Britain to brand Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terror group, Telegraph reports

(Reuters) - Britain will officially declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Te...

US, SKorea in talks over nuclear planning, tabletop exercise

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States are discussing joint planning and implementation of U.S. nuclear operations to counter North Korea and hope to conduct a tabletop exer...

Germany may extend NATO task force leadership past 2023, media reports

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's defence ministry is looking into whether it will need to extend its leadership of a NATO joint task force beyond 2023 due to delays by Britain, the next country in lin...

Colombia, Ecuador agree on joint plan to confront organized crime on border

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The armed forces of Colombia and Ecuador on Wednesday signed an agreement to implement a plan to contain drug trafficking and organized crime on their shared border, authorities...

Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

(Reuters) -Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Done...

Japan says it scrambled jets to monitor Chinese aircraft carrier operations

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Monday it scrambled jet fighters and dispatched aircraft and warships over the past two weeks to keep tabs on China's Liaoning aircraft carrier and five warships tha...

At least 14 dead in attack on prison in Mexico’s Juarez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggressi...

SKorea, US discussing nuclear drills amid tension with North, Yoon says

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States are discussing possible joint exercises using U.S. nuclear assets, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...

Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro's “violent threats to freedom”

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and vowing a drastic change of ...

Criminal justice postgrad charged with murdering 4 Idaho university students

(Reuters) - A grad student seeking a criminal justice degree from Washington State University has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Id...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian police east of Cairo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in a city east of Cairo a day earlier in which two policemen and a civilian were...