Four generals have issued an unprecedented plea to Boris Johnson to withdraw plans to axe 10,000 soldiers from the Army. The commanders, with decades of frontline service behind them, say the UK will no longer be taken seriously as a military power if the numbers are cut. The Army is widely expected to be reduced to … Read more
Myanmar’s generals consolidated their control of the country today after staging a surgical coup that saw defacto leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest and all powers transferred to the army. Armoured personnel carriers and soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of capital Naypyidaw, where Ms Suu Kyi is being held under house … Read more
Just as early indicators pointed to a White House gathering to fete Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Saturday as a coronavirus spreader event, the growing raft of prominent people with positive hits for the virus as of Tuesday raises the prospect of a common potential link: President Donald Trump. There is no known scientific … Read more
The White House coronavirus outbreak took another alarming turn Tuesday as it was revealed the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other top military leaders are under quarantine after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, two U.S. officials said. Gen. Mark Milley and the chiefs of the Army, Navy … Read more
Dominic Cummings sent a less than subtle message to Britain’s generals to accept new technology this morning over his modernisation drive that could revolutionise the Armed Forces. Boris Johnson‘s famously unkempt top aide is currently overseeing a defence spending review that could make sweeping modernisations, including a greater use of drones and increased focus on … Read more
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis once heard President Donald Trump disparaging top military brass, as he and other national security professionals had deep-seated concerns about the president, according to Bob Woodward’s new book. Mattis heard Trump say in a meeting, ‘my f***ing generals are a bunch of pussies,’ because the military leaders cared more about … Read more
Michel Platini arrives at Swiss Attorney General’s office as former head of UEFA is interrogated as part of probe into £1.6m payment from FIFA in 2011 Michel Platini was pictured arriving at the Swiss Attorney General’s office Platini, the former head of UEFA, was summoned for questioning on Monday The 65-year-old is to be quizzed … Read more
‘Do the right thing!’ Ex-Afghan war generals urge ministers to give translators sanctuary in Britain General Lord Dannatt said it was ‘disgraceful’ plight had dragged on for so long Meanwhile, General Lord Richards said Britain owed them an ‘incredible debt’ It comes as 48 interpreters are living in fear of the Taliban and the Islamic … Read more
A senior Army commander was on Wednesday night under investigation over claims he broke lockdown to see his lover. Married father-of-three Major General Rupert Jones, the son of a Falklands war hero, was in charge of the UK military’s response to the coronavirus pandemic abroad. Maj Gen Jones, 51, has admitted having an affair with … Read more
The 10 Confederate generals who give their names to US Army bases include a bishop who owned 400 slaves, a suspected Ku Klux Klan leader and a fierce advocate of slavery who feared a ‘wilderness in possession of the blacks’. Donald Trump last night rejected calls to rename the bases despite their links to slavery and … Read more