It was not until Vietnam deployed personnel to field missions that it was officially recognised as a participant in UN peacekeeping.

The UK military is "so run down" it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the Army has said. Lord Dannatt told the BBC that up to 40,000 UK troops would be ...

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 ...

He was speaking at NATO HQ following a conference to discuss the war in Ukraine. The UK currently invests 2.3% of GDP in its military.

While Government fails to give timeline for raising defence spending to 2.5pc of GDP, military sources say figure not enough in first place The state of the British Armed Forces is increasingly ...

John Healey has repeatedly refused to say when the UK will increase its defence spending ... Europe to take on most of the financial and military burden of defending Ukraine, including a possible ...

The Union Jack could undergo a massive change if petition organisers get their way, with a major movement aiming to alter the more than 400-year-old design. Wales is conspicuously absent from the ...

The figures tell a clear story. As the top three military powers in NATO, the US spends $967.71bn on defence, Germany $97.69bn and the UK $82.11bn President Trump has called for NATO members to ...

On the accessories side, Alwyn added a little Tiffany and Co for a pop of colour, specifically the Elsa Perretti Amapola brooch, which pairs a yellow gold stem with a red silk flower. On the wrist ...