Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk's Mars mission
(Reuters) -SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk's Mars rocket ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Iran's options against foreign aggression include closing Strait of Hormuz, lawmaker says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz as a way of hitting back against its enemies, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, though a second member of parliament said this would only happen...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Ukraine and Russia exchange POWs in latest swap
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul. President Volodymyr Zele...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Spain wants to opt out from NATO's 5% defence spending target
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has asked NATO to exclude Spain from raising its defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, according to a letter sent to NATO chie...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Factbox-Countries evacuating citizens from Iran and Israel
(Reuters) -Countries around the world are taking measures to evacuate their citizens from Israel and Iran as the two nations enter the seventh day of their air war and airspace in the region remains c...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Israel's airstrikes aim to break foundations of Khamenei's rule in Iran
By Samia Nakhoul, Matt Spetalnick and Maayan Lubell Dubai (Reuters) -Israel's sweeping campaign of airstrikes aims to do more than destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges and missile capabilities. It seeks...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
As death toll rises, Gazans make life-risking journeys to seek food
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Like thousands of other Palestinians in Gaza, Hind Al-Nawajha takes a dangerous, miles-long journey every day to try to get some food for her family, hoping ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs, Russian news agencies report
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing a statement from Russia's Defence Ministry. (Editing by A...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Putin meets Indonesia's Prabowo in Russia in bid to deepen ties
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held talks with President Vladimir Putin in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg on Thursday as they explore ways to deepen...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025
Russia warns strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant could cause 'Chernobyl-style catastrophe'
By Vladimir Soldatkin, Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear pow...
Thomson Reuters Jun 19, 2025

