Dutch F-35s intercept three Russian warplanes near Poland, defense ministry says
(Reuters) - Two Dutch F-35 fighters intercepted a formation of three Russian military aircraft near Poland and escorted them out, the Netherlands' defence ministry said in a statement late on M...
Read moreChina says US flew high-altitude balloons over its airspace
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China said on Monday that U.S. high altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, drawing a swift d...
Read moreMoldovan president warns of Russian plot to topple leadership
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's president accused Russia on Monday of planning to use foreign saboteurs to bring down her tiny country's leadership, stop it joining the European Union and use it in...
Read moreTurkey finds more survivors but hopes dwindle a week after quake
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers in Turkey pulled out several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday and were digging to reach a grandmother, mother and daughter from a s...
Read moreRussian forces shell Ukraine's Bakhmut as defenders brace for assault
KYIV (Reuters) -The city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine endured heavy Russian artillery fire on Monday in an apparent prelude to a major new offensive as the first anniversary of the war neared. Uk...
Read morePhilippines urges China to prevent any “provocative act” after complaint over laser
MANILA (Reuters) -China should restrain its forces to prevent them committing any "provocative act", the Philippine military said on Monday, after Manila accused China's coast guard of using a las...
Read moreUS says it shot down object over Alaska, size of small car
By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President Joe ...
Read moreChildren plucked from ruins days after earthquake, but death tolls tops 21,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, (Reuters) - Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people from other sites as Pr...
Read moreRussia likely lost dozens of tanks in failed attack on Vuhledar, UK says
(Reuters) -Russian forces likely lost dozens of armoured vehicles in a single, failed attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, British intelligence said on Friday, as one pro-Russian bl...
Read moreRussia's Wagner halts prisoner recruitment, Prigozhin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's Wagner mercenary group has stopped recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine, Wagner's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday. "The recruitment of prisoners by the...
Read moreArmy in control of town near key eastern Congo city Goma after gunfire
SAKE, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -A town just west of the major east Congo city of Goma appeared under army control on Thursday hours after hundreds of residents fled an outbreak of gu...
Read moreBritain, Malta sign deal covering defense, other issues
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Britain and its former Mediterranean colony Malta signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement on Friday covering areas including security and defence, migration, education, he...
Read moreFactbox: The fighter jets Ukraine wants and the challenges to getting them
LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday several Western countries were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to defeat Russia's invasion. There was no immediate c...
Read morePlight of victims deepens as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 17,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, (Reuters) - Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on Thursday, while hopes faded of man...
Read moreUS lawmakers try again to end “forever war” authorizations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to repeal two longstanding authorizations for past wars in Iraq, renewing an ongoing effo...
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