Prince Harry has shared a video message to offer his support to military veterans taking part in a gruelling challenge for the armed forces charity Walking With The Wounded. The charity has launched its latest expedition, The Walk of Oman, which will see a team of ex-service personnel trek 400km across the country, including part of the … Read more
Two statues have been doused with red paint in Paris amid a global movement to tear down monuments with links to colonialism and slavery. Statues depicting colonial administrator Hubert Lyautey and Voltaire – who profited from the slave trade – were drenched in red by protesters in the French capital. Statues and monuments have become … Read more
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened military action against South Korea as she attacked Seoul over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Describing South Korea as an ‘enemy’, Kim Yo Jong repeated an earlier threat by saying Seoul will … Read more
The Queen put on a stylish display as she arrived to view a socially-distancing military ceremony in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle to mark her official birthday today. Her Majesty, 94, cut an elegant figure in a recycled turquoise coat and matching hat – in what was her first official royal engagement since lockdown began. … 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
NATO must focus on the threat posed by China to ‘our values and way of life’, the military body’s chief says Jens Stoltenberg called for a ‘more global approach’ to threat from China He said the coronavirus pandemic had ‘magnified’ security concerns West becoming more conscious of dangers of relying on China for technology ‘China … Read more
Notorious African Al-Qaeda chief Abdelmalek Droukdel is killed by French in Mali following a seven-year manhunt France says Abdelmalek Droukdel and members of inner circle have been killed Defence Minister Florence Parly said he was killed in a military operation in Mali Thousands of French troops have been sent to Mali since 2013 to tackle jihadists … Read more
The moment rescuers pluck miracle puppy Raija from the debris of Norwegian landslide after she was swept out to sea alongside eight houses One-year-old dog was saved after being swept out into sea in Arctic mudslide Mudslide more than 600 metres long struck coast of of Alta, Northern Norway Eight homes were swept into the sea along … Read more
Ten Chelsea Pensioners have now lost their lives to coronavirus at the Chelsea Royal Hospital for veterans in west London. The famous London hospital is home to 300 military veterans who have served their country in some of the most dangerous conflicts in the world. Of those at the military home, 74 residents who had … Read more
Thousands of Americans who hit the streets to protest the death of George Floyd may have come face-to-face with law enforcement who look more like the armed forces than local police. The scene is a result of the US Department of Defense’s 1033 program that provides officers with hand-me-down equipment from military groups – for … Read more