Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating as protesters take to streets

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded on Saturday as more protests took plac...

US four-star general warns of war with China in 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A four-star U.S. Air Force general said in a memo that his gut told him the United States would fight China in the next two years, comments that Pentagon officials said w...

Russia claims gains in east Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces claimed incremental gains in eastern Ukraine on Monday adding up to their biggest advances in months, after relentless battles that Kyiv described as hu...

US charges three in Iran-backed effort to assassinate journalist

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with attempting to assassinate a prominent critic of Iran's government who was previously the target of a failed Tehran-backed kidnap...

Israel seals home of Palestinian synagogue shooter as Netanyahu vows crackdown

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police sealed off the Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian gunman on Sunday, two days after he killed seven people outside a synagogue, as fears grew of escalatio...

US issues second warning of possible terror attacks in Turkey

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Turkey warned Americans on Monday of possible attacks against churches, synagogues, and diplomatic missions in Istanbul, marking its second such notice in ...

Chinese coast guard drives away Japanese vessels from disputed waters in the East China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's coast guard drove away Japanese vessels from waters around disputed East China Sea islets on Monday, according to Chinese state media. Disputed East China Sea islets cl...

NATO's head urges SKorea to step up military support for Ukraine

SEOUL (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not provid...

Israel hits Gaza as conflict flares after West Bank clashes

(Reuters) - Israeli war planes struck Gaza overnight on Friday after Palestinian militants fired two rockets following one of the worst days of violence in the occupied West Bank in years. The ...

US killed Islamic State group leader in Somalia, officials say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out an operation that killed a senior Islamic State leader in northern Somalia, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The officials, speaking on the con...

Five ex-Memphis policemen charged with murder in beating death of Tyre Nichols

(Reuters) -Five former Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with murder in the death of a Black motorist, Tyre Nichols, from injuries he sustained in a violent encounter following a...

Tension in Lebanon rises as elites bury blast probe

BEIRUT (Reuters) -In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon's ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing state, stirring conflict in ...

Over 160 people freeze to death in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being un...

Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter

LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s...

Eastern front flares as Russia probes Ukrainian lines

BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and Germany were poised on Wednesday to announce plans to deliver heavy tanks to Ukraine, sources said, a decisive boost in support hailed in Kyiv as a ...