Macron says French bases in Africa to be co-run with host nations
PARIS/LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France's military bases in Africa will gradually be co-run with their host nations, after Paris suffered a series of setba...
Read moreThailand hosts thousands of US troops for annual “Cobra Gold” drills
RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand and the United States kicked off on Tuesday military exercises involving more than 7,000 personnel and forces from 30 countries, with the annual drills inc...
Read moreIndonesia vows restraint as troops surround separatists holding NZ pilot
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Security forces in Indonesia's restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his rele...
Read moreUS does not see significant near-term Russian gains in Ukraine, Pentagon official says
By Patricia Zengerle and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not expect Russia to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the near-term, a senior Pentagon official sa...
Read moreRussia tries closing ring around Ukraine’s Bakhmut as ground thaws into mud
DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned east Ukraine's ...
Read moreUS “endangered” peace with Taiwan Strait fly-through, China says
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China accused the United States of "endangering" peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. military plane flew through the sensitive waterway on Monday, with ...
Read moreUN humanitarian flights suspended in Congo’s North-Kivu and Ituri provinces, WFP says
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) suspended flights in Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces following an attack on one of the ser...
Read moreNew Turkey quake kills one person, flattens more buildings
OSMANIYE, Turkey (Reuters) -An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work...
Read moreBelarus partisans say they blew up a Russian military aircraft near Minsk
(Reuters) - Belarusian anti-government activists said on Sunday they had blown up a sophisticated Russian military surveillance aircraft in a drone attack at an airfield near the Belarusian capita...
Read moreUkraine jails two Russian soldiers for shelling residential areas
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court has jailed two captured soldiers accused of taking part on Russian shelling of residential areas in eastern Ukraine, the SBU security service said on Monday. ...
Read moreIslamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs
BARA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Atop a police outpost in northwest Pakistan, Faizanullah Khan stands behind a stack of sandbags and peers through the sight of an anti-aircraft gun, scanning the terra...
Read moreThousands of Mexicans protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest s...
Read moreUkraine says Russian offensives near Yahidne unsuccessful
(Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Sunday that Russia conducted unsuccessful offensives near Yahidne over the past day, after Russia's Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the villa...
Read moreUS looking to expand Taiwan military training, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to expand the number of troops helping train Taiwanese forces, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, at a time of heightened tensions between Washing...
Read moreMoscow tells West not to threaten Russian troops in Moldovan region, says Ukraine planning to invade
(Reuters) -Russia told the West on Friday that it would view as an attack on itself any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region, one day after Mos...
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