Residents in Two Rocks, as well as those in parts of Yanchep and Wilbinga, have been urged to evacuate with an out-of-control bushfire putting lives and homes at risk.
Caleb Runciman
The US military says it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea, forcing both pilots to eject.
Staff Writers
More than a dozen Nigerians gathering to receive charity gifts have been crushed as crowds surged.
Firefighters are working around the clock to prepare for sweltering Boxing Day conditions as warnings for several major blazes are downgraded.
Holly Hales and Aaron Bunch
The driver of a bus that had a tyre blow-out lost control of the vehicle before crashing into an oncoming truck, killing 38 passengers.
A 21-year-old man is the latest person to die on WA roads, with another family mourning the loss of a loved one this Christmas.
John Flint
Don’t be an idiot. That was Fire and Emergency Stephen Dawson’s message to anyone contemplating deliberately lighting a fire as the State prepares to sizzle this weekend.
Joe Spagnolo
A Greyhound bus driver has died after his vehicle collided with a truck on a highway in the early hours of the morning, leaving several passengers injured.
Samantha Lock and Neve Brissenden
Evacuation orders are in place for an out-of-control fire in Victoria as blazes and sweltering temperatures begin Australia's bushfire season.
Adrian Black and Samantha Lock
The UN's food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across west and central Africa
It is understood the house was completely engulfed with flames when they arrived just after 8am.
Jessica Evensen
After a record number of heat-related call-outs last week, St John WA is reminding West Aussies how to best be prepared for the impending heatwave and how to identify signs of heat stress.
Hannah Cross
Members of the public desperately tried to help a driver who died after his car hit a tree in Margaret River.
Last December, the horror blaze destroyed three homes and severely damaged a fourth — including the Moody’s family home of 20 years.
Residents have been urged to leave immediately or take shelter as two out-of-control bushfires rage, creating dangerous conditions for firefighters.
Adrian Black and Holly Hale
Swedish police say they have boarded a Chinese vessel at the centre of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches.
Seven fire crews are currently on scene battling the out-of-control blaze.
Homes are under threat and residents have been told to evacuate as an out-of-control rages near Carabooda and Yanchep.
Police said the eight-year-old suffered critical injuries while the 11-year-old boy’s injuries were serious.
Detectives are investigating after a man arrived at a southern suburbs chemist with a gunshot wound.
Organisers of a funfair at an Islamic school in Nigeria have been arrested after several children were killed in a stampede.
Dyepkazah Shibayan
The woman sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital where she died three days later.
Caitlin Vinci
A crash involving an Indian naval boat and a passenger ferry has left at least 13 people dead off the coast of Mumbai, officials say.
Police were called to the scene in Perth’s northern suburbs on Wednesday after reports two children had been hit by a 4WD.
