A recalcitrant reindeer has gone on the run in an English seaside town, causing a Christmas kerfuffle for local authorities.

An out-of-control bushfire is threatening homes and properties with residents warned to leave now or put their lives in ...

Some residents of flood-hit Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, Indonesian authorities say.

Firefighters faced the biggest blaze of their careers when an inferno at a waste facility triggered an enormous explosion. Dramatic footage shows a huge fireball erupting 150 metres into the night sky ...

A pilot has died after two light planes collided in midair over Sydney’s south-west. Emergency services responded to reports ...

Crowds have flocked to five new underground stations to catch trains through Melbourne's Metro Tunnel for the first time.

Australian actress Nicole Kidman has spent her first Thanksgiving since she split from Keith Urban doing a charity run.

A slowdown in the bellwether housing markets of Sydney and Melbourne suggests that sentiment is starting to sour as hopes of ...

Four people are dead after 14 people were shot at a family gathering in northern California in what officials say was a targeted attack.

At its height, in 2014, more than 1000 people were being held on Nauru, as part of Australia’s offshore detention system.

Today is the official start to summer and the weather bureau has offered us an outlook for what to expect over the next three months ...

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children is days away but many tech firms involved are yet to reveal how they ...