Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Pope pushes peace message on second day in crisis-hit Lebanon
By Joshua McElwee BEIRUT, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will meet leaders from Lebanon's diverse religious sects on Monday and is expected to urge Lebanese not to abandon their country despite years of c...
Dec 01, 2025
UK lawmaker Siddiq calls Bangladeshi prison sentence 'flawed and farcical'
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said a Bangladeshi court process which has sentenced her in absentia to two years in prison was "flawed and farcical" and said the verdict shoul...
Dec 01, 2025
Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European co...
Dec 01, 2025
Southeast Asia storm deaths near 700 as scale of disaster revealed
By Willy Kurniawan PALEMBAYAN, Indonesia, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Rescue teams in western Indonesia were battling on Monday to clear roads cut off by cyclone-induced landslides and floods, as improved weath...
Dec 01, 2025
Sri Lanka's cyclone death toll climbs to 355, with 366 missing
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people hit by a cyclone last week, as the dea...
Dec 01, 2025
Putin grants many categories of Chinese citizens visa-free access to Russia for up to 30 days
MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree granting visa-free access to Russia for up to 30 days for many categories of Chinese citizens, including tourists, business...
Dec 01, 2025
Indonesia flood death toll hits 502, official data shows
JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The death toll from the floods striking three provinces across Indonesia's Sumatra island has risen to 502, official data showed on Monday. (Reporting by Stanley Widianto; E...
Dec 01, 2025
Tajikistan says five people have been killed in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan in past week
ALMATY, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Five people have been killed and five more injured in two attacks launched from neighbouring Afghanistan over the past week, Tajikistan's presidential press service said on M...
Dec 01, 2025
Sons of Pakistan's jailed Imran Khan voice fears for his safety
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The sons of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan fear authorities are concealing "something irreversible" about his condition after more than t...
Dec 01, 2025
Conservative Asfura, backed by Trump, takes slim lead in Honduras presidential election
(Refiles to add Reuters to dateline) TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Nasry Asfura, the Conservative National Party candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, leads Honduras' presidential election...
Dec 01, 2025
