At least 40 Aboriginal soldiers fought at Gallipoli - but you wouldn't know it.

Newly published documents from World War I reveal an often overlooked side of the conflict - the stories of thousands of men who pleaded not to go and fight.

The United States Army is considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots as it adjusts to sweeping troop cuts.

The United States and Gulf countries have been secretly backing rebel efforts to destroy al-Qaeda's most extreme wing in Syria, diplomats and rebels involved in the plan say.

The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the terrorists fight Damascus.

Defector says idealists indoctrinated in Syria to carry out terror attacks in West.

Shocking images depicting US soldiers burning the bodies of what appear to be Iraqi insurgents have sparked a military probe.

A project honouring New Zealanders who served in World War I is unlikely to be completed in time for the centenary of the war's outbreak, the Herald understands.

Downing St has intervened to quell the the latest row over WWI centenary commemorations amid claims the role of Australian and NZ troops is being ignored.

British officials are defending their plans for commemorations of World War I amid fears recognition of New Zealand's role could fall victim to an "Anzac whitewash".

There are fears recognition of NZ's role in WWI in British commemorations this year could fall victim to an 'Anzac whitewash' driven by domestic politics.

A fight has erupted in Britain over the cause of World War 1, pitting Conservatives against Labour, academic against academic and Boris against Blackadder's Baldrick.

An Afghan girl believed to be about 10 years old was caught in Helmand province wearing a bomb vest after her brother encouraged her to carry out a suicide attack.

A West Auckland police station was evacuated this afternoon after a man brought in a suspected bomb he found buried in a garden.

Footage from inside the Hamas tunnel network which was exposed shortly after the October 7 attack. Video / The Telegraph

The United States, Poland and three Baltic countries have expressed alarm at Russia's deployment of nuclear-capable missiles to the exclave of Kaliningrad.

An Israeli soldier was killed by a Lebanese army sniper as he drove along the border, the Israeli military said, drawing Israeli threats of retaliation.

Major-General Tim Keating has been named the new Chief of Defence Force.

Professor William Harris sips his cup of tea in a small cafe in southern Turkey and recounts meeting Yasser Arafat, the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

After feverishly trying to derail the international community's nuclear deal with Iran in recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has little choice but to accept an agreement that he has derided as deeply flawed.

China and Japan appeared to be a step closer to a military confrontation that could drag in the United States.

The United States and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level, face-to-face talks over the past year.

New Zealand has welcomed the agreement reached in Geneva yesterday aimed at capping Iran's nuclear programme.

An al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide attacks on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.

The director of Brad Pitt's new movie has offered his apologies after filming Nazi war scenes in an English village on Remembrance Day, provoking outrage.