Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

The UK MoD has issued two PQQ notices seeking industry responses for “assault machine gun” and sniper rifle replacement.

Britain is "ready and willing" to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, Keir Starmer has said, but experts have questioned whether the UK's military ... UK is ready to put British troops "in ...

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has unveiled 623 state-of-the-art armoured fighting vehicles as the British Army looks to bolster its firepower amidst rising global tensions. The Boxer armoured ...

But a former head of the British Army, Lord Dannatt, warned "we haven't got the numbers and we haven't got the equipment to put a large force onto the ground for an extended period of time." ...

The Ajax armed reconnaissance vehicle (ARV) and joint fires observer vehicle (FOV) will soon enter operational use with the British Army after many years of delay. The British Army expects to achieve ...

Britain invaded Abyssinia in 1868 after Emperor Tewodros II took European hostages over a delayed letter to Queen Victoria British Army units are facing a battle over artefacts looted from ...

SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vadim Ghirda has been working for The Associated Press since 1990 ...

Meanwhile the PM has announced he would be willing to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine as peacekeepers. But with military recruitment at historically low levels and defence spending ...

British military figures were reportedly markedly less diplomatic than Mr Healey in expressing their reservations about the Trump-Putin initiative. Newsnight political editor Nick Watt said ...

Ethiopia has demanded that King Charles and the British Army hand over 'sacred' artefacts that were 'looted' during a war 150 years ago. The precious items have been held in Britain since being ...

Speaking to Times Radio, General Sir Nick Parker, former commander of the British Army, said: "It does seem to be a little bit early to start talking about sending troops to Ukraine when there's a ...