A former fire chief has warned we could see a repeat of the Black Summer bushfires, saying everything could "explode" after three years of wet weather.
Joe Stephens rescued his grandmother, Tula, by fighting through thick smoke to huddle her into his car when he realised the flames were quickly approaching their property.
A Syrian baby girl whose mother gave birth to her while trapped under the rubble of their home during this week's devastating earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for "a sign from God".
Residents digging through a collapsed building in town in north-west Syria discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble.
A Buddhist temple in Melbourne's south-east has been destroyed by fire overnight leaving some families to fear treasured ashes of loved ones have been lost forever.
WA's state's emergency department is conducting a search for the missing device using gauges to measure radiation along long stretch of freeway between Pilbara region and Perth.
An explosion during repairs on a section of a Europe-bound natural gas pipeline in western Russia has killed three people but didn't affect export supplies, officials said.
There are 100 firefighters on the scene, trying to contain an out-of-control bushfire threatening lives and homes in Perth's southwest suburb of Kwinana.
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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says investigators are determined to "get to the bottom" of what led to two police officers being killed.
Residents in Cervantes are being told to evacuate with an out-of-control bushfire now at an emergency level after the alert was upgraded by authorities amid strong winds.
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