A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to glorify his exploits was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.
The body of an American man killed in August while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military has been returned to Ukrainian custody by the Russian military.
A royal guard standing vigil by the Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall in London collapsed in front of mourners paying their final respects to the late sovereign.
For days protesters have taken to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, defying curfew orders, to demand a solution to the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
A Ukrainian soldier on a tiny island in the Black Sea didn't hold back when threatened with bombing by a Russian warship as Moscow continued its assault on Ukrainian territory.
A former solider was so desperate to get his cat back that he broke into a Melbourne animal shelter and held a gun to a young mother, a court has heard.
Almost four years to the day since he was laid to rest, the federal Department of Defence has finally taken responsibility for the death of a young soldier.
In a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy, a spokesperson said complaints made by the Australian secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs were "absolutely unacceptable".
The Australian Army has issued 13 soldiers with administrative notices that could see their service with the military terminated over last week's IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry.
Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic and Sapper James Martin were murdered by Afghan army officer, Hekmatullah, who was later captured and sentenced to death.
A soldier is in a critical condition in intensive care in Royal Darwin Hospital, after a near drowning incident at the Robertson Barracks swimming pool on Sunday.
All of the US troops withdrawing from northern Syria will move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State, the US Defense Secretary says.
As we pause to remember the Anzacs who bravely fought for Australia, there is one group of soldiers who, despite the struggles they faced back home, stood up in the face of adversity to protect our world - the Indigenous diggers.