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

BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) - Germany and France have proposed giving aspiring European Union members more opportunities to join EU programmes and access the single market before joining the bloc, acco...

NICOSIA, June 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Cyprus re-elected Annita Demetriou as speaker of parliament on Thursday in a vote seen as an early glimpse of emerging partnerships ahead of a presidential ele...

By Amina Ismail LUXEMBOURG, June 4 (Reuters) - Sweden's migration minister urged the European Commission on Thursday to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians, saying it was "insane" that many Ru...

DHAKA, June 4 (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Thursday it had foiled several attempts by India to force people into the country over the previous 24 hours, reviving a dispute over alleged undocumented ...

KINSHASA, June 4 (Reuters) - Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears o...

FRANKFURT, June 4 (Reuters) - Several staff members were injured when the nose gear of a Boeing 787 jetliner unexpectedly collapsed at a gate at Frankfurt airport on Thursday, its operator Lufthansa s...

JOHANNESBURG, June 4 (Reuters) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday said his government was doing "the right thing" by allowing the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya...

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM, June 4 (Reuters) - After Ukraine said it will make the Gripen the backbone of its air force, the Swedish fighter jet is finally set to be tested in the r...

JOHANNESBURG, June 4 (Reuters) - South Africa will send envoys to other African countries and around the world after a spate of xenophobic attacks targeting immigrants from other nations on the contin...

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 4 (Reuters) - Gunmen have abducted at least seven students of a polytechnic in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, police said on Thursday, the latest inciden...