Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Analysis-Venezuela’s melting 'permafrost' draws debt investors' optimism
By Libby George WASHINGTON, April 20(Reuters) - Venezuela, a country subject to Western sanctions and saddled with billions in debt, was the biggest cause for optimism at last week's otherwise sombre ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Israeli fire kills two in Gaza, Hamas clashes with Israeli-backed militia
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, April 20 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clas...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Exclusive-US to host further G20 talks on war's impact on food and fertilizer
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. will host further talks in coming weeks for the Group of 20 major economies on the impact of the war in the Middle East on food and fertilize...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Slovenia PM Golob's party goes into opposition after coalition talks fail
SARAJEVO, April 20 (Reuters) - Slovenia's outgoing prime minister, Robert Golob, on Monday said that his liberal Freedom Movement (GS), which narrowly won a parliamentary vote in March, would go into ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Factbox-Why are French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk's X?
PARIS, April 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's summons for questioning by prosecutors in Paris is linked to a widened investigation into alleged offences linked to X's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, a...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Israel says it thwarted Iranian plan to attack Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline
JERUSALEM, April 20 (Reuters) - Israel on Monday said it had uncovered an Iranian network that had planned to attack a pipeline carrying crude oil from Azerbaijan to the Mediterranean as well as Israe...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
China's Xi, in call with Saudi crown prince, calls for Strait of Hormuz to remain open
BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Column-Amid Middle East chaos, China changes tactics on Taiwan and Japan
By Peter Apps April 17 (Reuters) - As U.S. Vice President JD Vance returned to Washington last weekend after unsuccessful peace talks in Pakistan over the crisis in the Gulf, China's Foreign Ministry ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Pope Leo decries exploitation by world's 'authoritarians' during Angola trip
By Yesim Dikmen and Joshua McElwee SAURIMO, Angola, April 20 (Reuters) - Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being "exploited by authoritarians and...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026
Exclusive-Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say
By Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and sai...
Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026

