Claims that more than one hundred Iraqi civilians were tortured and abused by British soldiers must be fully investigated, Britain's High Court was told yesterday.

General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan.

Republican chief Michael Steele has drawn fire from his own party for calling the commitment of US troops to Afghanistan a 'war of Obama's choosing'.

When asked in an interview about receiving a 'blood diamond' Naomi Campbell stormed out - but she won't have the same option open to her when she appears in The Hague.

David Petraeus has become Obama's third commander of the war since April last year.

World leaders have demanded Hamid Karzai detail plans for Afghanistan's future.

General Stanley McChrystal deserved to be fired as the United States commander in Afghanistan, writes Gwynne Dwyer.

Two words on journalist Michael Hasting's initial pitch to trail Stanley McChrystal appear to have tickled his PR staff's fancy: Rolling Stone.

With the appointment of David Petraeus, Obama has sent a clear signal that the US' existing strategy will continue.

President Barack Obama's handling of the "Runaway General" affair was exemplary.

The Nato commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington over a series of disrespectful remarks he and his staff made to Rolling Stone magazine.

Three Australian commandos have been killed and seven injured in a helicopter crash during an early-morning operation against Taleban insurgents.

Four soldiers, three of them Australian, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

If you survived The Pacific - and the ratings suggest many didn't - here's another call of duty with the United States Marines.