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The main gate of Britain's RAF Akrotiri base is seen after it was hit by a suspected drone strike early morning near Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
March 25, 2026, 6:34 pm
Cyprus begins talks with UK over future of British bases after Iranian drone strike
Cypriot officials have long been uneasy with bases, which are on British colonial territory, while recent attack has sparked fears island could be exposed to ongoing war with Iran
By Agencies
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives before President Donald Trump speaks to members of the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Harrison Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 1, 2025, 10:06 am
Hegseth warns Iran will ‘pay consequence’ for backing Yemen’s Houthis
Pentagon chief threatens Tehran with military action despite nuclear talks set for Saturday in Rome; UK details strikes on Yemeni terror group, including drone manufacturing sites
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Yemeni soldier inspects the damage reportedly caused by US airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, April 27, 2025. (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)
April 30, 2025, 12:26 pm
UK military launches airstrikes with US against Yemen’s Houthi terror group
Campaign aimed at degrading Houthi capabilities comes in response to escalating attacks on Red Sea shipping and missile launches at Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
In this February 24, 2024, image released by the US Central Command, a US fighter plane launches from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower in the Red Sea during operations against Houthi targets. (CENTCOM/ AFP)
November 10, 2024, 12:26 pm
US warplanes hit Houthis’ advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen strikes
Iran-backed militia’s TV network says UK also participated in three raids on sites in Sanaa’s southern Al Sabeen district
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade walk to the air terminal after disembarking a RAF Voyager aircraft at Brize Norton, England, as they return from helping in operations to evacuate people from Kabul airport in Afghanistan, on August 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
August 28, 2021, 6:20 pm
Final UK evacuation flight departs Afghanistan, troops start withdrawing
Top British military official acknowledges ‘we haven’t been able to bring everybody out,’ with some 1,100 Afghans entitled to move to UK left behind
By Jill Lawless
People walk on the tarmac as they disembark from a Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the French military air base 104 of Al Dhafra, near Abu Dhabi, on August 23, 2021, after being evacuated from Kabul (BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
August 28, 2021, 8:53 am
UK, France end Afghan evacuation efforts, but many who wish to flee left behind
As US withdrawal deadline nears and terror threats grow at Kabul airport, countries wrap up their efforts to fly refugees out of the country
By Agencies
From left: Manfred Gans (Courtesy of USHMM); Peter Masters (Courtesy of Anson family); Colin Anson (Courtesy of Anson family)
June 17, 2021, 3:24 am
Secret WWII Jewish British military commandos finally come out of the shadows
Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Queen Elizabeth II speaks with President Donald Trump during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth, England, June 5, 2019 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
June 5, 2019, 4:00 pm
Queen, Trump, world leaders honor veterans on D-Day anniversary
With nonagenarian ex-soldiers taking center stage, UK, France launch ‘unprecedented commemorations’ of history’s largest amphibious attack, the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
By AP
Twitter video screenshot showing bullet holes in poster of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn allegedly used by soldiers for target practice. (Twitter screenshot)
April 3, 2019, 3:24 pm
Video shows UK troops apparently shooting at picture of Corbyn
British defense officials investigate footage that seems to show soldiers using Labour leader’s face for target practice
By ToI Staff and AP
Alec Jay as seen on the cover of the book 'Facing Fearful Odds' by his son John Jay. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2018, 3:05 pm
How the comrades of a Jewish-British POW saved him from their Nazi captors
As an SS officer came for Cpl. Alec Jay, his fellow soldiers formed a circle around him, saying that anyone who tried to take him ‘would have to shoot us all’
By ToI Staff
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