カテゴリー: Military
Col Tim Collins says ‘we don’t do notches on rifle butt’ and kill-count talk could increase Harry’s personal security riskHigh-profile British veterans have criticised the Duke of Sussex’s claim he had killed 25 Taliban soldiers while serving with the …
MoD concedes to longstanding demands for statutory inquiry into allegations dating back to 2010Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made afte…
Emails disclosed by lawyers for two families of victims suggested police told to ignore role of senior officers“Political pressure” was applied in 2016 to narrow the focus of a military police investigation into allegations of summary killings by SAS s…
Inquiry not being ruled out after BBC reports on 54 allegedly suspicious killings by SAS unit in AfghanistanA UK defence minister has hinted that the government is considering a further inquiry or review of a pattern of 54 allegedly suspicious killings…
The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by British militaryDozens of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have been detained for over seven months in a military base on an overseas territory claime…
Top French commander cites ‘rapid rearmament’ of China and Russia as danger to maritime securityFrance’s most senior naval commander has said future conflicts are likely to be fought at sea and in the cybersphere, citing the “rapid rearmament” of count…
Questions mount about pact’s ultimate purpose and implications for other Asean countriesIt was initially seen as an audacious enlistment by Joe Biden of Australia into the 21st-century struggle against China, elevating the country in the process to a s…
Flights mark first military relocation of Afghans and British nationals since end of Kabul evacuationThe RAF has airlifted more than 100 people who had left Afghanistan and were in a neighbouring third country to the UK.The Ministry of Defence said the…
Flight carrying translators and others who have escaped Taliban to land at RAF Brize Norton on FridayAn RAF flight of Afghan translators and others who have escaped the Taliban is due to land in the UK on Friday, the largest single evacuation by Britai…
MoD compensation logs show just £2,380 paid on average, with more than 80 children among victimsBritish forces are linked to the deaths of 86 children and more than 200 adult civilians during the Afghanistan conflict, with compensation of just £2,380 p…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Australia and US pledge stronger ties, EU calls for trade deal and Johnson refuses to rule out getting involved in a conflict involving the islandChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to resist “interference from external forces” as Taiwan welcomed …
Australia’s defence minister says Aukus pact makes region safer and ‘no amount of propaganda can dismiss the facts’Australia has dismissed “outbursts” from China over its decision to develop nuclear-powered submarines and flagged plans for more US mili…
We know from Iraq that those with responsibility for 20 years of strategic disaster won’t actually be held responsibleOn the morning of 14 March 1757, one of the Royal Navy’s most senior serving admirals, John Byng, was marched on to the deck of the wa…