Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
'Greetings after 88 days': Iranians reconnect after long internet shutdown
By Elwely Elwelly, Emily Giles and Amy McConaghy DUBAI/LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - Iranians isolated by a long internet shutdown imposed by the authorities during the war with the U.S. and Israel expre...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
WHO urges ceasefire in Congo to contain Ebola as cases surge
(Corrects paragraph 5 to state that North and South Kivu provinces are partially controlled by M23 rebels, not that North Kivu is held by M23 and South Kivu is controlled by the Alliance Fleuve Congo;...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
ICC sets trial date for Philippines' Duterte over alleged crimes against humanity
THE HAGUE, May 27 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday set November 30 as the start date for the trial of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who is charged wit...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Countries tighten travel rules as Ebola risk rises
(Corrects day of week in lede to Sunday not Saturday) May 27 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Sunday, May 17, declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Netherlands deploys minesweeper amid Hormuz contingency planning
AMSTERDAM, May 27 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will send a minesweeper to the Mediterranean Sea as part of NATO operations to allow a possible rapid deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, should a mission...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Russia warns Armenia it could end cheap fuel supplies if Yerevan stays on EU course
By Andrew Osborn and Lucy Papachristou MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had warned Armenia it would suspend or terminate the supply of cheap oil, gas and rough diamonds to the So...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Canada to buy Swedish early warning planes rather than US model
By David Ljunggren and Maria Cheng OTTAWA, May 27 (Reuters) - Canada, which says it wants to reduce reliance on U.S. defense firms, on Wednesday announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes ...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
China's military says it drove away Dutch frigate in South China Sea
BEIJING, May 27 (Reuters) - China's military said it organised naval and air forces to drive away Dutch frigate De Ruyter, which it accused of illegally intruding into the Paracel Islands in the dispu...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Accused German Red Army Faction militant sentenced to 13 years
VERDEN, Germany, May 27 (Reuters) - A German court sentenced Daniela Klette, identified by police as a former member of the extreme-left Red Army Faction, to 13 years in prison on Wednesday for a seri...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026
Iran state TV says draft deal with US would reopen Hormuz shipping, end naval blockade
(Corrects first paragraph to show that state TV obtained the draft, not Tehran. Changes headline source to state TV) DUBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - Iran's state TV said it had obtained a draft of an initia...
Thomson Reuters May 27, 2026

