Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
One dead, 172 rescued after Indonesian ferry from Bali catches fire
JAKARTA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities rescued 172 people on Wednesday after a ferry travelling from the tourist island of Bali caught fire in waters off Lombok, officials said, as the sea...
13h ago
Taiwan condemns 'dangerous' planned Chinese navy drill with Indonesia to its east
By Ben Blanchard and Ananda Teresia TAIPEI/JAKARTA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government condemned planned Chinese navy drills with an Indonesian warship off its east coast, saying they were dangero...
14h ago
Trump White House asked DOJ to explore new Reflecting Pool charges, sources say
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's White House has asked the Justice Department to examine potential new charges related to alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Me...
16h ago
North Korea fires missile ahead of major US-South Korea drills
By Joyce Lee and Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday toward the sea off the Korean peninsula's east coast, South Korean and Japanese authorities ...
17h ago
NZ's Luxon survives party vote, but challenge exposes cracks ahead of election
By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal WELLINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survived a confidence vote on Wednesday after his defence minister mounted a leadership cha...
17h ago
Zelenskiy: Ukraine has given US negotiators proposals for ending the war with Russia
Aug 11 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine had handed proposals to U.S. negotiators for a plan to end the war with Moscow and suggested that Russia would use its par...
17h ago
Exclusive-Bolsonaro campaign drafts debt-linked fiscal rule to replace Brazil framework, sources say
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign is preparing a new fiscal framework to replace Brazil's current budget rules, imposing tighter spending ...
18h ago
Yemen's Houthis attacked Saudi ship in Bab el-Mandeb, Houthi-run news agency says
Aug 11 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a Saudi ship carrying military equipment in Bab el-Mandeb, Houthi-run news agency Saba reported. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation. The...
20h ago
Romania destroys drones drifting near major offshore gas project in the Black Sea
BUCHAREST, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Romanian army divers destroyed two Gerbera-type drones drifting in the country's Black Sea exclusive economic zone near the offshore gas project Neptun Deep, Defence Mini...
20h ago
Nigeria police say 10 officers, 17 suspected bandits killed in clash in Kebbi state
By Hamza Ibrahim and Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Ten Nigerian police officers were killed and two wounded in a clash with a gang of suspected bandits in northwestern Kebbi state, police sa...
20h ago
