US approves up to $10B sale of HIMARS launchers, ammo to Poland

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of long-range missiles, rockets and launchers to Poland in a deal valued at up to $10 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Po...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says stop “rumors” as defense minister stays

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Tuesday for an end to the spread of "rumours or any other pseudo-information" that could undermine unity in the ...

Netherlands, Denmark and Germany buy 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are buying 100 Leopard-1A5 battle tanks for Ukraine, the Dutch government said on Tuesday. The Dutch defense ministry said in a statement...

Rescuers race against time as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 5,000

ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 5,100 people and left a tra...

Ukraine says record Russian deaths as Moscow presses offensive in east

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday the last 24 hours were the deadliest of the war so far for Russian troops, as Moscow hurls tens of thousands of freshly mobilised soldiers and mercenaries i...

Hope for work drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa, report says

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. Development ...

Philippines coast guard boosting South China Sea presence, top admiral says

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard has stepped up its presence in the disputed South China Sea by deploying additional vessels and conducting more sorties and overflights to protect mar...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank firefight

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed a 17-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, and the army described him ...

At least 8 dead in southern Peru landslide, more missing

(Reuters) - A landslide triggered by strong rains in Peru killed at least eight people in the country's southern Arequipa region, national emergency services said on Monday. Officials said another...

Solomon Islands ousts official critical of close China relations

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A vocal critic of China and leader of the most populous province in the Solomon Islands has been removed from office after a no-confidence vote by the provincial legislature on ...

Iran reveals underground air base, IRNA says

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Tuesday revealed an underground air force base, called "Eagle 44" and the first of its kind large enough to house fighter jets, the official IRNA news agency said. The "Ea...

Turkish quake rescue teams comb through Iskenderun hospital debris

By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescue teams on Monday were searching through the wreckage of the state hospital in Iskenderun, Turkey, that was partly flatte...

Canada deploys military aircraft over Haiti to disrupt gangs

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Sunday it deployed a military aircraft over Haiti to address what it called a "dire security situation" and to support efforts to disr...

Earthquake kills over 2,200 in Turkey and Syria, weather hindering rescue looms

ADANA, Turkey/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -A huge earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands more on Monday in Turkey and northwest Syria, flattening apartment blocks and heaping mor...

US military says it is searching for Chinese spy balloon debris

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has fu...