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

(Reuters) - No bidders were present on Wednesday at an auction in Myanmar for the sale of the home of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for which the starting price had been set at around $90 mil...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government backed its ambassador to Washington, the former prime minister Kevin Rudd, after U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump called the key diplomat "a little bi...

By Panu Wongcha-um NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday said it was vital for a pause in fighting between Israel and militant group Hamas to e...

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean presidential official has resigned following criticism of his comments about a 1988 knife attack on a journalist, which some media and lawmakers viewed as ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A passenger bus collided into a tunnel wall in north China's Shanxi province on Tuesday, killing 14 people and injuring 37 others, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. Accord...

By Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Fierce resistance mounted by Australian unions against plans for a new submarine base shows the challenge facing the high-stakes defence project with the United S...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong's new national security bill was deeply worrying and could erode fundamental freedoms in the China-ruled city. "It is ala...

(Reuters) - A detachment of Russia's Pacific Fleet ships conducted comprehensive naval exercises, including live fire, in the Peter the Great Gulf and Sea of Japan, Russia's Interfax reported on Wedne...

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has built "enormous" military bases on three islands surrounding Taiwan's main holding in the South China Sea...

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it will ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes, increase fines on retailers that sell to those younger than 18 year...