Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
India's Modi pushes for more women in bigger parliament in democratic overhaul
By Sakshi Dayal and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, April 16 - India's government launched a bid to overhaul its democratic system on Thursday, with bills to increase the size of parliament and bring fo...
Apr 16, 2026
Frenchman jailed for hit-and-run in Israel is shot dead in upscale Paris street
PARIS, April 16 (Reuters) - A Frenchman whose role in a fatal hit-and-run in Israel more than a decade ago triggered a diplomatic dispute between Paris and Jerusalem, was shot dead on a street in the ...
Apr 16, 2026
US senators reassure Taiwan on weapons approvals in coming weeks
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in...
Apr 16, 2026
Switch off and read, France's Macron tells teenagers
By Michaela Cabrera and Daria Sito-Sucic VILLERS-COTTERETS, France, April 16 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged high school pupils on Thursday to switch off their phones and read, push...
Apr 16, 2026
Explainer-Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain's armed forces
By Sarah Young and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - The Iran war has left Britain's armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest ...
Apr 16, 2026
South Africa's Malema faces political crisis after jail sentence in firearm case
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - Julius Malema, a polarizing figure in South African politics, faces an uncertain political future after being sentenced to five years priso...
Apr 16, 2026
US military: 'locked and loaded' to strike Iran's power plants, energy industry if ordered
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is just an example of "polite" behavior during the ongoing ceasefire and U.S. forces are ready to strike...
Apr 16, 2026
Settlers block Palestinian pupils' path to West Bank school with barbed wire
By Nuha Sharaf and Yosri Al-Jamal JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian children have been unable to go to school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this week because of barbed wire ere...
Apr 16, 2026
How the US could clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz
By Cassell Bryan-Low April 16 (Reuters) - As the United States embarks on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, it could draw on an arsenal of drones, explosiveladen robots and helicopters to redu...
Apr 16, 2026
Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world ruled by 'tyrants' after Trump attacks
BAMENDA, Cameroon, April 16 (Reuters) - Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on...
Apr 16, 2026
