Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Tanzania deploys police and army to prevent Independence Day protests
Dec 9 (Reuters) - Police and soldiers deployed in force in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, on Tuesday to try to prevent protests called for by activists to denounce the violent suppressi...
Dec 09, 2025
Pope urges 'continuation of dialogue' after meeting with Zelenskiy
Castel Gandolfo, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Pope Leo stressed the need to continue with dialogue aiming at a "just and lasting peace" in his meeting on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the...
Dec 09, 2025
Sudan's militia advances could trigger new refugee exodus, UNHCR chief warns
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Advances by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan could trigger another exodus across the country's borders, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo G...
Dec 09, 2025
Beyond pizza and pasta: Italy's culinary heritage awaits UNESCO nod
ROME, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Italian cooking, already celebrated around the world, is poised for a new accolade: formal recognition as a cultural treasure from the United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO. ...
Dec 09, 2025
Russian military transport plane crashes northeast of Moscow with seven on board, state TV says
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A Russian An-22 military transport aircraft has crashed in the Ivanovo region northeast of Moscow with seven crew members on board, the Vesti state television channel reporte...
Dec 09, 2025
ICC sentences Darfur Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years
(Fixes typo in lead from "Janaweed" to "Janjaweed") The Hague, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a Janjaweed militia leader convicted of committing atro...
Dec 09, 2025
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 160
HONG KONG, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong in late November has risen to 160 after police completed the final stage of search operati...
Dec 09, 2025
Greece's Heraklion airport resumes flights after farmers end protest
ATHENS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Flights to and from Heraklion Airport on the Greek island of Crete resumed early on Tuesday, aviation officials said, after farmers who had been blocking the terminal ended a...
Dec 09, 2025
Fire breaks out at seven-storey building in Indonesia's Jakarta, 20 dead
JAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a seven-storey building in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, an official said on Tuesday, with 20 people confirmed dead. The fire has been extingui...
Dec 09, 2025
Sahel states say Nigerian plane violated airspace over Burkina Faso
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - States in Africa's Sahel region accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one of its military transport planes landed in Burkina Faso on Monday with...
Dec 09, 2025
