KURIGRAM: The death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy rains caused major rivers to burst their banks, officials confirmed Saturday.The South Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has seen more frequent floodsContinue Reading
Peter Blunden was in bed when the call came. It was about 11pm. He had just finished another marathon day as editor of the Herald Sun. “Have you got the TV on?” the caller asked. Blunden didn’t stop to think. He threw on clothes – over his pyjamas – andContinue Reading
Penny Wong has warned Israel “this cannot continue”, as she condemned the “horrific … death and destruction” left by a deadly Israeli attack on civilians in southern Gaza. In an opening statement to senate estimates on Tuesday, the Foreign Minister – representing the Prime Minister – made reference to Sunday’sContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The national disaster center of Papua New Guinea on Monday said that a deadly landslide that occurred on Friday in a secluded village located in the country’s northern region caused major destruction and more than 2,000 people were buried alive.An official from the national disaster centre said inContinue Reading
The man who stabbed six people to death at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction has been identified as a 40-year-old from Queensland. The male attacker was seen wearing a Kangaroos outfit as he attacked at least 18 people at the busy shopping centre in Sydney’s east about 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.Continue Reading
The “hero” cop who gunned down the Bondi stabber during his deadly shopping centre massacre has been hailed a hero for ending the rampage and she’s now also being praised for what she did next. Six people were killed and eight others wounded, including a nine-month-old baby, in the unprovokedContinue Reading
The brave mother who died after being stabbed in the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre attack has been described as “a beautiful human” and the “world’s best mum”. Ash Good, 38, died in hospital on Saturday evening, after desperately trying to save her daughter’s life, who was also stabbed. SheContinue Reading
Prince William and Princess Catherine have responded to the deadly Bondi Junction attacks, praising the “heroic” first responders. The royal couple took to X on Saturday night Australian time. “We are shocked and saddened by the terrible events in Sydney earlier today,” they said. “ Our thoughts are with allContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the death toll at Bondi Westfield shopping centre in Sydney as “beyond words or understanding” but said it was too early to speculate on any motive. NSW Police have told reporters that investigators are “not ruling anything out” including terrorism – but at leastContinue Reading
Australian diplomats in Israel have been briefed by the country’s military personnel regarding the death of an Australian aid worker. Australian chef Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom was among seven aid workers killed when three vehicles, marked with the branding of international food relief organisation, World Central Kitchen, were struck by IsraeliContinue Reading