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

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 ...

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 ...

Former soldier is accused of murdering five people in Afghanistan.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...