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...

12 German troops injured in crash of Puma fighting vehicles, German army says

BERLIN (Reuters) - Twelve German troops were injured when two Puma infantry fighting vehicles crashed during an exercise in a military training area in eastern Germany, the German army said on ...

Ukraine probing military officials for alleged corruption

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian authorities are investigating senior military officials in two separate cases of suspected corruption, officials said on Thursday, part of a crackdown on wrongdoing be...

Ukraine raids home of billionaire in war-time anti-corruption crackdown

KYIV (Reuters) -Security services searched the home of one of Ukraine's most prominent billionaires on Wednesday, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's sponsor in...

Philippines grants US more access to bases amid China concerns

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has granted the United States greater access to its military bases, their defence chiefs said on Thursday, amid mounting concern over China's increasing asser...

US opens embassy in Solomon Islands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands after a 30-year absence as it seeks to boost diplomatic relations in the Pacific as a counter to China. Secreta...

Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States

SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) -Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. It ends, after a perilous ...

Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says

KINGSTON (Reuters) -Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Caribbean island cou...

Somalia's neighbors to launch new operations against al-Shabab militants

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Top leaders of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya on Wednesday agreed to begin "search and destroy" operations to push al Shabaab militants out of neighbouring Somalia. The move...

US to send Ukraine longer-range rockets, two officials say

KYIV (Reuters) -News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift on Wednesday, even as its troops were being pushed ...

Memorial held for former US Navy SEAL killed in Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former U.S. Navy SEAL Daniel Swift, who was killed fighting for Ukraine, was commemorated in a memorial service in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday. Lviv ...

SECDEF’s Manila visit to bring deal on expanded base access, Philippine official says

WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to the Philippines this week is expected to bring an announcement of expanded U.S. access to military bases in the coun...

Russia claims village on outskirts of Bakhmut in push

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia claimed on Tuesday to have captured a village just to the north of Bakhmut, a city it is trying to surround in a major push for what would be its biggest battlefield priz...

Eight rockets fired at Turkish base in Iraq, Kurdish security group says

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, two of which landed inside, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security o...

UN officials seek probe into possible war crimes by Malian troops, Wagner Group

DAKAR (Reuters) -United Nations experts on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by government forces and Russian private military...