The high-profile case of the so-called Death Cap Mushroom Cook is likely to remain a topic of conversation across Australia for years to come.

A man who saved several people including children and babies from a fire last week in Paris while balancing on a narrow ledge will be decorated for his courage.

A severe hail storm ripped trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday while hundreds of fires raged in neighboring Serbia following a period of extremely hot weather in parts of the Balkan region.

Germany's Foreign Office said Tuesday it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German military aircraft in the Red Sea.

Health officials in the Palestinian territory said Tuesday that 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.