Australian wildlife officials said rescuers have returned 11 pilot whales to sea.

GERARD ROE is one of the few who can unearth the positives from Ireland’s economic doom and gloom.

An Australian diver who was almost swallowed head-first by a huge shark today said he survived by poking the fish in the eye and credited the lead-lined vest he was wearing as saving him from being bitten in half.

Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires across south-eastern Australia today as high temperatures and strong winds fanned grass and forest fires into infernos.

At least two people were killed and 30 injured, two critically, today when a two-carriage train slammed into a truck at a crossing in rural south-eastern Australia.

Surprise snowfalls prompted people in Sydney, Australia, to flock to the mountains today to catch a glimpse of what for them is a rare winter phenomenon.

North Korea is using an international heroin smuggling trade to fund its nuclear weapons programme, a senior Pentagon official has claimed.

Sixteen people were injured and several were trapped when a pole supporting a chairlift in south-eastern Australia collapsed today, emergency workers said.