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British soldiers and the Head of the District Stabilisation Team show MOD reporter Ian Carr the various development projects they are helping to set up with Afghans in Nad 'Ali following the clearance of the Taliban from the area.

• Updated: 26 January 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The visit to Terbol school and municipality was to show the UK support to host communities in face of the Syrian crisis

• Updated: 22 October 2015

First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

British Ambassador to Israel and his wife Celia launched fourth Holocaust Survivors Club in Kiryat BIalik

• Updated: 3 February 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Alistair Burt reaffirms UK support for Bahrain’s reform programme and National Consensus Dialogue.

• Updated: 13 March 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

"It is deeply worrying that civilians are being tried before tribunals chaired by a military judge, with reports of abuse in detention, lack of access to legal counsel and coerced confessions."

• Updated: 22 June 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. It’s a privilege to be here today and to follow in the illustrious footsteps…

• Updated: 10 February 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Poynter on 13 January 2017.

• Updated: 13 February 2017

Soldiers from 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES) have joined Afghan security forces in an operation to clear a key insurgent 'safe haven' in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

• Updated: 20 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

British soldiers have been helping to spread the influence of the Afghan Government in Helmand province by bringing its representatives together with local Afghan elders.

• Updated: 9 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for the Middle East meets Arab leaders in Nazareth, views damage caused to Beit Oren

• Updated: 17 January 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Alistair Burt attends EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting and meets Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

• Updated: 30 June 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

In the year since British troops formally handed responsibility for security in Lashkar Gah to Afghan forces, the positive changes in the district are obvious, according to a former Stabilisation Advisor for the area.

• Updated: 25 July 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt spoke after a Bahraini court today upheld the sentences of 13 political activists who were orginally tried by a military court last year.

• Updated: 4 September 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Today (Thursday 17 March 2016) the Environment Agency teamed up with Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Trees for Life and pupils from a local school to plant 280 trees at Perry Hall playing fields in Perry Barr, Birmingham.

• Updated: 18 March 2016

Sappers from 29 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 35 Engineer Regiment, ‘winter-proofed’ Route Mars in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province…

• Updated: 9 December 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has spoken after a bomb attack this morning on a military parade in Mahabad, north-western Iran.

• Updated: 22 September 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The FCO's Human Rights and Democracy Report 2012 covers the progress on reform implementation in Bahrain

• Updated: 17 October 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Two more communities vote in favour of their neighbourhood plan.

• Updated: 3 May 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The first Afghan Police community engagement event for youngsters and their families has attracted more than 200 children in an area once considered a stronghold of the insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

• Updated: 17 August 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

After three decades of war and violence, the quality of life for inhabitants in parts of Kabul is slowly improving thanks in part to the efforts of a small group of British soldiers based in the capital. Report by Captain...

• Updated: 30 November 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government