Richard Norton-Taylor
ARMED drones, unconventional warfare, special forces, private contractors, rapid developments in technology, are...
Published 20 Nov, 2013 07:24am
LONDON: The spectacular mishandling of the case for military strikes against Syria could lead to Britain’s allies...
Published 01 Sep, 2013 07:21am
THE CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran's...
Updated 21 Aug, 2013 07:57am
Spying is said to be the world's second oldest profession. Covert by definition, it is used against friends and...
Published 19 Jun, 2013 08:05am
LONDON: The war in Afghanistan has cost Britain at least £37bn and the figure will rise to a sum equivalent to more...
Published 31 May, 2013 04:13am
The way Britain was led into war with Iraq 10 years ago was “wholly irresponsible” and the lack of intelligence on the country a national disgrace, senior military figures have told the Guardian.
Published 19 Mar, 2013 12:03am
LONDON: More than half the British public believe the decision to invade Iraq was wrong and more than a fifth believe Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal, according to a poll conducted to mark the 10th anniversary of the conflict.
Published 16 Mar, 2013 02:13am
LONDON: The long-delayed Chilcot inquiry report — the official British inquiry into the Iraq war — will be published without crucial evidence that would reveal what Tony Blair promised President George Bush in the
Published 14 Mar, 2013 03:35am
SOLDIERS arriving from France stand at a military airbase near Bamako, the Malian capital, before their deployment in north of the country. France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian
Published 16 Jan, 2013 11:09pm
LONDON: For months, if not years, Britain's defence chiefs have made it clear they are desperate to get out of Afghanistan. They have clung to the increasingly implausible claim that training and mentoring Afghan security forces was going well, indeed bet
Published 18 Sep, 2012 07:54pm
An Israeli attack on Iran would delay but probably not stop its nuclear programme, the most senior US military officer claimed on Thursday. General Martin Dempsey reinforced Washington's opposition to unilateral Israeli military action as he made clear th
Published 01 Sep, 2012 01:05am
LONDON: Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine bases at Faslane and Coulport on the Clyde in northern England will in future be run by private companies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has disclosed
Published 01 Aug, 2012 01:12am
THE Syria crisis and Arab Spring demonstrate that a new kind of armed conflict has emerged, raising uncomfortable questions about the role of international agencies, one of the world’s leading research bodies warns in its annual survey
Published 06 Jun, 2012 01:00am
THE name of Barack Obama, the father of the American president, is on top of a list of names revealed in a hitherto secret British colonial file of Kenyans studying in the US.
Published 19 Apr, 2012 12:05am
GLOBAL spending on weapons now totals more than $1.7tn and Russia has overtaken Britain and France to take third place in the world league table.
Published 18 Apr, 2012 12:00am
BRITISH marines deployed in Sangin in southern Afghanistan, where British troops have suffered a high rate of...
Published 28 Jun, 2010 12:00am
GOVERNMENTS around the world might be heralding an age of austerity and warning citizens they will need to cut ...
Published 03 Jun, 2010 12:00am
THE world`s most powerful military alliance is increasingly vulnerable to attack by unconventional weapons and cyber...
Published 19 May, 2010 12:00am
NATO commanders are preparing to concentrate their forces around Kandahar, the Taliban`s heartland in Afghanistan,...
Published 20 Apr, 2010 12:00am
THE UK government is locked in a serious and bitter dispute with the parliamentary body set up to monitor MI5 (UK...
Published 20 Mar, 2010 12:00am
