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

VIENNA (Reuters) - The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids already ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed the first big political test of his third term on Wednesday as a ruling party candidate was elected speaker of the lower house of parliame...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian shelling destroyed a radiation control post in Velyka Znamyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russia's management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine said on ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of relief from a cost of living squeeze without an end ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday that China had carried out a "joint combat readiness patrol" near the island involving 26 military aircraft as well as warships, in the l...

(Reuters) - Russia will resume direct passenger rail service with North Korea in July after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the news agency Interfax reported on Wednesday. Citing the ...

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean authorities on Wednesday ordered a lithium battery maker to halt factory operations indefinitely after a fire killed 23 people and said three company offic...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Takeoff and landing at South Korea's Incheon international airport was disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled wit...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The captain of a merchant vessel reported a missile hitting the water near the ship 52 nautical miles south of Yemen's port of Aden, security information provider the United Kingdom ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru asked a judge to withdraw its request to strip a Chinese state-owned company's exclusive rights to operate a "megaport" it is building on Peru's Pacific coast, sources said on Tu...