Names like Black Watch and Gurkhas are to stay, because Cameron doesn't fancy taking on the Scots and Joanna Lumley at once
Retreat is the most difficult military operation to carry out - because there is no hope of victory
Assassination of Osama bin Laden and regular drone attacks have done nothing to halt the rise of a third generation al-Qaeda
Do we really need an aircraft carrier that might already be obsolete - or an army that can fight foreign wars?
Humiliating turnaround for Cameron as Ministry of Defence reverts to Labour’s original plan
With US and France cutting back on armed forces, UK’s defence review is already out-of-date
Police investigating Gareth Williams's death have been hamstrung by 'national security' concerns
The Pentagon has made unusually large payments to the families of civilians allegedly murdered by a US soldier
Nobody was seriously hurt in the incident, which the US Army is investigating
Nine children among dead after soldier walks off base in Kandahar and opens fire on villagers
A giant baobab tree sculpture is erected outside the Southbank Centre in London. The installation, entitled Under the Baobab, is made from brightly coloured fabrics from around the world and is part of the centre's Festival of the World exhibition.
For our newsletter
