Congo M23 rebels hand back army base amid suspected ceasefire breaches elsewhere

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo's M23 rebel group on Friday began a phased withdrawal from an occupied army and U.N. base in eastern North Kivu province, part of a ceasefir...

NATO declines Serbia's request to deploy its troops in Kosovo

SHTERPCE, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO's mission in Kosovo, KFOR, has declined a Serbian government request to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo after clashes between Serbs and the...

Honduras extends, expands state of emergency meant to fight crime

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran government on Saturday extended a state of emergency declaration for 45 days, expanding it to additional areas of the country in an effort to fight criminal...

US, Germany to send Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine

BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leaders of the United States and Germany on Thursday announced they were sending armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine, ramping up military support for Kyiv to ...

Signs of fighting after Russia says unilateral truce in place in Ukraine

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Artillery fire could be heard from the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after the official start of a unilateral ceasefire declared by Moscow and reject...

Taliban slams Prince Harry over aerial kills comment in book

LONDON (Reuters) -The Taliban administration has criticised Prince Harry after the British royal said in his memoir that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when serving as a military helico...

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait, China slams move

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which has riled China. In recent years, U....

UN report says east Congo rebels flouting ceasefire and withdrawal deal

KINSHASA (Reuters) - United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the arm...

One dead, another wounded after shots fired at Austrian barracks

VIENNA (Reuters) -A soldier was killed and another injured after an exchange of fire at an airfield barracks in the Austrian town of Wiener Neustadt on Friday, a Defence Ministry spokesperson said...

Azerbaijan asks World Court to order Armenia to help demine contested territories

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The World Court said on Thursday Azerbaijan had asked it to order neighbouring Armenia to stop planting landmines in territories it once occupied and to hand over informat...

Russian hackers targeted US nuclear scientists

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records review...

Mexico says at least 29 killed amid capture of Guzman

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during events surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sina...

Mexico arrests Ovidio Guzman, son of “El Chapo,” in night of violence

By Lizbeth Diaz and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has been arrested by Mexican authorities, ...

Anger rises among US House GOP as leadership fight drags on

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three days into a standoff over who would lead the Republican-majority U.S. House of Representatives, members of the party expressed anger that a small group of hardline ...

France to send Ukraine fighting vehicles, Kyiv asks allies for more tanks

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy his government would send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to help in the war against Russia,...