On the cricket field,Oscar Jenkins was a formidable all-rounder. The former Melbourne Grammar student’s teammates were shocked to learn he had been captured by Russians on a Ukrainian battlefield.
An 18-year-old man died near Melton on Friday night after a wild brawl involving about 40 youths. Meanwhile,police have named the man killed in a shooting in Campbellfield.
An emergency warning to evacuate immediately was also issued for a small town in the Macedon Ranges on Saturday,but was later downgraded.
A blaze in the Grampians – which first threatened the hamlet of Mirranatwa on Wednesday – flared up again on Friday.
Police could be given greater powers at protests under changes to laws being considered by the Victorian government.
Temperatures are forecast to soar over 40 degrees across much of Victoria on Monday. The CFA has warned people in bushfire-risk areas to be prepared to leave early.
The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.
Heartbroken members of Melbourne’s Adass Israel community have promised to restore the “jewel in the crown” of their community by rebuilding their synagogue.
Police are investigating a rusty bullet that was found directly outside the scene of Friday’s arson attack.
The Israeli leader cited Canberra’s decision to vote for a UN resolution demanding the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.
South Korea’s president has declared martial law,the first time this has happened since the country became a democracy in 1987. Here’s why.