Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Indian Navy responds to drone attack distress call from vessel - ANI
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian Navy ship deployed in the Gulf of Aden has responded to a drone attack distress call from Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, news agency ANI reported on Thursday. The dis...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2024
Night curfew imposed in Comoros after president's re-election sparks protests
By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) - An overnight curfew has been imposed in the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros after violent protests against President Azali Assoumani's re-election rocked the archi...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2024
Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran against militant targets
By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan conducted strikes inside Iran on Thursday, targeting separatist militants, the Pakistani foreign ministry said, two days after...
Thomson Reuters Jan 18, 2024
Taiwan's remaining Pacific allies pledge support
SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's remaining Pacific Island allies have pledged support in the wake of Nauru cutting ties on Monday days after a presidential election, a move that whittled Taiwan's di...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Hezbollah rejected US overtures, still open to diplomacy to avoid wider war
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran-backed Hezbollah has rebuffed Washington's initial ideas for cooling tit-for-tat fighting with neighbouring Israel, such as pulling its fighter...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Japan counts down to precision 'moon sniper' landing mission
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts a precision landing on Friday, in what would be a boost for a space programm...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Taiwan Cabinet submits customary post-election resignation
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's ministerial Cabinet submitted its customary post-election joint resignation on Thursday, but is widely expected to be asked by President Tsai Ing-wen to stay on in a caretak...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Indonesia presidential hopefuls pledge to boost troubled anti-graft agency
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's presidential candidates have pledged to strengthen the government's anti-corruption agency, laying out their plans ahead of the country's Feb. 14 election, to counter p...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Singapore minister charged with corruption in rare case
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has been charged in court for graft, the anti-corruption agency said on Thursday, in one of the most high-profile g...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024
Australia rejects China comments on sonar incident
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday rejected comments by China's ambassador seeking to deflect blame from China's navy for the injury of Australian military divers in an incident near Japan in No...
Thomson Reuters Jan 17, 2024

