Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Iran brands U.S. ‘pirates’ over seized Venezuela-bound oil
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran accused the United States on Friday of acting like the "Pirates of the Caribbean" after Washington said it had sold off Iranian crude oil shipments that it seized on their way t...
Oct 30, 2020
Madame Tussauds in Berlin dumps Trump before U.S. election
BERLIN (Reuters) - The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV star-turned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday, a move apparently intended to reflect i...
Oct 30, 2020
First Jerusalem-born American gets U.S. passport that lists ‘Israel’ as birthplace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States on Friday issued for the first time a passport to a Jerusalem-born American with 'Israel' listed as the place of birth instead of the city. The U.S. Ambassador ...
Oct 30, 2020
Analysis: Stick or twist? Azerbaijan looks to drive home Nagorno-Karabakh gains
By Robin Paxton and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber (Reuters) - A recent rallying cry by the ethnic Armenian leader of Nagorno-Karabakh contained a startling admission: enemy troops were no more than five ki...
Oct 30, 2020
Pakistani police fire teargas at protesters trying to approach French Embassy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police on Friday briefly fired tear gas at protesters who broke through security blockades in Islamabad in a failed attempt to demonstrate at the French Embassy against...
Oct 30, 2020
Kenyan court jails two men for 2013 Westgate mall attack
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - A court in Kenya sentenced two men on Friday to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall that killed...
Oct 30, 2020
Belarus leader threatens to leave protesters ‘without hands’ as strike rumbles
KYIV (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to leave protesters "without hands" on Friday, sharpening his rhetoric as hundreds marched through the streets and rallied outside un...
Oct 30, 2020
As Algeria heads for constitution vote, enthusiasm in short supply
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's leaders see Sunday's referendum on a new constitution as a key part of their strategy to move beyond last year's popular unrest, but few people in the st...
Oct 30, 2020
Pope vows to fight corruption but sees it as uphill struggle
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said in an interview published on Friday that he is determined to root out corruption in the Catholic Church but that he is not overly optimist...
Oct 30, 2020
EU urges quick WHO reform, asks for more transparency in pandemics
By Francesco Guarascio and Caroline Copley BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) should be quickly overhauled, get more powers to handle pandemics and expose its member state...
Oct 30, 2020
