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...

Suspects arrested over blast at Pakistan mosque used by police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police investigating how a suicide bomber reached a mosque inside a highly fortified compound and killed over 100 people said on Wednesday the attacker ...

Belarus says it is now operating Russian Iskander missiles autonomously

(Reuters) - Belarus said on Wednesday that its armed forces were now in autonomous control of Russian-supplied nuclear-capable Iskander mobile guided missile systems after completing training i...

White House says no F-16s for Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has sought in its fight against Russia, President Joe Biden said on Monday, as Russian ...

NATO, Japan pledge to strengthen ties amid “historic” security threat

TOKYO (Reuters) -NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Japanese premier Fumio Kishida pledged on Tuesday to strengthen ties, saying Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its growing military cooperation w...

New Russian offensive in Ukraine unlikely to achieve breakthrough, UK says

KYIV (Reuters) - A large Russian force has advanced hundreds of metres in a major new assault on a Ukrainian-held bastion in southeastern Ukraine this week, though it is unlikely to force a sig...

France, Australia to make artillery shells for Ukraine

PARIS (Reuters) - France and Australia on Monday unveiled plans to jointly manufacture ammunition for Ukraine as the two countries seek to shore up defence cooperation and move past a row over ...