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British Forces deployed in Mali have killed two armed terrorist fighters after being engaged by small arms fire while on patrol.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Second Royal Navy aircraft carrier hosts summit with UK allies to discuss technology, cyber, climate change and the Indo-Pacific.
110 Defence personnel will deploy to support the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) from 14th October, working as non-emergency drivers. The task is expected to last until the end of November.
Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC to take over from General Sir Nicholas Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen as the next Chief of the Defence Staff.
With four months of activity alongside allies and partners successfully completed, the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, is preparing for a series of engagements with Singapore, India and Oman this a…
The UK and Japan have agreed to commence formal negotiations on a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) to deepen the defence relationship between the two countries.
HMS Richmond captured evidence of ships apparently breaching UN sanctions targeting North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction and ballistic missile programmes.
Unknown British soldiers from the Great War have finally been laid to rest in France
225 Armed Forces personnel will be deployed to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in the fight against COVID-19 from Saturday.
UK troops deployed in Mali under the UN peacekeeping mission have assisted with a human rights investigation into a massacre of civilians by violent extremists.
Speech by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston, at the Defence and Security Equipment International event.
Speech by Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, at the Defence and Security Equipment International event.
Speech by Second Sea Lord Vice-Admiral Nicholas Hine at the Defence and Security Equipment International event.
UK Armed Forces have deployed to Kosovo to support the processing and relocation of NATO Afghan employees.
The biannual Joint Expeditionary Force Chiefs of Defence meeting was hosted by the UK in London.
The UK Armed Forces have now entered the final stages of the evacuation from Hamid Karzai Airport (HKIA) in Kabul.
Defence Minister marks 30 years of Ukraine independence and participated in the inaugural International Crimea Platform panel
As Operation TORAL draws to a close, a small number of UK military personnel will temporarily remain to support the transition to a new phase of UK Government support to Afghanistan.
Strategic Command hosted a Multi-Domain Integration Industry Day on 24 June 2021
The RAF Puma detachment serving in Afghanistan in support of the NATO Resolute Support Mission since March 2015 has now returned to RAF Benson.
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