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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 494

Michael Fallon

British Prime Minister Theresa May waits for the arrival of European Council President Donald Tusk for a bilateral meeting, during an EU summit in Brussels, October 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
January 7, 2018, 2:15 pm
British government set for reshuffle Monday
New appointments follow string of high-profile resignations, including by aid minister Patel, who bolted over unreported meetings in Israel
By AFP
This file photo taken on May 23, 2017 shows US film producer Harvey Weinstein on the sidelines of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, at the Cap-Eden-Roc hotel in Antibes, near Cannes, southeastern France. (AFP Photo/Yann Coatsaliou)
November 14, 2017, 12:45 pm
‘Weinstein Effect’ goes global as powerful men confronted
UK politician commits suicide after allegations; Israeli, Canadian public figures step down; limited effect seen in France, India
By AP
This file photo taken on October 31, 2017 shows Britain's Defense Secretary Michael Fallon leaving 10 Downing Street after the weekly meeting of the cabinet in central London. (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)
November 2, 2017, 2:13 am
UK defense minister quits as sexual harassment scandal deepens
‘I accept that in the past I have fallen below the high standards,’ Michael Fallon writes in resignation letter
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Sally Jones (Screen capture YouTube)
October 12, 2017, 11:47 pm
UK will not confirm drone death of IS ‘White Widow’ recruiter
Sally Jones was a singer in a rock band before she fell for a jihadist and traveled to the Islamic State’s stronghold of Raqqa
By AFP
A crew member stands on the deck of the Russian Navy's Buyan-class missile corvette Serpukhov during the International Maritime Defense Show in Saint Petersburg on June 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA)
June 29, 2017, 2:37 pm
Russia calls UK carrier ‘convenient target’ in naval war of words
Moscow angrily lashes out after UK defense secretary dismissively terms Russia’s only aircraft carrier ‘dilapidated’
By AFP
In this image made from video provided by North Korean broadcaster KRT, missiles are displayed during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (KRT via AP)
April 16, 2017, 3:14 am
US said preparing strike to ‘utterly destroy’ N. Korean nuclear program
VP Pence jets into Seoul as Korea tensions ratchet up; British officials are told Washington is considering a preemptive attack
By ToI Staff and AFP
US Defense Secretary James Mattis leaves after visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
April 1, 2017, 3:48 am
North Korea, not Iran, top threat to US, defense chief says
Mattis also takes aim at Russia’s ‘violations of international law’ and ‘mucking around inside other peoples’ elections’
By Robert Burns
An Iraqi army tank heads to the frontline during a battle against the Islamic State group near the Fourth Bridge over the Tigris River connecting eastern and western Mosul on January 10, 2017. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
February 12, 2017, 1:38 am
UK sees IS being ousted from Iraq towns this year
Jihadist group in retreat as government troops, allied militias gain ground in five-month offensive focused on Mosul
By AFP
Thames House in London, the headquarters of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency. (Wikipedia/Cnbrb/CC BY-SA 3.0)
November 1, 2016, 7:43 am
British spy chief warns of threats from ‘aggressive’ Russia
Andrew Parker says UK domestic security service must prevent Moscow’s subversive influence over Europe
By AFP
A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group is detained by Iraqi Kurdish forces in the southern Domiz neighbourhood of Kirkuk, October 21, 2016. (AFP/Marwan IBRAHIM)
October 27, 2016, 12:39 pm
Jihadists said to shave beards as pressure builds on Mosul
US and British defense officials predict assault on Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa in Syria within weeks
By Sarah Benhaida and W.G. Dunlop
In this May 6, 2006 file photo, a British trooper falls after apparently being hit by a rock, as British troops move towards a helicopter crash site in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Britain’s prime minister announced plans on Oct. 4, 2016 to protect British troops from dubious legal claims made during conflicts. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani, File)
October 4, 2016, 6:50 pm
Britain moves to protect its soldiers from abuse prosecutions
UK to opt out of EU human rights convention in wartime, PM May says; Israel and UK long at odds over Palestinian groups’ efforts to prosecute Israelis for war crimes
By ToI Staff and AP
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon talks to British pilots and soldiers at RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near the coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavlos Vrionides)
October 4, 2016, 9:28 am
UK to opt out of European human rights convention in wartime
Controversial plan to be unveiled at Conservative Party conference, aimed at halting ‘vexatious claims’ against British troops
By ToI Staff
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2016. (Department of Defense/US Army Sgt. First Class Clydell Kinchen)
September 5, 2016, 7:46 pm
Liberman to meet US, UK counterparts for defense talks
Security, strategic and bilateral issues are on the table in series of London meetings Wednesday
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, and British Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon hold a joint press conference at the Pentagon, on December 11, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images/AFP)
December 12, 2015, 1:54 am
US defense chief vows to step up fight against Islamic State
Carter tells joint news conference with UK counterpart that US is taking steps to ‘hasten the defeat’ of jihadist group
By AFP
A pilot on a British Typhoon warplane on the ground after landing at the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near the coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavlos Vrionides)
December 6, 2015, 12:49 am
UK carries out new strike against Islamic State oilfields
Fight against jihadists will not be ‘either short or simple,’ says Britain’s defense minister Michael Fallon
By AP
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