Tensions heighten after Iraq’s PM survives assassination attempt
Baghdad residents heard an explosion and then heavy gunfire from the city's fortified Green Zone.
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Middle East Watch: Defence Secretary wants more personnel deployed overseas, as CSG21 reaches Oman
Ben Wallace spoke to Forces News as HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in Duqm during the Carrier Strike Group 21 mission.
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News Defence minister 'doesn't know' if there was a cover-up in Kenya death
James Heappey has travelled to Kenya, where there has been growing anger among local leaders over the 2012 death of Agnes Wanjiru.
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Politics Boris Johnson promises to meet missing Katrice Lee's Army veteran father
Katrice Lee disappeared on 28 November 1981 from a NAAFI shopping centre in Germany, where her father was stationed with the military.
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Politics MOD wastes billions and 'continually fails to learn from mistakes', spending watchdog says
The Public Accounts Committee has published a highly critical report into the Ministry of Defence's "broken" procurement system.
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Veterans Troubles veteran Dennis Hutchings allowed military funeral by MOD
The Ministry of Defence agreed to the family's formal request to allow the Life Guards to be pallbearers at the Remembrance Day service.
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Northern Ireland Watch: What is the Good Friday Agreement and why does it matter?
The political commitment from the UK and Irish governments to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland was agreed in 1998.
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Military Life Troops still living in 27 high-rise buildings with flammable cladding
Response from Government to the Grenfell Tower fire has been "too slow and insufficient", says shadow defence secretary.
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Veterans Dennis Hutchings: Details of veteran's funeral announced
Mr Hutchings died in Belfast at the age of 80 after contracting coronvirus while on trial over a shooting during the Troubles.
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Afghanistan Ben Wallace: US' Afghanistan withdrawal deal was 'rotten'
Following a Taliban takeover, the UK Defence Secretary has criticised the 2020 agreement brokered by the Trump administration.
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Tri-Service Armed Forces in line for pay rise with UK economy 'firmly back on track'
More than a million public sector workers are set to see their wages rise after the Government confirmed its pay freeze is being lifted.
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North Korea US urge North Korea to stop missile tests and return to talks
It comes after North Korea tested other weapons systems that potentially put US allies South Korea and Japan within striking range.
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News Defence Secretary directing 'full co-operation' into murder investigation of Kenyan woman
The body of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank close to the British Army Training Unit Kenya camp.
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World Where will the next conflict be, and why?
Could geographical factors give an indication on where wars and future conflicts take place?
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China UK 'closely monitoring' reports of Chinese nuclear-capable hypersonic missile test
The Financial Times newspaper reported that China's military launched a hypersonic glide vehicle.
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USA Colin Powell: Former US Secretary of State and retired general dies
Gen Powell reached the four-star rank of general in his military career which finished in 1993.