A STRING of beaches have been closed in Spain after a shark attacked a schoolgirl.

A massive air-sea search is under way today after a "Marie Celeste" catamaran was found drifting off Australia's Great Barrier Reef with engines and electronics running, food on the table - but no crew.

Malaysia’s air force today grounded its British-made Hawk fighter jets after one of them was feared to have crashed during stormy weather in a training flight over the South China Sea.