Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Kremlin repeats Putin's assertion that Ukraine war is nearly over after Zelenskiy casts doubt
MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the war in Ukraine was almost over on Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Mosc...
May 12, 2026
Eurovision Song Contest gets off to a tense start, overshadowed by Gaza
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 12 (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest got off to a tense start in Vienna on Tuesday as Israel competed in the first semifinal amid a boycott by five countries over ...
May 12, 2026
India's Hindu RSS lobbies groups abroad to counter minority rights criticism
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - A powerful Hindu group from which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party emerged said on Tuesday it had organised foreign visits, including to the ...
May 12, 2026
Ecuador's Espinosa joins battle to lead United Nations
GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) - Antigua and Barbuda has nominated Ecuador's Maria Fernanda Espinosa as candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, a U.N. official told Reuters on Tuesday. Es...
May 12, 2026
Iran now defines Strait of Hormuz as far larger zone, IRGC officer says
DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Iran has expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a "vast operational area" far wider than before the Iran war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revol...
May 12, 2026
Exclusive-FBI questions CIA officers over Russia assessment in Brennan probe, sources say
By Erin Banco, Andrew Goudsward and Jonathan Landay NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice's investigation in...
May 12, 2026
Evolving drone war in southern Lebanon clouds Iran peace prospects
(Corrects day to Wednesday in paragraph 4) By Maya Gebeily, Maayan Lubell and Catherine Cartier BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, May 12 (Reuters) - While Washington and Tehran argue over a deal to end the attacks on...
May 12, 2026
UK's Starmer defies calls to quit, says he's getting on with governing
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Sarah Young LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would "get on with governing" despit...
May 12, 2026
Explainer-How Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment could proceed
By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has again been impeached by the lower house, a little over a year after an earlier impeachment again...
May 12, 2026
German special police force member dies in apparent shooting accident, police say
May 12 (Reuters) - German police said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into the death of a member of the federal police's special forces during a shooting exercise at a military training ar...
May 12, 2026
