Russia tries closing ring around Ukraine’s Bakhmut as ground thaws into mud

DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned east Ukraine's ...

US “endangered” peace with Taiwan Strait fly-through, China says

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China accused the United States of "endangering" peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. military plane flew through the sensitive waterway on Monday, with ...

UN humanitarian flights suspended in Congo’s North-Kivu and Ituri provinces, WFP says

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) suspended flights in Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces following an attack on one of the ser...

New Turkey quake kills one person, flattens more buildings

OSMANIYE, Turkey (Reuters) -An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work...

Belarus partisans say they blew up a Russian military aircraft near Minsk

(Reuters) - Belarusian anti-government activists said on Sunday they had blown up a sophisticated Russian military surveillance aircraft in a drone attack at an airfield near the Belarusian capita...

Ukraine jails two Russian soldiers for shelling residential areas

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court has jailed two captured soldiers accused of taking part on Russian shelling of residential areas in eastern Ukraine, the SBU security service said on Monday. ...

Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs

BARA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Atop a police outpost in northwest Pakistan, Faizanullah Khan stands behind a stack of sandbags and peers through the sight of an anti-aircraft gun, scanning the terra...

Thousands of Mexicans protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest s...

Ukraine says Russian offensives near Yahidne unsuccessful

(Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Sunday that Russia conducted unsuccessful offensives near Yahidne over the past day, after Russia's Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the villa...

US looking to expand Taiwan military training, sources say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to expand the number of troops helping train Taiwanese forces, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, at a time of heightened tensions between Washing...

Moscow tells West not to threaten Russian troops in Moldovan region, says Ukraine planning to invade

(Reuters) -Russia told the West on Friday that it would view as an attack on itself any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region, one day after Mos...

West reacts with skepticism to Chinese ceasefire proposal for Ukraine

WASHINGTON/TALLINN (Reuters) - The West reacted with skepticism to China's proposal on Friday - the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - for a ceasefire, with NATO saying Beijing di...

Ukrainians mourn and vow to fight on, a year after Russia invaded

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainians paid tribute to fallen loved ones on Friday and vowed to fight on to victory, while Russia said its forces were making gains in battle in the east as its invasion ent...

Taiwan sees China taking lessons from Russia's Ukraine invasion

TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military is learning from Russia's invasion of Ukraine that any attack on Taiwan would have to be swift to succeed, but the Taiwan Strait would make that challenging, th...

China says it is not aware of drone purchase talks between Russia and Chinese company

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Friday it is not aware of reports about talks between Russia and a Chinese company for the purchase of drones. "There has been a large volume, ...