58 m. ago Venezuela's dictator threatens retaliation against Trump as U.S. deploys warships to the Caribbean and 'aims 1,200 missiles'

Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro threatened to 'declare a republic in arms' if attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean.

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20 h. ago Maduro vows to declare a 'republic in arms' if US forces in the Caribbean attack Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he would declare a "republic in arms" if the U.S. attacks Venezuela

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42 h. ago Review: 12 hours of psychedelia at Manchester Psych Festival 2025

"Dyed-in-the-wool, leather-clad punk rockers stand shoulder to shoulder with teenage hipsters"

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58 h. ago Thought Santorini was overtouristed? Why now is the time to go

With unique and authentic experiences of local culture on offer, and the chance to soak up the last of the sun, autumn is the perfect time to visit this beautiful Greek isle, says Mary Lussiana

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4 d. ago US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

The United States announced it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups are expanding their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

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5 d. ago Germany moves closer to bringing back compulsory military conscription as army expansion plan unveiled amid soaring tensions with Russia

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has unveiled a sweeping plan to strengthen the German armed forces and hinted that conscription could return if efforts to boost voluntary recruitment fail.

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5 d. ago Army joins Air Force and Navy in allowing alcohol sales at football games

Army will begin selling alcoholic beverages at football games at Michie Stadium beginning with its game Friday against Tarleton State

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6 d. ago Why we're standing shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces

Iain Brown explains why Pinsent Masons has set up an Armed Forces Network to support veterans and staff currently serving

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7 d. ago Former Tory veterans minister Johnny Mercer suing the MoD over hearing loss 'sustained during his time in the services'

The former MP, 44, has said his claim is 'progressing nicely' after he was refused compensation by the MoD's own Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

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7 d. ago Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

The Department of Defense was created in 1949 by combining the Army, Navy and Air Force departments

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7 d. ago Israel says it will scale back presence in Lebanon if Hizbollah is disarmed

Israeli forces to make ‘phased reduction’ in southern regions if Lebanese army removes weapons from Shia militant group

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8 d. ago Armed Forces charity host Purple Poppy Day in West Lothian honouring animals who served in wars

Purple Poppy Day is celebrated on August 23 and honours the animals who have served and sacrificed in wars and conflicts worldwide, such as horses, dogs, pigeons, and camels.

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1 week ago Myanmar's military retakes a strategic town 2 years after the resistance captured it

State media in Myanmar say the military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition’s armed forces after nearly two years

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1 week ago ‘Our boys were forced into the enemy army to save loved ones’: the second world war exhibition dividing Poland

The Museum of Gdańsk’s project about the 450,000 Polish soldiers made to fight for the Third Reich has attracted rightwing protests, but others insist the country needs to reckon with its painful pastTwo old family photos show the same group: a short-haired woman, a girl in a striped dress, and a man in uniform. But there is one difference between these well-preserved, sepia pictures: in one, the man wears a Wehrmacht uniform; in the other his military dress has been altered to conceal his wartime service.Donated to the Museum of Gdańsk by the son of the girl in the striped dress, these images feature in a new exhibition about the mass forced conscriptions of Pomeranians into the German army. Consisting of photo albums, family heirlooms and oral testimonies of Poles who served in the Wehrmacht, the show asks whether someone can be both a victim of and a soldier for an aggressor, and suggests that confronting these complexities is vital to the national identity. Unsurprisingly, the e...

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2 w. ago Sam Walker 'arrested as armed cops storm hospital during birth of his child'

Social media influencer Sam Walker claims he was arrested by armed police in hospital while his child was being born - then forced to spend four hours in a police cell before being released

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2 w. ago Russian troops taunt Zelensky by flying US flag on captured American armoured vehicle during frontline assault ahead of Ukrainian leader's crunch talks with Trump today

They were filmed flying the US flag alongside the Russian tricolour in a captured American M113 armoured personnel carrier captured from Volodymyr Zelensky's forces.

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2 w. ago DWP set to give payments of up to £12,471 to people who qualify

People who have served in the armed forces could be eligible for the scheme

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2 w. ago The West must not be frightened by dictator Putin, warns Britain's head of Armed Forces

In a rare and hard-hitting intervention, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin - the head of Britain's Armed Forces - urged NATO to be 'assertive in every domain', from nuclear weapons to cyberspace.

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2 w. ago West must not be cowed by Putin in pursuit of peace in Ukraine, head of British armed forces warns

Sir Tony Radakin stressed that ‘Russia is weak’ and that Nato allies needed to demonstrate confidence

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2 w. ago Washington Mayor slams Donald Trump's city takeover as troops flood capital

Donald Trump has hinted he will send the National Guard wing of the US armed forces to Democrat-run cities in what his supporters call a crackdown on rampant crime

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