US wants to deploy missile-armed Marines along Japan's Okinawa islands, Yomiuri reports

TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States wants to disperse U.S. Marine units throughout Japan's Okinawa islands by 2026, arming them with missiles and lighter gear to deter China's military, and will...

Sweden says Turkey asking too much over NATO application

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden...

Explainer: The Bradley Fighting Vehicle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday that it will send Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine to bolster Kiev's fight against Russia's invasion. The delivery, expecte...

Brazil riot police deploy at Bolsonaro backers' camp after capital stormed

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian police amassed at a camp of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on Monday, a day after rioters launched the worst attack on Braz...

US appeals court strikes down ban on bump stocks

(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a rule the Trump administration had adopted following a 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that banned "bump stocks," devices that allow people t...

Sweden talking to US about closer military ties amid NATO process

OSLO (Reuters) - Sweden and the United States have begun negotiations to form deeper security ties in the form of a defence cooperation agreement (DCA), the Swedish government said in a statement ...

UK weighs giving Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Sky News reports

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is considering supplying Ukraine with tanks for the first time to help the country fight Russian forces, Sky News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources. Discussio...

Ukraine beefs up eastern defenses as Russia sends waves of attacks

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said it was strengthening its forces around Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region and repelling constant attacks there by Russian mercenary group Wagn...

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....