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4th Mechanized Brigade will replace 12th Mechanized Brigade in October 2012 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Task Force Helmand personnel are expanding their sphere of influence in the Upper Gereshk Valley. Report by Richard Long.
British aid will save the life of a woman or girl in the developing world every two hours for the next eight years.
An extraordinary global breakthrough giving access to family planning for 120 million women in the world’s poorest countries was hailed today.
Making lifesaving contraceptives available to an additional 120 million women and girls by 2020
A new study maps hotspots of human-animal infectious diseases and emerging disease outbreaks.
Prime Minister David Cameron announces £500 million in aid at the Family Planning Summit 2012 to increase international access to contraceptives.
Keep up with today's announcements and reactions at the Family Planning Summit - committed to bringing access to contraceptives to women all over the world.
"We must never forget the act of genocide that was committed in Srebrenica, nor should it ever be denied."
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the sentencing of Thomas Lubanga to 14 years is a powerful reminder that those who commit the most serious international crimes will be held accountable.
Foreign Secretary William Hague met Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in London on 10 July.
On 9 July 2012 the new nation of South Sudan will mark its first anniversary.
Foreign Secretary William Hague will give a speech in The Hague on international law and justice in foreign policy today, in the year of the 10th Anniversary of the International Criminal Court.
"Justice and international law are central to foreign policy" said Foreign Secretary William Hague in his speech in The Hague today.
Foreign Secretary William Hague gave a speech about the importance of diplomacy at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 9 July.
The role that 3 Commando Brigade played in Afghanistan while on Operation HERRICK 14 last year has been branded 'historically significant' by senior British and American officers.
More than 500 soldiers from both 19 Light Brigade and 20th Armoured Brigade marched through the centre of Paderborn in northern Germany last week to celebrate their homecoming from Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that he is "shocked and disgusted" by reports that an Afghan woman has been publicly executed by the Taliban.
The Tokyo conference brought the international community together to agree support for Afghanistan's development.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the elections in Libya as a "landmark moment".
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