WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon on Wednesday, marking his first official hosting of a foreign leader in the…
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an ally of Israel’s far-right national security minister and two entities that raised money for Israeli men…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States should explore ways for a pragmatic and cooperative relationship between their militaries, and “gradually accumulate mutual trust”, the Chinese defence minister was…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it believed Iran could “handle the situation well and spare the region further turmoil” while safeguarding its sovereignty and dignity, referring to an attack on…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Bjarni Benediktsson said on Tuesday he will become the country’s next prime minister, replacing Katrin Jakobsdottir who last week announced she would resign and run for president. Benediktsson,…
HANOI (Reuters) – The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to Communist-ruled Vietnam on Tuesday as the two sides work on closer relations. Gallagher’s trip,…
(Reuters) – Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov arrived in China, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday, for what Moscow had said was talks on the war in Ukraine, bilateral…
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on Sunday dismissed his minister of environment and natural resources, fewer than 100 days into his term, to “avoid…
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland already has quite “strict” firearms legislation and now is not the right time to discuss tightening it, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said, following…
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s partners are not providing enough air defence to protect against Russian missile attacks even though they have more than 100 Patriot systems in…
By Ananda Teresia and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian financial regulator Mahendra Siregar and former finance minister Chatib Basri are among the top choices Prabowo Subianto is considering for…
By Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s Simon Harris, a 37-year-old politician best known for helping steer the country’s response to COVID-19, entered the contest to become its prime minister on…
By Michele Kambas and Yiannis Kourtoglou NICOSIA (Reuters) – A second shipment of aid will be sent from Cyprus to Gaza in coming days, its foreign minister said on Wednesday,…
(Reuters) – Ukraine has asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX Aerospace company to act to prevent Russia from using its Starlink terminals for communications in areas occupied by Moscow’s troops, a Ukrainian…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi warned the West that it would be making a historical mistake if it sought to decouple from China in the interests of…
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment that Washington might not defend NATO allies which failed to spend enough on defence is exactly what Russian President Vladimir…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed Oleksandr Pavliuk, former first deputy defence minister, as the new commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, according to a decree published on…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran and the United States have exchanged messages throughout Israel’s four-month-old war on Hamas in Gaza, including about Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, the Iranian foreign minister said…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said in footage published by his ministry on Saturday that the country’s production of military drones had ramped up in the past…
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects its 2024 spring sowing area to be the same as last year, though it could see a slight decrease in the worst…
(Reuters) -Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, stressed the need to return to the negotiating table over the…
By Tibisay Romero YAGUA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela has received all the parts it needs to begin a maintenance program at the 146,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) El Palito refinery, with work expected…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss a new mechanism to allow Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his upcoming…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who incite violence in the West Bank and introduce new sanctions on Hamas leaders, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on…
By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti sought clarification from UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel over the lender’s potential interest in Popolare di Sondrio…