SYDNEY (Reuters) -One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the murder of six Afghans while on deployment, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) Gen. Angus Campbell speaks during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Several serving and former Australian military commanders have been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed during the Afghanistan war, Defense Minister ...

Australia is grappling with trying to investigate veterans accused of misconduct during the long war in Afghanistan, while the price tag for litigation keeps rising. The Australian government has ...

The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957, it was modelled on the British SAS ...

Preface -- Abbreviations -- The tractor job: 2 Squadron, March 1968 -- Towards special forces: Australia, 1940-1957 -- The 1st SAS Company: Swanbourne, 1957-1963 -- To Borneo: formation of the ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense force chief says the United States has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S. forces from ...

The warning came in the form of a letter from a defense attache “indicating that the release of the Brereton report and its findings may initiate Leahy Law considerations.” The United States has ...