Kherson residents describe detention, torture by Russian forces

KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) - Oksana Minenko, a 44-year-old accountant who lives in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said she was repeatedly detained and tortured by occupying Russian forces. Her ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea to sign defense treaty by June

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and Papua New Guinea agreed to conclude negotiations over a comprehensive security agreement by April with hopes of a treaty signing by June following a meeting bet...

Russia says it took east Ukraine’s Soledar, Kyiv says fighting continues

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, claiming Moscow's first big battlefield gain in half a year, but Kyiv said its...

Amhara forces withdraw from parts of Ethiopia's Tigray region, army says

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia's army said forces from the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn from a ...

Finland says it could send Ukraine small number of Leopard tanks

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland could donate a small number of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if a wider group of European nations also decided to do so, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was ...

Explainer: Why Japan is seeking military ties beyond US

TOKYO (Reuters) - Before meeting President Joe Biden in Washington D.C., Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Italy, France, Britain and Canada, in part to forge security ties that cou...

Analysis: Ukrainian swamps make attack from Belarus unlikely for now

VOLYN REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Burst river banks, thick mud and waterlogged fields could be seen for miles around northwest Ukraine's border with Belarus on Thursday, making the prospect of ...

Canada sends armored vehicles to Haiti to fight gang violence

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada delivered armored vehicles to Haiti on Wednesday to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis, the Canadian foreign ministry said....

US, Brazil lawmakers seek to cooperate on Brasilia riots investigation

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) -U.S. and Brazilian lawmakers are looking for ways to cooperate on an investigation into violent protests that rampaged through Brasilia this weekend, sharing less...

US and Japan agree to step up security cooperation amid China worries

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Japan on Wednesday announced stepped-up security cooperation in the face of shared worries about China, and Washington strongly endorsed a major mili...

Ukraine says troops hold out in corpse-strewn battlefield of Soledar

KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies in a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russia...

Ukraine stages drills near Belarus amid fears of Russian assault

RIVNE REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) -The crackle of gunfire and roar of armoured vehicles reverberated around sleepy west Ukrainian towns near the Belarusian border on Wednesday as Kyiv's forces tr...

Poland to give Ukraine Leopard tanks as part of coalition

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has decided to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition, the Polish president said on Wednesday, as Warsaw seeks to play a leading role in r...

Russia could expand draft age as soon as this spring, lawmaker says

(Reuters) - Russia could raise the upper age limit for citizens to be conscripted into the armed forces as soon as this spring, a senior lawmaker has said, as part of Moscow's plans to boost th...

Russia puts Gerasimov in charge of Ukraine invasion, relieves Surovikin

KYIV/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia ordered its top general on Wednesday to take charge of its faltering invasion of Ukraine in the biggest shake-up yet of its malfunctioning military...