An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has hit southern Pakistan, killing 20 people, most of them women and children, and injuring about 300, at a time when many victims were asleep, authorities say.
At least three people have been killed and several more injured after an Amtrak train running between Seattle and Chicago derailed in north-central Montana.
Two men in their 30s have died after receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan's health ministry says.
Mick Jagger has paid tribute to bandmate Charlie Watts, joining names from across the music world remembering The Rolling Stones drummer following his death aged 80.
At least 304 people are dead and hundreds injured or missing after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, reducing churches, hotels and homes to rubble in the latest tragedy to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation.
A man has shot dead five people, including a three-year-old girl, during a six-minute killing spree with a pump-action shotgun in the southern English city of Plymouth in what police believe was a case of domestic-related violence.
A jury could find that a Northern Territory policeman accused of murdering a young Indigenous man during an outback arrest is immune from criminal liability.
Five people have jumped from an apartment building in Myanmar's main city of Yangon, killing at least two of them in a bid to escape a raid by security forces, media reports say, sparking condemnation among opponents of military rule.
ACT Policing is preparing a report for the Coroner after a person was found dead following a fire at a residence in Ngunnawal earlier today, Wednesday 11 August.
