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Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.

THE mother of a hero veteran has hit out following news Prince Harry will receive an award honouring her dead son.She's blasted the Duke of Sussex say

Labour candidate Rohullah Yakobi, who is challenging Tory MP Mark Pritchard for The Wrekin, was powerless to stop his baby brother starving to death in his native Afghanistan. Thirty years on, he's determined to stop children in the UK from going hungry

FORMER Manchester United prospect Ashley Westwood has revealed he once told Sir Alex Ferguson "I know more than you".The ex-Crewe and Sheffield Wednes

BRITAIN is at risk of forgetting how to fight wars, a commander has warned.Major General James Martin said the Army was “in the process of losing th

RAGING rivers of water and mud have swept through Afghanistan, killing hundreds and destroying thousands of homes.More than 300 people have died and m

AN Army Land Rover that saw combat in the Middle East and comes with a weapons mount is now up for sale.The Land Rover, nicknamed Little Boy, served i

AN elite Special Forces branch made up of killer spies who carry out James Bond-style hits is one of the most secretive units in Britain.The SAS E Squ

THE terror group that claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attack in Moscow last night is a vicious ISIS splinter cell known for killing child

AT LEAST 21 people are dead and another 38 injured after a bus crashed into a tanker sparking a huge fireball in Afghanistan.The driver of the tanker

ROYAL Marine amputee Ben McBean was yesterday stripped of his blue badge — and fumed: “I don’t understand how much more disabled I need to be.

A REFUGEE from Afghanistan who has been accused of spying for Russia also worked for MI6, a court heard today.The alleged spy was stripped of British

ON a Saturday morning, Joel Snarr is at home eating breakfast with his wife. Then the phone rings... and he is out the door.A bomb disposal expert for

THE entire air ambulance crew involved in a deadly plane crash that saw two passengers die have miraculously survived.Russian millionaire Anatoly Evsy

A RUSSIAN millionaire and his wife are feared dead after a plane slammed into a mountain in Afghanistan.Anatoly Evsyukov's wife Anna had become seriou

One of the scariest corners on the planet is home to the Baluch people, who are viewed as traitors and separatists by three separate governments in a region teetering on the brink of war

THE Traitors star and war hero Jonny Holloway has bravely opened up on the accident which saw him lose one of his legs.The veteran will soon star on C

A NEW breed of drugs 50 times more powerful than fentanyl could cause a “tsunami” of deaths in the UK, experts are warning.Dubbed Frankenstein dru

A BRITISH aid worker freed after being held captive for nine months by the Taliban has spoken of his joy at being reunited with his wife.Kevin Cornwel

David McBride exposed operations of Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan that amounted to allegations of war crimes and could now face prison due to "dark" whistleblower laws

A STUDENT nurse hooked on travelling to the world’s most dangerous places has told how he had tea with the Taliban and met the brother of drug lord

British aid worker Ian Purchase, 50, who was held hostage in solitary confinement by the Taliban for five months has told how the mental battle was hardest to deal with in his cell

More than 30 of the former British Council teachers are still in hiding in Afghanistan, while another 50 are trapped in cramped hotels after fleeing across the border to Pakistan

A MILITARY training base is being lined up to house Afghan refugees.Officials are scoping out Swynnerton Camp for temporary accommodation.The Ministry