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

BERLIN, May 7 (Reuters) - Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track to become the strongest party in an eastern state election in September, a poll showed on Thursday, raising the prospect o...

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Millions of British voters cast their ballots on Thursday in local and regional elections that are expected to deal a huge blow to Prime Minister Keir Star...

TAIPEI, May 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan has carried out the maiden torpedo test firing for its first domestically developed submarine, a major milestone in a project aimed at strengthening deterrence against...

By Bart H. Meijer, Olivia Le Poidevin and Ingrid Melander AMSTERDAM/GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) - Countries worldwide sought to prevent the further spread of the hantavirus on Thursday, after an outbreak ...

(Corrects paragraphs 1 and 3 to indicate fired minister was in post for less than three months, not two weeks) JUBA, May 7 (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's mi...

By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal May 7 (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the country's parliament. Manele l...

By Jessica Donati, Fiston Mahamba and Rachael Kennedy GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 7 (Reuters) - In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled throug...

TAIPEI, May 7 (Reuters) - China may try some "manoeuvring" over the Taiwan issue when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Beijing next week, but the U.S. has reaffirmed its policy on the island has not...

By Emma Farge and Dave Graham GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) - When in 1937 the League of Nations vacated the 225-room Palais Wilson in Geneva, the global intergovernmental body created to preserve peace aft...

SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - A group of Australian women and children linked to the extremist group Islamic State are on their way home from a camp in Syria and are expected to arrive in the country on T...