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

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The late French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre, a lifelong campaigner for the homeless and the poor, has been accused of sexual assault, the charities he founded sa...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions against a former Israeli military sergeant for his alleged involvement in gross violations of human rights in the occupied West Bank, incl...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East was briefly interrupted on Wednesday when two protesters stood with signs and yelled for the release of I...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy is planning to improve weaponry aboard some of its F35 fighter jets, a defence ministry document showed, in what analysts see as a move to secure well-stocked, ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least nine of the 16-member crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that capsized off Oman on Monday have been recovered, said government and navy officials from India, which has...

By Giuseppe Fonte and Marta Di Donfrancesco ROME (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday he hoped the European Commission would give special consideration to defence...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Historical drama "Shogun," the sweeping story of a struggle for power in feudal Japan, racked up 25 nominations on Wednesday to lead this year's contenders for television's Emm...

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after she refused demands fro...

PARIS (Reuters) - French security services on Wednesday arrested a right-wing sympathiser in eastern France on suspicion of plotting attacks to take place during the Paris Olympics, Interior Minister ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine exchanged 95 prisoners of war each on Wednesday in the latest such swap after the United Arab Emirates acted as an intermediary, Russia's Defence ministry and Ukr...