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

PHNOM PENH, May 27 (Reuters) - A Cambodian court has convicted and sentenced six Chinese nationals to life in prison on charges they tortured and murdered a South Korean student involved with one of C...

By Reade Levinson TINE, Chad, May 27 (Reuters) - They could do nothing but watch as paramilitary fighters shot and killed their loved ones. They were held captive and endured beatings. Their phones, s...

NAIROBI, May 27 (Reuters) - Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda's government said on Wednesday...

By Elwely Elwelly, Emily Giles and Amy McConaghy DUBAI/LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - Iranians isolated by a long internet shutdown imposed by the authorities during the war with the U.S. and Israel expre...

(Corrects paragraph 5 to state that North and South Kivu provinces are partially controlled by M23 rebels, not that North Kivu is held by M23 and South Kivu is controlled by the Alliance Fleuve Congo;...

THE HAGUE, May 27 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday set November 30 as the start date for the trial of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who is charged wit...

(Corrects day of week in lede to Sunday not Saturday) May 27 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Sunday, May 17, declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health...

AMSTERDAM, May 27 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will send a minesweeper to the Mediterranean Sea as part of NATO operations to allow a possible rapid deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, should a mission...

By Andrew Osborn and Lucy Papachristou MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had warned Armenia it would suspend or terminate the supply of cheap oil, gas and rough diamonds to the So...

By David Ljunggren and Maria Cheng OTTAWA, May 27 (Reuters) - Canada, which says it wants to reduce reliance on U.S. defense firms, on Wednesday announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes ...