Chinese coast guard drives away Japanese vessels from disputed waters in the East China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's coast guard drove away Japanese vessels from waters around disputed East China Sea islets on Monday, according to Chinese state media. Disputed East China Sea islets cl...

NATO's head urges SKorea to step up military support for Ukraine

SEOUL (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not provid...

Israel hits Gaza as conflict flares after West Bank clashes

(Reuters) - Israeli war planes struck Gaza overnight on Friday after Palestinian militants fired two rockets following one of the worst days of violence in the occupied West Bank in years. The ...

US killed Islamic State group leader in Somalia, officials say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out an operation that killed a senior Islamic State leader in northern Somalia, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The officials, speaking on the con...

Five ex-Memphis policemen charged with murder in beating death of Tyre Nichols

(Reuters) -Five former Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with murder in the death of a Black motorist, Tyre Nichols, from injuries he sustained in a violent encounter following a...

Tension in Lebanon rises as elites bury blast probe

BEIRUT (Reuters) -In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon's ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing state, stirring conflict in ...

Over 160 people freeze to death in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being un...

Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter

LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s...

Eastern front flares as Russia probes Ukrainian lines

BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and Germany were poised on Wednesday to announce plans to deliver heavy tanks to Ukraine, sources said, a decisive boost in support hailed in Kyiv as a ...

Canada to send Ukraine four Leopard 2 tanks

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will send four Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday, after Germany this week allowed other countries to re-export the...

Poland to send Ukraine 60 “modernized” tanks on top of Leopards

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will send an additional 60 tanks to Ukraine on top of the 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks it has already pledged, the Polish prime minister said in an interview with Ca...

Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after securing tanks

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such as the U.S. F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister sai...

France to pull troops from Burkina Faso within a month

PARIS (Reuters) -France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso in the next month after the military junta asked it to leave, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in a move that will furt...

Israeli troops kill seven gunmen, two civilians in Jenin clash, Palestinians say

JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians in a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, stirring f...

Australia to speed up purchase of sea mines to shore up maritime defense

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would accelerate plans to buy advanced sea mines to protect its maritime routes and ports from "potential aggressors" amid China's plans to increa...