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Pakistan increases fuel prices, raising petrol by 42.7 percent and diesel by 54.9 percent in response to higher global energy costs linked to the Iran war.
2026-04-2

Russian forces launch a barrage of at least 76 missiles across Ukraine, damaging at least nine power stations and killing at least three civilians, with many more civilians being injured.
2022-12-16

South Australia reports four new cases through community transmissions linked to a supermarket and a hospital in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, leading to fears of a second wave in the state. In response, Western Australia reimposes hard border controls with South Australia.
2020-11-15

Voters in the Australian state of Western Australia go to the polls for a Federal Senate election.
2014-04-5

A 4.4-billion-year-old crystal from Western Australia has been confirmed as the oldest fragment of Earth's crust.
2014-02-24

At least 7 people are killed in an attack by militants, suspected to be Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, on a power station in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Ten hostages are reportedly taken by the militants.
2013-04-2

Scientists at California's Stanford University invent a working bionic eye powered only by focused light. Though currently a prototype, the device could eventually restore the sight of millions of people suffering from eye diseases such as macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa.
2012-05-14

A tropical cyclone warning is issued for Western Australia's Pilbara and Kimberly regions as Cyclone Lua approaches at Category 3 strength.
2012-03-16

The Swiss Solar Impulse project's solar powered plane remains aloft for 24 hours, a record for a solar powered craft.
2010-07-8

Hundreds of people attempt to control a large diesel leak into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the Wei River, in Shaanxi, China.
2010-01-3