Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Since March, Trump has repeatedly said the Iran war will end soon
(Corrects date of last statement to June 11, not June 12) By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States has reached a deal to end the war with Ira...
Jun 12, 2026
Congolese security forces disperse protesters opposing constitutional change
DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) - Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed a crowd outside the parliament building in Kinshasa on Friday, witnesses and opposition politicians said, as de...
Jun 12, 2026
EU countries agree to maintain compensation paid to passengers for flight delays
BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - European Union countries agreed on Friday to maintain the current three-hour flight delay threshold for compensation in the EU's next set of airline passenger rights and ...
Jun 12, 2026
What's happening with the contested ballots in Peru's election?
By Alexander Villegas LIMA, June 12 (Reuters) - The initial count has finished in Peru's runoff presidential election, but now the lengthy process of reviewing contested ballots is under way by electo...
Jun 12, 2026
Pope borrows King of Spain's jet to return to Vatican after technical issue
By Joshua McElwee TENERIFE, Spain, June 12 (Reuters) - Pope Leo boarded a Falcon jet offered by the King of Spain after a technical issue grounded the larger papal plane on the island of Tenerife, del...
Jun 12, 2026
Azerbaijan sentences prominent rights activist to eight years in prison
BAKU, June 12 (Reuters) - A court in Azerbaijan sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years in prison after convicting him of hooliganism and fraud in a case his lawyer said was politically m...
Jun 12, 2026
EU asylum database malfunctions on migration pact launch day
BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - The European Union's central asylum database, Eurodac, suffered a technical malfunction on Friday, the day the bloc's landmark migration and asylum pact went into force, ...
Jun 12, 2026
US deports Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, lawyer says
By Robbie Corey-Boulet DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) - The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing it as a "super dan...
Jun 12, 2026
Ukraine hikes military pay and seeks more foreign fighters, Zelenskiy says
By Olena Harmash KYIV, June 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine will hike military wages and seek to recruit more fighters abroad, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, as the army faces a manpower shortag...
Jun 12, 2026
Defence resignation exposes spending bind for Starmer - and any challengers
By Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Keir Starmer has a new defence minister, but the same problem: no spare money, competing political and financial demands and a party ...
Jun 12, 2026
