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Prince William visits Ol Maisor school in 2018. British troops train in the area. (Photo: Thomas Mukoya / AFP via Getty)

The sun never set: British army’s secret payments to colonial-era farms

6 April 2022

Tagged Kenya
Putin puts Russian nuclear forces on high alert, 27 February 2022 (Photo: Kremlin)

Putin’s nuclear threat and Britain’s nuclear posture – not so different?

14 March 2022

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An elderly woman is evacuated in a shopping trolley from Irpin, Kyiv. (Photo: Emin Sansar / Anadolu Agency via Getty)

Eight dangers of the new Cold War

11 March 2022

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Ben Grant travels to Ukraine. (Screengrab: Twitter / Ukraine military)

Son of Boris Johnson’s special envoy joins Ukraine foreign legion

8 March 2022

Tagged Ukraine
Entrance to Northwood Headquarters in northwest London, the location of Nato’s Maritime Command. (Photo: Matt Kennard / DCUK)

Nato’s key role in the UK

8 March 2022

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A Vanguard-class submarine moored at Faslane (Photo: Phil Miller / DCUK)

Britain’s nuclear arsenal

4 March 2022

Tagged NuclearRussiaScotlandUkraine
Erik Bennett and Sultan Qaboos of Oman (Photo: SOAF)

Obituary: Sir Erik Bennett, Oman’s second White Sultan

21 February 2022

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British commanders (left) meet with senior officials from Ukraine’s National Guard in Kyiv, September 2021. (Photo: NGU)

UK commanders in Ukraine met neo-Nazi-linked National Guard to ‘deepen military cooperation’

15 February 2022

Tagged Ukraine
UDA vigilantes detain IRA suspects in Belfast, 1972. (Photo: David Lomax / Getty)

Blood on London’s hands

10 February 2022

Tagged IrelandPoliceterrorism
A B-52 Stratofortress arrives at RAF Fairford in 2018. (Photo: USAF / Ted Daigle)

‘Deceitful activities’: US expands its intelligence and military presence in UK

9 February 2022

Tagged United States
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss rides a tank in Estonia (Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street)

Who’s driving the Russia invasion scare?

28 January 2022

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Cameroon's President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal (Photo: Alexis Huget / AFP via Getty)

The UK-backed African regime run by five men

26 January 2022

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A submarine launch at Barrow-in-Furness (Photo: BAE / MOD handout)

Radiation pills distributed in nuclear submarine ports

18 January 2022

Tagged Nuclear
The Miami Showband (Credit: Handout)

Bombing the ‘Irish Beatles’ – who ordered their murder?

12 January 2022

Tagged IrelandPoliceterrorism
Richard Leakey burns confiscated elephant tusks in 1991. The British army advised him on anti-poaching. (Photo: Andrew Holbrooke / Corbis via Getty. File: UK MOD)

Stakeknife and the spy who went on safari

10 January 2022

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Seven of the ‘Hooded Men’ in 2018 (Photo: Liam McBurney / AFP via Getty)

‘Something awkward’: When Conservative ministers authorised torture

5 January 2022

Tagged IrelandPolice
Prince Andrew disembarks HMS Invincible with his parents after serving in the Falklands War. Nuclear weapons were stored onboard. (Photo: Anwar Hussein / Getty)

UK deployed 31 nuclear weapons during Falklands war

3 January 2022

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Henry VIII’s wine cellar beneath Whitehall. (Photo: MOD)

Ten journalists in a wine cellar with the defence secretary

14 December 2021

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Murage Gitonga addressing a Justice for Lolldaiga rally (Photo: Kelvin Kubai)

Second death linked to British army blaze in Kenya’s ‘White Highlands’

3 December 2021

Tagged Kenya
Northern Irish police fire plastic bullets during the Troubles (Photo: Gerry Penny / AFP via Getty)

Rewriting history: The UK government’s new plan

30 November 2021

Tagged Ireland
Lisoka Lesasuyan suffered life-changing injuries (Photo: ACCPA)

Exclusive: Kenyan boy lost arms in British war game

18 November 2021

Tagged Kenya
Ex-Met police officer Simon Byrne leads Northern Ireland’s force (Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty)

Belfast murders: What are police trying to hide?

17 November 2021

Tagged IrelandPolice
The coffin of Dennis Hutchings arrives at church (Photo: Finnbarr Webster / Getty)

Hero’s funeral for ex-soldier is an insult to real victim

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11 November 2021

Tagged Ireland
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UK prepared for coup in Colombia by training military in psychological warfare

11 November 2021

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