British ministers ignored the military's warning that more time was needed before the invasion of Iraq, an inquiry hears.

A former Australian soldier has been sentence to death in Afghanistan for murdering an Afghan security guard and then accusing the Taliban for the crime.

The blanket secrecy over SAS operations has been ditched, with the Defence Force revealing that elite troopers recently helped capture bomb-makers in Kabul.

Prime Minister John Key yesterday defended his decision to reveal the identity of SAS soldier Willie Apiata

Prime Minister John Key stands by his decision to reveal that one of the SAS soldiers in a controversial photograph this week was Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.

John Key identifies one of the SAS soldiers in a photo published today as Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.

Gun sights with biblical inscriptions will not be withdrawn from New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan but New Zealand defence bosses want them cleaned up.

The Govt says its three-strike policy, which was agreed with Act today, will ensure repeat violent offenders get the harshest possible sentences.

Taliban fighters have developed a deadly new generation of their most lethal weapon, the improvised explosive device, or IED, which is almost undetectable because it has no metal or electronic parts, military experts said last week.

The defence correspondent of the Sunday Mirror newspaper has become the first British journalist to be killed while covering the war in Afghanistan.

PM keen to hear Hillary Clinton's views on what progress has been made towards establishing a corruption-free Government in Afghanistan.

Bombing by double agent highlights vulnerability of CIA.

The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.