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Nearly 110 years after his death, a Canadian First World War soldier with roots in Cape Breton has been positively identified by researchers. In December 2025, the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces confirmed that a previously unidentified grave at Courcelette British Cemetery in northern France …
Read More »U.S. soldier involved in Maduro capture accused of profiting from knowledge of raid on Polymarket
A U.S. special forces officer involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 US in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation …
Read More »Decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith charged with killing 5 unarmed Afghans during war
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations he killed five …
Read More »British soldier acquitted on murder, attempted murder charges for 1972 Northern Ireland killings
A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder charges. Judge Patrick Lynch ruled at Belfast Crown Court that prosecutors failed to prove that the veteran identified only as Soldier F had opened fire …
Read More »Hamas frees 4 Israeli soldier hostages in exchange for 200 Palestinians
The Palestinian militant group Hamas handed four female Israeli soldier hostages over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday. Hours later, Israeli authorities said they released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four soldiers who …
Read More »Former Canadian soldier David Lavery ‘safe’ in Qatar after release from Afghanistan, Joly says
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is “safe” in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that he went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government. In a social media post on Sunday, Joly said she “just spoke with David …
Read More »Soldier injured in Poonch district:ਬਾਰੂਦੀ ਸੁਰੰਗ ਫਟਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਜਵਾਨ ਜ਼ਖ਼ਮੀ
ਜੰਮੂ, 21 ਜਨਵਰੀ ਇੱਥੋਂ ਦੇ ਪੁਣਛ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ’ਚ ਅੱਜ ਕੰਟਰੋਲ ਰੇਖਾ ਨੇਡ਼ੇ ਬਾਰੂਦੀ ਸੁਰੰਗ ਫਟਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਫੌਜ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਜਵਾਨ ਜ਼ਖਮੀ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਇਹ ਜਵਾਨ ਗਸ਼ਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਇੱਕ ਦਸਤੇ ’ਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਸੀ, ਜਿਸ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨਾ ਘਾਟੀ ਸੈਕਟਰ ’ਚ ਗਲਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਬਾਰੂਦੀ ਸੁਰੰਗ ’ਤੇ ਪੈਰ ਰੱਖ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਤੇ ਬਾਰੂਦੀ …
Read More »Soldier who died in Cybertruck blast outside Trump hotel left note calling it a ‘wake-up call’ for U.S.
A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was a stunt to serve as “wake-up call” for the country’s ills, investigators said Friday. Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colo., apparently harboured …
Read More »Canadian soldier explains why he’s returning to Ukraine’s eastern trenches
Dave Smith says no one in his family was too surprised when he told them he was going to quit his job as a major in the Canadian Armed Forces to fight in the muddy trenches of eastern Ukraine. “I actually never had to explain it to them. My brother, …
Read More »Quebec gondola crash: Ontario victim identified as Canadian soldier, probe continues
The owner of a drilling company involved in a fatal gondola crash at a popular resort in Quebec over the weekend is speaking out. In a statement released on Monday, Forage M2P president Maxime Patry acknowledged that one of its employees was operating a drilling machine at Station Mont Tremblant …
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