Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)

By Stine Jacobsen and Tim Barsoe COPENHAGEN/NUUK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A campaign of forced contraception in Greenland that ran primarily in the 1960s and 1970s violated women's human rights but did not...

KYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine's top presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia's war would likely take place in the near future but added that he did not expect any swift ag...

HANOI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Vietnam said on Friday it strongly opposed all foreign activities in the Paracels archipelago in the disputed South China Sea, following a report earlier this week of new Chi...

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a tim...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, reflecting a rapprochement between...

STOCKHOLM, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's military will participate in the surveillance and protection of Finland's territory with Gripen fighter jets and corvette warship, at least until the end of 2026...

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China on Friday removed two senior military officers from its supreme military command body, the state Central Military Commission, state-run Xinhua reported, following inv...

TAIPEI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan's election commission on Friday rejected a proposal passed by parliament for a referendum to legalise caning for serious crimes like sexual assault and fraud, saying ...

COPENHAGEN, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A narrow majority of Icelandic voters oppose reopening negotiations to join the EU, a new Gallup opinion poll showed on Friday, a shift from earlier polls, ahead of a re...

AMSTERDAM, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a 67-year-old man to life in prison for war crimes and genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994, where it said he had been involved in the k...