British army soldiers’ morale was “at a low ebb” in Crossmaglen in South Armagh just months before paramilitary organisations’ August 1994 ceasefire because of the threat posed by more powerful IRA ...

An Afghan special forces veteran trained in the UK who was left homeless after resettling here following the Taliban takeover is pleading with the government to allow him and his former colleagues to ...

Four retired senior British army officers have urged the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel, calling for a full embargo and an end to all military collaboration amid the war in Gaza. In a ...

Four senior former army officers have written to the UK prime minister calling for a full arms embargo on Israel and a suspension of involvement with any Israel-linked defence firms. The Times ...

21:56, Thu, Dec 18, 2025 Updated: 22:01, Thu, Dec 18, 2025 The British Army's troubled £6.3 billion Ajax armoured vehicle programme has been dealt another significant setback after a soldier suffered ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

L/Cpl George Hooley, 28, reportedly died in accident away from frontline while observing test with Ukrainian soldiers The British soldier who died in Ukraine on Tuesday has been named as L/Cpl George ...

As the British Army seeks to modernise and consolidate its diverse vehicle fleet, yet another change in direction is underway. This follows comments made by Minister of State for Defence Readiness and ...

The war in Ukraine has raised concerns in Finland and they have dug in to prepare for invasion BRITISH troops join a major exercise on Nato’s border with Russia as Finnish soldiers prepare to defend ...

If war broke out tomorrow British soldiers could run out of bullets in just 10 days because Labour have failed to replace the weapons and ammunition sent to help Ukraine, a leading military expert has ...

Several statues have, everywhere, been the sources of discontent. The world had witnessed that immediately after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) In 1991. Statues of ...

Drones are increasingly menacing the skies above, whether as buzzing nuisances destroying a scenic locale’s peaceful vibes or wielded as a kamikaze drone spreading ...