WA is on track for its worst year on record for pedestrians killed in road crashes, who currently make up nearly a quarter of this year’s annual toll.
Dylan Caporn and Jessica Evensen
A young man has died in a horror three-vehicle collision north-east of Perth.
Jessica Evensen
A superyacht that sank off Sicily last year has been lifted from the water as salvage recovery crews complete the complex operation to bring it ashore.
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A hot air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters say.
A driver has died in a multi-vehicle crash after a road train, tow truck and car collided in Chittering.
Caleb Runciman
A man has died after being hit by a Transperth bus in the Perth CBD.
Sarah Steger and Caleb Runciman
Two bodies have been recovered and a further three people are being treated for injuries after a "whole shelf of a mountain" fell away at Banff National Park.
Main Roads WA has warned motorists to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.
WA Police say they believe the incident occurred sometime before 4am, with emergency services alerted around 7.10am.
Natasha Clark
The man killed in a horror crash after his truck rolled on Great Eastern Highway and burst into flames has been identified.
Caitlin Vinci
Falling rocks struck people on a hiking trail in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, killing one and injuring three others.
The 67-year-old male was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Shocking photographs show the car upside down with its bonnet completely destroyed.
Emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of property damage.
Footage from the scene shows the truck split in half and charred from a fire believed to have started inside his fuel tank.
A plane crash that killed three people could have been prevented if a known cabin pressure defect had been reported in a phone call minutes before the incident.
Abe Maddison
The couple were forced to flee for their lives after the house caught alight on Wednesday morning and was quickly engulfed in fire.
Sarah Crawford
Police are searching for good Samaritans who attended the scene of a serious crash near Perth Airport.
Nine people have died and 26 have been injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the southern Chinese province of Hunan.
Some power plants in Spain that are required by law to regulate the grid's voltage failed to do so before a major power outage in April, authorities say.
India's aviation safety watchdog is investigating the causes behind the fiery crash of an Air India plane which killed 271 people.
An Air India Dreamliner has been forced to turn back and land after experiencing mid-flight technical issues, days after a similar plane's deadly crash.
A bridge collapse in western India has left at least two people dead while 32 have been injured, authorities say.
Police are investigating after a woman was seriously injured in a crash near Coral Bay.
Claire Sadler
