A ferry carrying hundreds of people has caught fire at sea off Sulawesi island in Indonesia, killing at least five people, ...

Ingvar Ambjørnsen, a Norwegian author who mixed a sharp, even dark tone with humour and empathy in works that depicted the ...

Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, election exit polls show, potentially heralding ...

The typhoon stayed just offshore until about 6pm Sunday, when it made landfall in a coastal area of Taishan city in China's ...

Two young children are among four people killed in a horrific two-car crash after a tragic weekend on the roads. The crash ...

Newcastle's nightmare week has finished in heartbreak as the Warriors snatched a dramatic 20-15 win after the final siren to ...

The heat is on Australia A's bowlers to find early wickets on day two after a Nuwanidu Fernando century headlined a great ...

West Coast Fever have secured a grand final berth and destroyed the confidence of the NSW Swifts in the process after posting ...

A tsunami warning was issued for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes - the larger with a magnitude of 7.4 - struck ...

The Liberals will have first crack at forming a minority government in Tasmania but face tricky talks to secure the support ...

A Vietnamese man who survived the capsizing of a tour boat in Ha Long Bay has described his escape from the overturned vessel ...