German lawmakers recognize Islamic State group crimes against Yazidis as genocide

BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers on Thursday recognised as genocide crimes committed by Islamic State (IS) militants against minority Yazidis in Iraq in 2014. The jihadist group killed thous...

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern steps aside with “no more in the tank”

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement that she had "no more in the tank" to lead the country and would step down and not seek re-...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards: from military operations to business empire

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces general staff, which coordinates activities between its conventional army and the Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned the European Union on Thursday not to l...

Australia to spend $2B on 40 US Black Hawk helicopters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia confirmed on Wednesday it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated A$2.8 billion ($1.96 billion), finalising a sale sign...

Russia says it will make “major changes” to armed forces from 2023 to 2026

(Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that it would make "major changes" to its armed forces from 2023 to 2026, promising to shake up its military structure after months of setbacks on the battlef...

Turkey's foreign minister to discuss F-16s and NATO during US visit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington on Wednesday, a belated official visit by Turkey's top diplomat t...

Defeated GOP candidate charged with attacks on New Mexico Democrats

(Reuters) -A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico was charged on Tuesday with contracting four gunmen to shoot at the homes of Democratic officials after he visited them to dispute his 202...

All eyes on Germany when ministers meet Friday on arming Ukraine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When dozens of defense ministers meet at an airbase in Germany on Friday, all eyes will be set on what Berlin is - and is not - willing to provide Ukraine. Defense leader...

Ukraine helicopter crash kills 16 including interior minister

BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's interior minister was among at least 16 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed in a suburb of the capital Kyiv, setting fire to a nursery pa...

Russia's Lavrov says Moscow ready to send mission to Armenia-Azerbaijan border

MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to deploy troops to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to quell tensions between the two countries, but Yereva...

Somalia says it took key port from al-Shabab

GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Somalia's government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said on Monday, in one of their most significan...

Germany says new minister to decide on Main Battle Tanks for Ukraine

DNIPRO, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine came a step closer on Tuesday to winning the fleet of modern battle tanks it hopes could turn the course of the war against Russia, after the West's big ...

Serbia asks Russia to stop recruiting its people for Wagner in Ukraine

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Russia should halt its efforts to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its Wagner paramilitary group in Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic criticised Russi...

EU sets up reserve in Finland to respond to nuclear and chemical threats

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Union has given Finland 242 million euros ($262 million) to set up for the first time a reserve against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats ...

NATO deploys surveillance planes to Romania, to monitor Russian activity

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO surveillance planes were due to arrive in Romania on Tuesday to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank and help monitor Russian military activity. NATO announc...