A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder and a 16-year-old with being an accessory after a man was fatally stabbed in Mount Druitt, Sydney; police are investigating possible gang links.
South-east Queensland is bracing for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, and large hail this week after an extremely dry September, with temperatures exceeding 30°C on Monday.
A woman fleeing police drove the wrong way on Highway 4 near Concord, sideswiping two cars before a head-on collision with a Jeep; all four lanes were closed for nearly an hour.
UCLA enters the College Football Playoff projections after a 5-0 start, while LSU falls out following two losses; first-round matchups are beginning to take shape.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly driving a stolen car erratically through Melbourne’s CBD, striking a pedestrian near the marathon route and hitting parked cars.
Astronomers using a new pixel-level technique have found four pairs of "Little Red Dots" in the early universe, possibly indicating supermassive black holes on a path to merger.
A Boyce Thompson Institute study maps gene regulation differences between cultivated and wild tomatoes, offering breeders precise targets to restore lost flavor while maintaining yield.
Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida as a Category 2 storm, killing at least four and leaving over 850,000 without power as striking images show the aftermath.
Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest was overshadowed by Malo Gusto’s late red card—their fourth in six games—prompting criticism and questions about discipline under Maresca.
Researchers characterized Aminobacter ciceronei BA135, a non-canonical nitrogen-fixing symbiont that acquired its symbiosis genes horizontally, potentially expanding crops that need less fertilizer.
Astronomers have identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst ever localized, a modest star-forming galaxy whose properties offer clues to the origins of these enigmatic signals.
A man shot and killed eight people, including two children and a pregnant woman, at a family home in Erie, Pennsylvania, before taking his own life. Police cite mental health as a factor.
UAE investigators claim the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attempting to crash a plane into Tel Aviv was radicalized in Melbourne in 2017; Australian authorities are investigating his links.
Tasmania’s Lauren Smith produced three extraordinary catches in a WNCL match against Western Australia, a fielding display that commentators called “freak” and that turned the game.
Extremism is rising across Asia, with ISKP adapting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaida seeking cells in Bangladesh, and Singapore warning of a high threat level.
A man who climbed into a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park was fatally mauled; the tiger, Altai, was unharmed and will not be euthanized, authorities confirmed.
Europe’s traditional shoulder season no longer exists as climate change and overcrowding push travelers into September and October, making those months crowded and expensive.
Zach Bates finished third at the Bathurst 1000 after a late safety car erased his advantage, denying the 22-year-old rookie a potential victory in his first Supercars podium.
A Queensland driver was fined $1,295 for wearing a phone on a lanyard while driving, highlighting strict road rules and raising questions about whether high fines change behavior.
More than 100 Tasmanian public servants who took voluntary redundancies had their payouts wrongly treated as tax-free, potentially leaving former workers with unexpected tax bills.
On October 12, 2026, police investigated the assault and forced hair-cropping of an expatriate's wife in Faridpur over alleged extramarital affair claims.
Rival groups in Pabna fought for hours on October 12, 2026, leaving 40 people injured and 15 houses damaged after a football match ended in a draw.
Police in Bangladesh detained two men on October 12, 2026, following the separate domestic homicides of their wives in Dhaka and Gazipur districts.
One person was killed and another injured after a gunfight broke out between the Tikhir and Yimkhiung communities in Nagaland's Kiphire district, prompting security forces to deploy