Russia'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...

Army 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...

Britain, 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...

Factbox: 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...

Plight 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...

US 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...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says some EU leaders have promised aircraft

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said several European Union leaders told a summit he attended on Thursday they were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help it figh...

Spain trains Ukrainian volunteers ahead of expected Russian offensive

TOLEDO (Reuters) - When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Alona, a Ukrainian who has lived in Spain for 14 years, felt compelled to return home to defend her country. Early this year the 35...

Australia orders checks on Chinese-made cameras in defense offices

SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Australian government will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday, amid report...

SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones, company president says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's w...

US, UK and Australia carry out China-focused air drills

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and Australia carried out joint air drills on Wednesday over the Nevada desert and beyond as part of an effort to simulate high...

US search and rescue teams to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Agency for International Development teams will arrive Wednesday morning in Turkey and will head to the southeastern province of Adiyaman to focus on urban searc...

Zelenskiy, in London, wins pledge to train pilots on NATO jets

KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Britain on Wednesday to drum up aid, winning a pledge to train Ukrainian pilots on advanced NATO fighter jets, a big symbo...

China declined US request for call between defense chiefs after balloon shootdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China declined a request for a phone call between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe after Washington brought down a Chinese spy bal...

Libyan committee agrees to coordinate on removing foreign forces

TUNIS (Reuters) -Libya's "5+5" military committee of officers from both main sides of the civil war has agreed on a coordination mechanism for the withdrawal of foreign forces in liaison with neig...