EU sets up reserve in Finland to respond to nuclear and chemical threats

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Union has given Finland 242 million euros ($262 million) to set up for the first time a reserve against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats ...

NATO deploys surveillance planes to Romania, to monitor Russian activity

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO surveillance planes were due to arrive in Romania on Tuesday to bolster the military alliance's eastern flank and help monitor Russian military activity. NATO announc...

Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro after 30 year hunt

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run si...

Britain to send Ukraine 14 Main Battle Tanks, mobile artillery

LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding ...

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the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn from a ...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...