender alongside his sinking yacht some 1000km away from Christmas Island.
Emergency services rushed to a house in Narrogin on Monday morning after the home was engulfed in a blaze that was accidentally sparked by a cigarette.
Amy Towers
Police are investigating what went tragically wrong.
Bryce Luff
A man and woman are dead after a light aircraft plunged into a rural property and sparked a large grass fire, in what police described as a "confronting" scene.
Robyn Wuth and Laine Clark
At least five people are dead and three are critically injured after an Amazon cargo plane overshot a Miami airport runway and smashed into cars.
ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, DAVID FISCHER and JOSH FUNK
Five people have been killed following the collapse of a building in the Indian capital New Delhi, with rescuers trying to reach people trapped in the rubble.
A bus has plunged into a ravine along a mountain road on an island in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, killing at least 25 people.
Sergio Goncalves
Some of WA’s most courageous heroes have been recognised for their service at the 2026 WA Fire and Emergency Services Awards in Perth on Saturday night.
Oliver Lane
The first weekend of spring has seen unusually high temperatures, bushfire, and extreme wind in parts of the nation.
Catherine Bouris
Three people are dead and nine others are missing after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel triggered a mudslide in China.
