Argentina moves to file criminal complaint over Falklands oil operations
Argentina has said it will file criminal charges against Navitas Petroleum and several related executives over hydrocarbon activity near the Falkland Islands. The move is the latest legal step in a long-running sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the South Atlantic territory, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. According to the Argentine presidency, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno will submit the complaint.The case is expected to target Navitas Petroleum Development & Production Ltd, Navitas Petroleum Atlantic United, Navitas Petroleum LP, JHI Associates Inc and Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. Argentina says the companies are operating under licences issued by what... [Continue Reading]
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UK to mobilise veterans in major war-readiness exercise next year
The UK plans to call up some veterans as part of a major exercise next year designed to test the country's resilience in the event of war. The drill will examine how the Ministry of Defence would react on a scale not seen for a very long time, according to armed forces minister Louise Sandher-Jones. It will involve an unspecified number of people from the British military's strategic reserve.Sandher-Jones told the House of Lords national resilience committee that the exercise in 2027 will go through measures to call out, use and equip retired troops at scale if needed. She said... [Continue Reading]
Thousands attend Ratko Mladic funeral in Belgrade amid EU condemnation
Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Monday for the funeral of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army general convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ceremony drew criticism from the European Union, which condemned what it described as the glorification of a man convicted over atrocities from the Bosnian war. Mladic died on 27 August while serving a life sentence, and his burial has become a politically charged event in Serbia and across the western Balkans.Reports from the scene said the funeral was held with full military honours and that members of the Serbian government attended, alongside... [Continue Reading]
Former UK minister accuses Ministry of Defence of withholding nuclear test veterans' medical records
A former UK veterans minister has accused the Ministry of Defence of deliberately withholding information about the medical records of Cold War nuclear test veterans. Tobias Ellwood said the issue concerns records linked to the United Kingdom's nuclear testing programme, which ran from 1952 to 1967. He told BBC Newsnight that information he had previously given to Parliament, based on ministry briefings, was now, in his words, "a complete lie".Ellwood said he now believes ministers were briefed over the years to say there was no evidence that could help nuclear test veterans. He alleged that this approach was used to... [Continue Reading]
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