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  • Six soldiers believed killed in Helmand

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that six soldiers are missing, believed killed, after their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday, Tuesday 6 March 2…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM statement on Afghanistan incident

    Six soldiers are missing, believed killed, in an incident involving an explosion in Helmand.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary statement on E3+3 talks with Iran

    UK, US, France, Germany, Russia and China agree to further talks with Iran about its nuclear programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fijian chef boosts soldiers' morale

    Lance Corporal Leone Tunidau Boila, nicknamed ‘Leo’ due to his professional pride and uncanny strength, is known by the soldiers of Patrol Base…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gurkhas train for Helmand

    Soldiers from 1 Transport Squadron, 10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment (10 QOGLR), have showcased their versatility by transforming…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Injured Marines triumph at Wounded Warrior Trials

    Injured Royal Marines won nearly 20 medals in the recent United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Trials held in California.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary expresses concern at military build up on Sudanese border

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke following reports of a potential confrontation between Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister visits Yemen

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said the UK will remain a close development and political partner to Yemen when he visited the country on 5 March.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sea King squadron home from Helmand

    After more than 15 months in Afghanistan, 854 Naval Air Squadron has returned home to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghans beat British troops in Bastion cricket clash

    http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/AfghansBeatBritishTroopsInBastionCricketClash.htm

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • TA soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army soldiers paraded through Liverpool on Saturday, 3 March 2012, following their return from a demanding tour in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tongan Prime Minister visits his troops in Afghanistan

    The Tongan Prime Minister has been greeted with a Sipi Tau war challenge during a visit to Tongan troops working with the RAF in Helmand.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army signallers listen in on Taliban

    Armed with receivers, satellite communications and other systems, 14 Signal Regiment serve as the finely-tuned ears of the British Army.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Phone call: PM and Vladimir Putin

    Downing Street statement following call between PM and President-elect of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • War graves damaged in Libya

    Over 200 headstones and the Cross of Remembrance in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Benghazi were deliberately damaged on 24 and 26 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British Virgin Islands pilot new approach to environmental management

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed discussions in the UK Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) on 'greening the economy'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Japan

    Mr Timothy Mark Hitchens, CMG, LVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Japan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Marking 80 years of the BBC World Service

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the World Service has been an example of the very best of Britain when he spoke at the 80th anniversary.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • European Council

    PM: we have decided, in the communique, to work together to document evidence of Syrian atrocities

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British diplomatic staff in Syria withdrawn

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that all diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Damascus, and Embassy services suspended.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government