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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday instituted a "World day for Grandparents and the Elderly" in the Roman Catholic Church to be marked once a year to honour them and to underscore their i...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is confident its COVID-19 vaccination programme is secure after receiving guarantees from the European Union, trade minister Liz Truss said on Sunday, trying to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's military will send medical staff and equipment to Portugal, where space in hospital intensive care units is running out after a surge in coronavirus infections, the defenc...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's energy ministry said on Sunday that documents about a potential plan to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea were meant to suggest an "idea" but t...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun supplying its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to the rebel-controlled region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a ban by Kyiv, a local news outlet said on Sunday. Ukr...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The former ruling party in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is committed to "extended resistance", according to an audio message purporting to be from its leader, who accused f...

ROME (Reuters) - Media reports saying Italian President Sergio Mattarella had contacted ex-European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi are groundless, a source in the president's office said, adding ther...

By Rupam Jain and Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban's deal with the United States, ...

By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel P...

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhi's Red Fort had caused "insult" to the country, his first public comments on ...