Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Catalan cat shelter gets smart to help COVID orphans
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Overflowing with aging cats who lost their owners to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona's cat sanctuary El Jardinet dels Gats has launched an online campaign to get them adopted. A...
Oct 27, 2020
Nigerian judge throws out case against 47 men facing homosexuality charge
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - A judge in a Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex due to the failure of p...
Oct 27, 2020
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist on hunger strike in detention, says family
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, held in Saudi Arabia since 2018, began a new hunger strike on Monday over the conditions of her detention, her family sa...
Oct 27, 2020
French Muslim leader says Muslims should ignore controversial cartoons
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior French Muslim leader urged fellow Muslims on Tuesday to ignore cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad rather than resorting to violence in a call for moderation amid outrage acros...
Oct 27, 2020
Boat carrying migrants capsizes off northern France
PARIS (Reuters) - At least three people were missing and a search operation was underway after a boat carrying about 20 migrants capsized off the coast of Loon-Plage near Dunkirk, northern France, loc...
Oct 27, 2020
Erdogan files criminal complaint against Dutch politician Wilders
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal complaint with Turkish authorities against prominent Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders saying that he had insulted him on so...
Oct 27, 2020
Belgium’s former King meets estranged daughter for first time
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's former King Albert has met his daughter Delphine for the first time, after she won a seven-year legal battle to prove that he is her father, earning re...
Oct 27, 2020
In Armenia, war refugees sleep rough in the diamonds
By Maria Tsvetkova and Nvard Hovhannisyan ABOVYAN, Armenia (Reuters) - In a factory where diamonds are cut, Anna Osipyan and her two grandchildren found something even more precious after fleeing thei...
Oct 27, 2020
Mali and France at odds over talks with Islamist militants
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim prime minister said on Monday he was open to talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast swathes of the country ungovernable, but former colonial pow...
Oct 26, 2020
Pompeo says Libya ceasefire agreement a “courageous step”
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that a ceasefire agreement between Libya's warring factions was a courageous step and that all foreign fighters must leave the ...
Oct 26, 2020
