Taiwan bolstering military ties with US more, President Tsai says

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is bolstering its military ties with the United States and will cooperate even more closely with it and other friendly nations to deal with "authoritarian expansionism", ...

Mali IED blast kills three peacekeepers and wounds five, UN mission says

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured after their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping missio...

Biden, in Kyiv ahead of war anniversary, vows support as long as needed

By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, on a trip timed to upsta...

Burkina Faso marks official end of French military operations on its soil

By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -France and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, theBurkinabe armed forces said on Sunday, af...

Main Afghan-Pakistani border crossing closed, residents report gunfire

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said on Monday, and residents in the area reported...

US raid in Syria kills Islamic State group leader, wounds four US troops and working dog

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Islamic State group leader was killed and four U.S. troops wounded in a U.S. helicopter raid on northeast Syria, the Defense Department said in a statement on Friday. The sta...

Memphis police due in court to issue pleas in death of Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - Five fired Memphis police officers are due in court on Friday to enter their pleas against second-degree murder charges stemming from the beating of Tyre Nichols, a Blac...

Ukraine's priority to hold the line as global security leaders meet in Munich

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces intensified attacks along front lines in eastern Ukraine on Friday as senior politicians and military leaders from around the world were due to meet in Germany with ...

Finland's NATO membership now in "Turkey's hands", Finnish president says

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The fate of Finland's bid to join NATO is in "Turkey's hands", President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday, after the Finnish parliament agreed it would ratify NATO's founding trea...

US tries to woo India away from Russia with display of F-35s, bombers

BENGALURU -The United States brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week alongside F-16s, Super Hornets and B-1B bombers as Washington looks to woo New D...

Shared concern over Iran drive US, Saudi efforts to overcome tension

RIYADH (Reuters) - The United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to move beyond a public spat last year that saw strategic ties hit a nadir, as Western and Gulf security concerns align over the th...

US launches “disruptive technology strike force”

(Reuters) - A top U.S. law enforcement official on Thursday unveiled a new "disruptive technology strike force" tasked with safe-guarding American technology from foreign adversaries and other nat...

US Congress members seek halt to $1B Nigeria weapons deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria fol...

Russia bombards Ukraine as Bakhmut siege grinds on

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of B...

NATO chief says “time is now” for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden memberships

ANKARA (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday the "time is now" for Turkey to ratify applications by Finland and Sweden to join the defence alliance. Stoltenberg was s...