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With four months of activity alongside allies and partners successfully completed, the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, is preparing for a series of engagements with Singapore, India and Oman this a…
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Dstl will host the 23rd CWD conference, bringing together international experts to work together to achieve a future free from chemical weapons.
The UK and Japan have agreed to commence formal negotiations on a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) to deepen the defence relationship between the two countries.
HMS Richmond captured evidence of ships apparently breaching UN sanctions targeting North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction and ballistic missile programmes.
RFA Wave Knight intercepted the suspect craft as it transited international waters near South America, leading to the seizure of 216kg of cocaine.
Minister James Cleverly and the Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister led discussions at the 17th UK-Kuwait Joint Steering Group today (22 September 2021) in London.
The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will today hold talks with her counterparts from the US, France, China and Russia to discuss the world’s most pressing crises.
UK troops deployed in Mali under the UN peacekeeping mission have assisted with a human rights investigation into a massacre of civilians by violent extremists.
UK Armed Forces have deployed to Kosovo to support the processing and relocation of NATO Afghan employees.
Ambassador Neil Bush calls on OSCE states to implement all OSCE commitments on Conventional Arms Control and military confidence and security building measures.
The biannual Joint Expeditionary Force Chiefs of Defence meeting was hosted by the UK in London.
The UK Armed Forces have now entered the final stages of the evacuation from Hamid Karzai Airport (HKIA) in Kabul.
The Foreign Secretary met NATO Allies to discuss Afghanistan, calling for a unified approach to counter the threat of terrorism and safeguard aid access.
As a result of recent events within Afghanistan, the Prime Minister has agreed the use of military support to facilitate the next phase of drawing down British Nationals from the country, including the use of RAF aircraft sh…
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Defence Dr Monica Juma signed the deal after agreeing to step up UK support for the key security partner
RAF Chinooks supporting the French-led counter-terror operation in Mali assisted recovery operations after a French Mirage 2000 jet crew ejected from the aircraft
UK Ambassador Rachel Galloway signed an agreement to set up the Western Balkans Land Regional Coordination Cell in North Macedonia to coordinate UK training in the region
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaking at the Vietnam Diplomatic Academy
The Strike Group will undertake a series of exercises with forces from the US, Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand and Korea in the Philippine Sea in August.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin extended an enhanced cooperation agreement on carrier operations as they met in Washington
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