Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Syrian state media says loud explosions heard in Homs city
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian state media said loud explosions were heard in the city of Homs on Tuesday and that authorities were checking the source of the blasts. The news flash gave no further details....
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian vessel involved with Nord Stream 2 pipeline
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a ship involved in building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to take Russian natural gas to ...
Jan 19, 2021
In parting shot, Trump administration declares China’s repression of Uighurs ‘genocide’
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has determined that China has committed "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang regi...
Jan 19, 2021
Iran blacklists Trump, U.S. officials as his term nears end
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran blacklisted U.S. President Donald Trump and several current and former senior U.S. officials on Tuesday over what it called "terrorist and anti-human rights" acts, a move widely...
Jan 19, 2021
WHO health regulations need tweaks but not major change – panel
GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Health Regulations remain a cornerstone of public health security and need improving in some areas, but not major changes, the chair of a World Health Organization...
Jan 19, 2021
France’s Macron says success in Sahel enables operational change
BREST, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday opened the door to withdrawing some troops from the Sahel region saying that Paris was able to adjust its operations after success...
Jan 19, 2021
China defends early actions on COVID-19 after panel report
GENEVA (Reuters) - China on Tuesday defended its early actions taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, saying that it immediately notified the World Health Organization and took "the most comprehensive,...
Jan 19, 2021
Russia’s Putin marks Orthodox Epiphany with icy dip
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in nothing but a pair of blue swimming trunks, immersed himself in the freezing water of a cross-shaped pool near Moscow on Tuesday, observ...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. exempts aid groups from blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has exempted various aid groups, including the United Nations and the Red Cross, from Yemen-related sanctions, according to a notice posted to the U.S. Departm...
Jan 19, 2021
Tunisian protesters revive ‘Arab Spring’ chant to demand government’s fall
TUNIS (Reuters) - Protesters rallied in Tunisia's capital on Tuesday after several nights of street violence, reviving the chant that rang a decade ago in a revolution that brought in democracy: "the ...
Jan 19, 2021
