The LA wildfire victims include a father who stayed at his son's bedside and a man who tried to protect his home with a garden hose

A total of 11 fire-related deaths have now been reported across Los Angeles, according to the county's medical examiner

The east coast is set for a weekend of rain and intense thunderstorms, as Australia's season of severe weather peaks

Disaster experts say the Californian wildfires hold lessons for Australia, as climate risks and temperatures continue to rise

Donald Trump has avoided being jailed or fined as he is sentenced over his hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels

2024 has been declared the hottest year on record by the European climate service in a year marred by floods, heatwaves and storms

Two more people have died in the LA fires bringing the death toll to seven, local fire authorities say

Hiker Hadi Nazari has been discharged from hospital after going missing at Kosciuszko National Park for 13 days

The death toll is expected to rise in the LA wildfires which have killed at least five people, authorities say

Australia violated human rights by detaining asylum seekers in Nauru after they were granted refugee status, a UN committee finds

Some of the most famous parts of LA including the Hollywood Walk of Fame are under evacuation orders after a new wildfire broke out

Hadi Nazari 'cannot thank everyone enough' after being lost for 13 days in the Snowy Mountains

'We were crying and he was in tears': The moment Hadi Nazari was found by fellow hikers in the Snowy Mountains

Three more people have died in the wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area, authorities say, bringing the death toll to five

More than 1,000 buildings have burned across Los Angeles as the Palisades fire becomes the most destructive in the city's history

Two people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate as uncontrolled wildfires rage through Los Angeles's suburbs

Police will give an update after a hiker was found after a 13-day search in Kosciuszko National Park this afternoon. Follow live

A 23-year-old hiker missing in Kosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day has been found alive, the ABC has confirmed

The bodies of a pilot and two foreign tourists have been recovered after a sea plane crash off Rottnest Island, WA authorities say

WA authorities are providing an update on a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island. Follow live

Consumer prices rose 2.3 per cent over the year to November, according to monthly inflation data released by the ABS

Three people are unaccounted for after a plane crash off WA's Rottnest Island, a seaplane the ABC has confirmed was 'brand new'

La Niña is forming in summer for only the second time in 75 years, raising the risk of a wet start to 2025 across Australia

Justin Trudeau says he will resign as Canada's prime minister, as soon as his governing Liberal Party selects a new leader

Two brothers have been arrested south of Brisbane over last month's alleged murder of 23-year-old Chloe Jade Mason

Emilia Pérez surprised with a big win while all five nominated Aussies missed out on awards. Look back on the 2025 Golden Globes

Two men have died and a woman has been taken to hospital after being found unresponsive on a beach in south-east SA

Australia has completed a six-wicket win over India at the SCG to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2014

Steve Smith has been dismissed on 9,999 Test runs as Australia stumbles in its pursuit of victory against India at the SCG

The series is on the line for Australia and India as the third and possibly final day of the fifth Test in Sydney gets underway

The series is on the line for Australia and India as the third and possibly final day of the fifth Test in Sydney gets underway

A homeless shelter has just one bed free but several people in need. How do workers decide who to accept and who to turn away?

Scott Boland has taken four wickets in the final session of day two, leaving India 6-141 with a lead over Australia of 145 runs

A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of a Virgin Airlines flight crew member in Fiji over New Year's Eve

Sam Konstas and Marnus Labuschagne are set to face Jasprit Bumrah and the rest of India's attack on a tough SCG pitch on day two

An advocacy group for the elderly is urging more states to give people under guardianship orders a bigger say in their lives

Temperatures across south-east Australia are predicted to soar this weekend, while the tropic's summer monsoon is missing in action

Usman Khawaja has fallen on the last ball of day one at the SCG, leaving Australia 1-9 at stumps after a dramatic final session

The victim of a shark attack off South Australia's west coast has been identified as 28yo Lance Appleby

A man wanted by police over a 27-year-old cold case in Queensland has been arrested in Sydney's north-west

India has 'rested' captain Rohit Sharma, while Australia hands a debut to Beau Webster for the fifth and final Test at the SCG

A search is underway for the body of a man reportedly killed by a shark on South Australia's West Coast

The Cybertruck blast outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was unrelated to the terror attack in New Orleans, officials believe

The FBI now believes the US Army veteran who killed 14 people in the New Orleans terror attack acted alone

The first big aurora of the year has lit up vast parts of Australia's south

The death toll from the New Orleans truck attack has risen to 15, with the FBI treating the incident as an act of terrorism

One person has died after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas

The FBI believes the man responsible for a truck attack in New Orleans that killed at least 10 people did not act alone

Australia's property market is in a downturn for the first time in two years after the average national price dipped in December

2024 was Australia's second-hottest year on record, according to weather forecasters, as the country prepares for another heatwave