Ukraine says record Russian deaths as Moscow presses offensive in east

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday the last 24 hours were the deadliest of the war so far for Russian troops, as Moscow hurls tens of thousands of freshly mobilised soldiers and mercenaries i...

Hope for work drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa, report says

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. Development ...

Philippines coast guard boosting South China Sea presence, top admiral says

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard has stepped up its presence in the disputed South China Sea by deploying additional vessels and conducting more sorties and overflights to protect mar...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank firefight

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed a 17-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, and the army described him ...

At least 8 dead in southern Peru landslide, more missing

(Reuters) - A landslide triggered by strong rains in Peru killed at least eight people in the country's southern Arequipa region, national emergency services said on Monday. Officials said another...

Solomon Islands ousts official critical of close China relations

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A vocal critic of China and leader of the most populous province in the Solomon Islands has been removed from office after a no-confidence vote by the provincial legislature on ...

Iran reveals underground air base, IRNA says

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Tuesday revealed an underground air force base, called "Eagle 44" and the first of its kind large enough to house fighter jets, the official IRNA news agency said. The "Ea...

Turkish quake rescue teams comb through Iskenderun hospital debris

By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescue teams on Monday were searching through the wreckage of the state hospital in Iskenderun, Turkey, that was partly flatte...

Canada deploys military aircraft over Haiti to disrupt gangs

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Sunday it deployed a military aircraft over Haiti to address what it called a "dire security situation" and to support efforts to disr...

Earthquake kills over 2,200 in Turkey and Syria, weather hindering rescue looms

ADANA, Turkey/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -A huge earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands more on Monday in Turkey and northwest Syria, flattening apartment blocks and heaping mor...

US military says it is searching for Chinese spy balloon debris

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has fu...

Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, US judge rules

(Reuters) - A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded, citing last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ...

Ukraine to replace defense minister in wartime reshuffle, top lawmaker says

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is set to replace Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov with the chief of its military spy agency, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, in a reshuffle ...

Mali says Russia's Lavrov to visit to strengthen defense ties

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Mali this week, the Malian foreign ministry said on Sunday, describing the visit as a reflection of a shared w...

One peacekeeper killed in Congo after UN chopper takes fire

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -One U.N. peacekeeper from South Africa was killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping ...