War

Families fear they may never see each other again.

"I don't call it Australia Day, or Invasion Day or Survival Day. I call it January 26" – Rhoda Roberts' captivating explanation for why the day will always be nameless.

When Kath King enlisted as nurse in the Gallipoli war, she wasn't sure she'd make it home - let alone fall in love.

On the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, we remember the fallen, and those left behind. Lest we forget.

The Weekly takes a look at the casts of Gallipoli and Deadline: Gallipoli and how they felt stepping into the shoes of legends.

Norwood Thomas and Joyce Morris met in the spring of 1944, and have finally seen each other again after 70 years apart.

Sporting a rugged beard Prince Harry spent his 31st birthday inspecting aircrafts taking part in the 75th anniversary flypast, but he touchingly refused to make the day about him.

On some nights, up to 2000 people crossed the border.

Gruesome images have been released of a smiling toddler setting fire to a teddy in front of an ISIS flag.

BREAKING: Suicide bombers have attacked the Afghan parliament in Kabul

“It may be a whole generation that are losing their understanding that living should be free."

Primary school aged children are being given guns and taught how to execute prisoners in the latest low reported from terror group ISIS.

From Canberra's memorial to the streets of Auckland, people around the world are waking with the dawn to celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom.

On Monday Australia said goodbye to Harold Herman, a WWII digger who lost his leg fighting in New Guinea and whose acts of heroism extend even beyond death.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have paid tribute to World War One personnel at a Tower of London art installation featuring thousands of ceramic poppies.

Prince Harry has revealed the horror he witnessed in Afghanistan while serving as an Apache helicopter pilot.

Today Australia joins the world in marking 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany.

Aesha Mohammadzai was just a teenager when her Taliban husband sliced off her nose and ears after she tried to escape their abusive marriage. Now, three years later, she is half-way through a life-changing procedure to rebuild her face. Aesha, now 22, is living in the US and is six months into facial reconstruction surgery. […]

If there’s one genre Aussie filmmakers have feared to tread since 1981’sGallipoli, it has been the sweeping war epic. But director Jeremy Sims now takes us underground, beneath Hill 60, for his ambitious foray. Brendan Cowell leads as Oliver Woodward, the new commanding officer of a group of civilian miners charged with digging their way […]

There’s more to the war in Afghanistan than terrorism. Glen Williams meets the brave Aussie women resurrecting ravaged communities. Up until now, it’s always been surreal. A dark item on the nightly news. Afghanistan – a place associated with buzz words such as “war on terror” and “Taliban”; home of the suicide bomber. “A bastard […]

There is no greater honour than the Victoria Cross – a medal so rare it had not been granted for 40 years. So just how has VC hero Mark Donaldson gone from dodging bullets to family life? Sue Williams reports. It hurts to send the man you love off to war. For Emma Donaldson, wife […]