UK troops train Tunisian forces to counter Islamic State
British Armed Forces will provide training to Tunisian forces to help stem the threat posed by Islamic State, the Defence Secretary has announced. Michael Fallon has announced that a Short Term Training Team of around 40 UK military personnel has arrived in country to provide training on Operational Planning, Intelligence and Surveillance and mobile patrolling, which will help Tunisia counter...
Allied warships, submarines, aircraft and troops gather in Scotland
Thirty-one warships and submarines, as well as some 67 aircraft will be involved in Exercise Joint Warrior.
Spain asks Britain to share Gibraltar
Spanish officials have invited Britain to share sovereignty of Gibraltar.
Britain urges Europe to step up security efforts
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon urged Europe to step up its efforts against terrorism and migration without duplicating NATO.
MoD orders missile decoy system for RAF
The Ministry of Defence has placed a £2.5 million order for UK-designed and built miniature decoys which will help to protect combat jets from missiles. The cutting-edge BriteCloud system, designed and manufactured in Bedfordshire and Scotland by Leonardo-Finmeccanica, will undergo flight trials on RAF Tornado aircraft later this year. BriteCloud, which is similar in size and appearance to a beverage can,...
Explosion in New York City
Officials believe that the cause of the explosion in New York was a homemade bomb.
HMS Diamond boards suspect vessel, HMS Enterprise
HMS Diamond was conducting a Boarding Exercise prior to joining operation SOPHIA, an operation to counter human trafficking in the Mediterranean.
US and Russia strike crucial Syria peace deal
A tentative ceasefire agreement has been reached between the US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart over the war in Syria.
The United States has ‘no closer or stronger ally’ than Britain
United States Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter made the claim today in speech given at Oxford University.
MoD sell off land for thousands of new homes to be built
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced plans to release a further 13 sites to build thousands of new homes.
