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...

At least 24 killed in second day of fighting in breakaway Somaliland

BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day of heavy fighting in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors said, after local leade...

Investigators end MH17 downing probe despite "indications" Putin was involved

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -International prosecutors said on Wednesday they had found "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system t...

US approves up to $10B sale of HIMARS launchers, ammo to Poland

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of long-range missiles, rockets and launchers to Poland in a deal valued at up to $10 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Po...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says stop “rumors” as defense minister stays

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Tuesday for an end to the spread of "rumours or any other pseudo-information" that could undermine unity in the ...

Netherlands, Denmark and Germany buy 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are buying 100 Leopard-1A5 battle tanks for Ukraine, the Dutch government said on Tuesday. The Dutch defense ministry said in a statement...

Rescuers race against time as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 5,000

ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 5,100 people and left a tra...

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 ...