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A solicitor for Sgt Alexander Blackman makes a statement on Friday after the Royal Marine was convicted of murdering an…
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A solicitor for Sgt Alexander Blackman makes a statement on Friday after the Royal Marine was convicted of murdering an…
‘Quasi-inquests’ into just 11 cases, despite rulings that allegedly unlawful deaths should be subject to coroner-type hearings Philip Hammond, the…
Sergeant Alexander Blackman, 39, was last month convicted of murdering the Afghan national in Helmand province in 2011 A Royal…
Lawyer pleads for leniency for convicted Royal Marine who felt pressure of leadership amid ‘terrifying violence’ of positions ‘behind enemy…
Images from video show Sergeant Alexander Wayne Blackman before he shot dead suspected insurgent These are the first pictures showing…
Soldier had fought for a year to keep identity hidden because he argued there was a risk of revenge attacks…
It weighs heavily on me to say it, but however much of a hero Blackman was, at the point of…
In setting Sergeant Blackman’s minimum term for murdering a Taliban prisoner, what principles must the court consider? Sergeant Alexander Wayne…
Media organisations including Guardian argued that naming Alexander Blackman was in interests of open justice It has taken more than…
Sergeant Alexander Blackman, a 39-year-old who has been in the marines since his 20s, loses fight to remain anonymous The…
Lawyers for Marine A say he and his family would be at risk from extremists if his name were published…
The war on terror is now an endless campaign of drone and undercover killings that threatens a more dangerous world…
Greater Manchester police say a 19-year-old man was detained on suspicion of terrorism offences and bailed until January A soldier…
Prime minister seeks talks on ‘issue of mutual concern’ amid western fears that Beijing is behind most aggressive online attacks…
Columnist Seumas Milne and Peter Lee, a military expert at Portsmouth University, discuss the moral questions raised by drones Seumas…
After the Trojan war, Odysseus sets off on his journey back to Ithaca. He survives encounters with the Lotus Eaters…
Some media organisations have argued the Royal Marine sergeant ought to be named in the interests of open justice The…
Lawyers argue man so far identified only as Marine A could face possible revenge attacks if he is named Lawyers…
Appeal court hears of Tory interventions in 1970 and 1990s over police probe into troops killing 24 civilians at Batang…
If those who brought Iran to the negotiating table are serious about a nuclear weapons-free world, they will relinquish theirs…
• Nato’s future uncertain• little appetite for military intervention What does the world’s most powerful military alliance do once the…
What distinguishes honourable men, defending with their lives their values and homelands, from sadistic barbarians? News stories come and go,…
Women claimed parading alongside taller male recruits caused them to over-stride, which led to spinal and pelvic injuries Three female…
A motorcyce machine-gun battery thunders down Fargate, Sheffield, near the corner with Surrey Street, to mark a royal visit. Now…
Number of criminals making financial gains impersonating PLA officials soars amid culture of state corruption China’s unbridled boomtown ethos has…
Parliamentary inquiry will look into concerns that remained after Gurkhas were granted right to settle in UK in 2009 A…
A BBC Panorama show reveals how in this conflict, like in other colonial wars, politicians surrendered power to the generals,…
Chatham House report challenges view that politicians, including Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, bear sole blame for failures The way…