Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Chile begins construction of anti-migration trenches at Peru border
SANTIAGO, March 17 (Reuters) - Chile's new right-wing government has begun deploying heavy machinery to dig trenches along its northern border with Peru, moving to deliver on President Jose Antonio Ka...
Mar 17, 2026
Iran war is not delaying US weapons shipments to Taiwan, officials say
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The war on Iran has not delayed shipments of weapons to Taiwan or changed U.S. policy toward the island, officials from Presid...
Mar 17, 2026
Commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force killed, Iranian state media says
DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force was killed in U.S.-Israel attacks, Iran's state media said on Tuesday. Israel had earlier on Tuesday ...
Mar 17, 2026
Peru's Balcazar shuffles cabinet a month into presidency
By Marco Aquino LIMA, March 17 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Jose Balcazar shuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, just one month into his interim presidency, after his prime minister resigned. Prime Minist...
Mar 17, 2026
Iranian rescue workers struggle under relentless bombardment
By Maggie Michael TEHRAN, March 17 (Reuters) - As U.S. and Israeli air strikes pound Tehran, Iranian rescue workers are braving the risk of secondary attacks and say they are suffering trauma from the...
Mar 17, 2026
France's Macron and Germany's Merz to discuss troubled fighter project, sources say
By Sabine Siebold, Tim Hepher and Michel Rose BERLIN/PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Leaders of France and Germany will discuss the crisis-hit FCAS fighter programme on the sidelines of a European Union s...
Mar 17, 2026
Congo Republic's Sassou wins re-election with nearly 95% in tightly controlled vote
BRAZZAVILLE, March 17 (Reuters) - Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with 94.82% of the vote, state television said on Tuesday, extending his nearly 42-year rule over th...
Mar 17, 2026
Analysis-Suicide bombings show resilience of Nigerian jihadists despite years of war
By David Lewis and MacDonald Dzirutwe LONDON/LAGOS, March 17 (Reuters) - Nigeria's president described attacks in the northeast's most heavily defended city as "the final desperate" acts of militants ...
Mar 17, 2026
Rocket and drone attacks resume on US embassy and diplomatic facility in Baghdad, sources say
BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Rocket and drone attacks on the U.S. embassy and a diplomatic facility in Iraq resumed on Tuesday after a series of earlier strikes the same day, security sources said. R...
Mar 17, 2026
Four dead after scaffolding collapses at Vienna building site
VIENNA, March 17 (Reuters) - Four people were killed after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in the courtyard of a residential apartment building in the upmarket ninth district of Vienna, a...
Mar 17, 2026
