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For several years, insurgents operating in the area threatened and intimidated locals, forcing many to leave their homes and businesses and …
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Until early 2009, the area around Zarghun Kalay was under the firm control of insurgents. That was until they were pushed back by British forces…
Personnel from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) joined military parachutists from around the globe to exercise in Ukraine.
Speech by Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy.
For the last four-and-a-half months, Royal Marines from Kilo Company, 42 Commando, have been living and working alongside soldiers from the …
For the past eight weeks, the engineers have been teaching the Afghan soldiers how to operate various pieces of heavy machinery and carry out…
British aircraft have again conducted long-range strikes against some of Colonel Gaddafi's remaining military bases, as NATO continues with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolutio…
HMS Dauntless became the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers to visit the capital when she sailed up the Thames on Saturday to the ExCeL Centre in London's Docklands.
Prime Minister David Cameron's speech and Q&A at Moscow State University, Russia, 12 September 2011.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has commemorated the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001, and of other global acts of terrorism since.
Prime Minister David Cameron has attended a memorial service in London to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement on the overnight attack on the Israeli Embassy in Egypt.
A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
The British Embassy in Washington commemorates the citizens from over 90 countries who perished in the 9/11 attacks.
Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday participated in a long-range mission, targeting a military vehicle depot at a former regime compound located near Sebha.
Sergeant Barry Weston of 42 Commando Royal Marines was killed by an improvised explosive device while leading a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district…
The four-week exercise aims to develop REME troops’ basic infantry skills in the challenging environment and terrain of Cyprus, with temperatures…
The third annual Ofsted report on the effectiveness of welfare and duty of care for recruits and trainees in Armed Forces initial training was published today.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has visited the RUC George Cross Memorial Garden at Brooklyn in Belfast
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