Tragedy
Two dead in head-on crash in Victoria's east
Two people have died following a head-on car crash in Victoria's east where emergency services were forced to rescue two trapped passengers from within one of the vehicles.
- by Simone Fox Koob
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India
'God, I don't want to die': US missionary's plea before remote Indian tribe struck
John Allen Chau's riveting journal of his last days shows a treacherous journey by dark in a small fishing boat to the area where the small tribe lived in huts.
- by Joanna Slater & Annie Gowen
Tragedy
More than 85,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
Civil war has unleashed the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis in Yemen with 8.4 million people believed to be on the verge of starvation.
- by Aziz El Yaakoubi & Mohammed Ghobari
American killed by isolated tribe on remote Indian island off-limits to visitors
A man visiting one of the islands in India's remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a group of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said.
- by Sanjib Kumar Roy
Teen fighting for life after suffering self-inflicted burns in Portugal
Portuguese news outlets reported Henry Kocatekin, 18, of Wollongong, suffered the serious burns late last week at a Lisbon petrol station.
Tragedy
Rain to hamper search for nearly 1,000 people missing in California wildfire
Forensic teams are sifting through ash and dirt looking for the remains of 993 people still listed as missing.
- by Terray Sylvester
Another person claims crematorium has lost their family's ashes
First, Eddy Mol discovered the ashes of his baby boy were gone. Now, another person says the crematorium has lost their family's ashes.
- by Sally Pryor
Nepal
NSW man dies on Himalayan mountain descent after rock fall
The 33-year-old was with a group of 15 climbers when a falling rock severed his climbing ropes.
- by Michael Parris
Queensland Police
Rider dies in the Darling Downs after motorbike crash
A 64-year-old rider was found dead at the scene after a single-vehicle crash near Toowoomba.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
Argentinian submarine found a year after it vanished with 44 aboard
The ARA San Juan has been found at an unspecified location in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 800 metres, the Argentine Navy said.
- by Denis Duettmann
Man, 42, dies after stingray contact at beach in Hobart's east
Lauderdale has become the site of a rare tragedy after a man died following contact with a stingray.
- by Frances Vinall