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 ...

US Congress says F-16 sale to Turkey depends on NATO approval

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a ...

US transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Khan to Belize

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, a...

Norway to order 54 new Leopard tanks from Germany

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will order 54 new German-made Leopard 2 tanks for its army from the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Group, and will get an option to buy a further 18 tanks at a later time, the gov...

Palestinians fire rockets, Israel hits Gaza days after US call for calm

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Thursday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, days after the United States called for calm, but there was no immediate...