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analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the arm...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,...

US says Bradley Fighting Vehicles are on the table for Ukraine

HEBRON, Kentucky (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine was being considered to help the that country fight Russia's invasion. "...

Lebanese military court charges 7 over fatal peacekeeper attack, sources say

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven people over a December attack that killed one Irish soldier serving in a United Nations peacekeeping force, three Lebane...

Australia to spend $684M on new naval missiles, rocket system

(Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday it would be investing more than A$1 billion ($684 million) to buy new naval missiles and a land-based, long-range, surface-to surface High Mobility Artill...

Belarus to beef up joint military grouping with Russia

(Reuters) -Belarus and Russia continue to build up a joint military grouping in Belarus and are preparing joint air force exercises, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The minist...

Leaders of Turkey, Syria could meet for peace, Erdogan says

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defence ministers met last week for the hig...

Pakistani Taliban claim killing of two intelligence officials

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban on Wednesday claimed the killing of a senior official of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency and another offi...

US House GOP faces stalemate as McCarthy seeks speakership

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Kevin McCarthy's bruising quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives entered a second day on Wednesday, with the party's new majority fracture...