Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Roberts-Smith pictured in March 2022 outside federal court in Sydney during a defamation trial in which he unsuccessfully sued ...

Holder of Australia’s highest military honour, former elite special forces soldier, and until recently the most celebrated ...

Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested on Monday and charged with five war crimes. Roberts-Smith has previously been hailed as a “war hero” by Australian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Roberts-Smith departs the Federal Court of Australia on June 9, 2021, in Sydney, Australia [Sam Mooy/Getty Images] Former ...

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Australian officials expressed concern that Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan were targeting Australian special forces troops. A source in Australia’s elite ...

A redacted copy of an inquiry's report into war crimes alleged to have been committed by the nation's troops in Afghanistan ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday.

SYDNEY—Australian police arrested a decorated veteran who served in Afghanistan and charged him with five counts of war crimes on Tuesday, setting the stage for a rare reckoning as Australia grapples ...

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 ...

Secret Australian military bases come to light, raising questions about national security and transparency.

Arrest comes after Roberts-Smith lost case against reporters who said he was involved in murders of unarmed Afghan men.

April 7 (UPI) --Australia's most decorated soldier was arrested Tuesday and charged with war crimes, namely murder, allegedly committed when he was serving with Australian special forces in ...