Defeated GOP candidate charged with attacks on New Mexico Democrats

(Reuters) -A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico was charged on Tuesday with contracting four gunmen to shoot at the homes of Democratic officials after he visited them to dispute his 202...

All eyes on Germany when ministers meet Friday on arming Ukraine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When dozens of defense ministers meet at an airbase in Germany on Friday, all eyes will be set on what Berlin is - and is not - willing to provide Ukraine. Defense leader...

Ukraine helicopter crash kills 16 including interior minister

BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's interior minister was among at least 16 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed in a suburb of the capital Kyiv, setting fire to a nursery pa...

Russia's Lavrov says Moscow ready to send mission to Armenia-Azerbaijan border

MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to deploy troops to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to quell tensions between the two countries, but Yereva...

Somalia says it took key port from al-Shabab

GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Somalia's government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said on Monday, in one of their most significan...

Germany says new minister to decide on Main Battle Tanks for Ukraine

DNIPRO, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine came a step closer on Tuesday to winning the fleet of modern battle tanks it hopes could turn the course of the war against Russia, after the West's big ...

Serbia asks Russia to stop recruiting its people for Wagner in Ukraine

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Russia should halt its efforts to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its Wagner paramilitary group in Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic criticised Russi...

EU sets up reserve in Finland to respond to nuclear and chemical threats

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Union has given Finland 242 million euros ($262 million) to set up for the first time a reserve against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats ...

NATO deploys surveillance planes to Romania, to monitor Russian activity

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO surveillance planes were due to arrive in Romania on Tuesday to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank and help monitor Russian military activity. NATO announc...

Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro after 30 year hunt

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run si...

Britain to send Ukraine 14 Main Battle Tanks, mobile artillery

LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding ...

Kherson residents describe detention, torture by Russian forces

KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) - Oksana Minenko, a 44-year-old accountant who lives in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said she was repeatedly detained and tortured by occupying Russian forces. Her ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea to sign defense treaty by June

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and Papua New Guinea agreed to conclude negotiations over a comprehensive security agreement by April with hopes of a treaty signing by June following a meeting bet...

Russia says it took east Ukraine’s Soledar, Kyiv says fighting continues

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, claiming Moscow's first big battlefield gain in half a year, but Kyiv said its...

Amhara forces withdraw from parts of Ethiopia's Tigray region, army says

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia's army said forces from the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn from a ...