Canada, SKorea eye intel-sharing pact, source says

Canada and South Korea plan to launch talks on an information security agreement to facilitate intelligence-sharing and promote security ties, a Canadian government source said Thursday. Tap the ar...

Rishi Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chap...

Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday, in a move likely to raise Western concerns after Ru...

Mexican soldiers kill five men in border city, rights group says

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Soldiers in a northern Mexican border city allegedly killed five, unarmed young men who were driving to their homes in a pick-up truck, a local human rights group said on Mo...

Macron says French bases in Africa to be co-run with host nations

PARIS/LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France's military bases in Africa will gradually be co-run with their host nations, after Paris suffered a series of setba...

Thailand hosts thousands of US troops for annual “Cobra Gold” drills

RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand and the United States kicked off on Tuesday military exercises involving more than 7,000 personnel and forces from 30 countries, with the annual drills inc...

Indonesia vows restraint as troops surround separatists holding NZ pilot

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Security forces in Indonesia's restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his rele...

US does not see significant near-term Russian gains in Ukraine, Pentagon official says

By Patricia Zengerle and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not expect Russia to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the near-term, a senior Pentagon official sa...

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...