This month's strikes are said to have killed more than 100 people in remote tribal areas - many of them, inevitably will have been civilians.

Germany will make the last of its First World War reparations payments this weekend - 92 years after the end of hostilities.

Many US and British officers warn that corrupt police are turning people against the government and 'acting as Taleban recruiting sergeants.'

Photos of Morrie Stanley who died recently, just months after being presented with an Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry for his service in the Vietnam War.

A former New Zealand Vietnam war hero who was recently presented with a bravery award for saving the lives of Australian soldiers has died.

An 87-year-old war veteran has likened the atershocks from the Christchurch earthquake to the unpredictability of his wartime experiences.

A coastal town's war memorial has partially crumbled in the Canterbury earthquake, leaving descendants of dead soldiers shattered.

As a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a New York Times best-seller.

US troops yesterday found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the centre of Baghdad.

Britain is facing calls to set out a detailed timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Inexperience proves a virtue in bonding first-time director Stuart Beattie with his adolescent stars, writes Scott Kara.