Volunteer firefighters in Australia will be offered government compensation after spending extended periods fighting bushfires raging across the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Sunday ...

Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its month-long bushfire crisis that affected three in four Australians and prompted widespread criticism of the government for its sluggish response ...

Several wildfires are also burning in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne, Australia’s second biggest city, is located.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Pentecostal prime minister on Monday rebuked a former national rugby star who claimed recent deadly bushfires and a devastating drought were God's punishment for the ...

SYDNEY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Australian firefighters used cool weather on Tuesday to try to strengthen containment lines around almost 200 wildfires burning in the country's southeast, as Prime Minister ...

Tables and chairs are seen among debris at the Tutti Frutti cafe which was destroyed by bushfires in the town of Bilpin, 70km west of Sydney on Saturday. -AFP A water bombing helicoptor flies over ...