This Month
‘Absolutely scandalous’: 8 arrested over Hong Kong’s deadly blaze
The China-backed government has come under pressure about negligence and misconduct over the fire at the high-rise building that killed more than 100.
Three arrested after Hong Kong high-rise blaze kills scores
At least 44 people are dead and hundreds missing or trapped after a massive fire took hold of an apartment complex with thousands of units in Hong Kong.
Eight dead in explosion near Red Fort in India’s New Delhi
The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately known and is being investigated. The 17th-century fort was located in the old city and was a tourist destination.
September
Man killed in shark attack on Sydney’s northern beaches
NSW Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the 57-year-old man who has died at Dee Why Beach.
August
Horrific Titan sub disaster was preventable, report finds
A new US Coast Guard report says that the catastrophic implosion that killed all five aboard the Titan submersible was the result of critical safety flaws.
July
Rising Blackstone star killed as companies tighten security
The second fatal shooting in less than a year of a senior US executive in New York City has sent shockwaves through Manhattan firms.
At least 19 killed as Bangladeshi air force jet crashes into school
Officials say the jet crashed shortly after take-off, hitting a school in Dhaka.
Air India junior pilot asked captain why he turned off fuel switches
The information reveals for the first time who said what in the cockpit before 260 people died in a plane crash.
Air India plane crash came after fuel cut from engines
Audio from the cockpit suggests both pilots were confused about why the fuel switches were turned off, according to a preliminary report by Indian authorities.
For the parents of Camp Mystic, an agonising wait for missing children
Group texts have flown with rumours about girls who had been found, and girls still missing. They exchanged phone numbers, stories, and prayers.
At least 24 dead in Texas flash flood, 20-plus children missing
The US National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency for parts of Kerr County, located about 105km northwest of San Antonio.
How the best summer of Diogo Jota’s life ended in tragedy
The Liverpool star and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain after the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police say.
June
Two oil tankers collide and catch fire near Strait of Hormuz
The incident adds to anxiety around the crucial shipping route as Iran and Israel hit each other with missiles.
India ramps up inspections of Boeing 787s after fatal crash
The checks are performed as the jets return to the south Asian country before being cleared for their next flights.
‘No idea how I survived’: Briton tells of Air India crash
A 40-year-old passenger appears to have been the sole survivor among the 242 people on board the Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take off.
‘Mayday, no thrust, losing power’: Air India flight’s final seconds
Investigators will pore over footage of the plane appearing to suffer a catastrophic loss of lift that could have been a mechanical, electrical or external fault.
2025 is now the deadliest for air travel in years
The crash of Air India Flight 171 has turned 2025 into one of the most fatal years in the past decade for civil aviation.
Dazed sole survivor wanders street clutching boarding pass
“When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran,” sole crash survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said from his hospital bed.
Former pupil kills 10 in Austrian school shooting
Police said the gunman entered a school in Graz and opened fire on students and teachers. He was later found dead in a bathroom.
May
Two dead as Mexican Navy training ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
At least 19 people were injured and taken to hospitals. New York mayor Eric Adams said in a social media post after midnight that two had died and two were critical.