A former Australian soldier has been sentence to death in Afghanistan for murdering an Afghan security guard and then accusing the Taliban for the crime.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been presented with more damaging evidence.

The blanket secrecy over SAS operations has been ditched, with the Defence Force revealing that elite troopers recently helped capture bomb-makers in Kabul.

The Government to reveal details of SAS deployments overseas after row over photos in Herald and other media.

Tension on streets as supporters of former Army chief say they will fight for power.

Prime Minister John Key stands by his decision to reveal that one of the SAS soldiers in a controversial photograph this week was Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.

Gun sights with biblical inscriptions will not be withdrawn from New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan but New Zealand defence bosses want them cleaned up.

The Defence Force says it was caught unaware by biblical citations stamped on its weapons, and they will be removed.

The Govt says its three-strike policy, which was agreed with Act today, will ensure repeat violent offenders get the harshest possible sentences.

The elite air force aerobatics team the Red Checkers has been grounded in the wake of yesterday's fatal plane crash.

The Air Force pilot who died in a plane crash near Ohakea Air Base today was a new father, a tearful Air Force official has revealed.