Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Taiwan says sale of second package of arms from US is proceeding on schedule
TAIPEI, March 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo on Tuesday said he believed the U.S.' internal review process for the sale of a second package of arms to the island is proceeding o...
Mar 16, 2026
US federal jury convicts Assad-era Syrian official of torture
By Kanishka Singh and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a former Syrian government official, who headed the Damascus Central Prison under the gove...
Mar 16, 2026
Afghanistan says 400 killed in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital, Pakistan rejects claim
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Ariba Shahid and Asif Shahzad KABUL, March 17 (Reuters) - At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kab...
Mar 16, 2026
Drones, rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say
BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Rockets and at least five drones were launched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources said, describing the att...
Mar 16, 2026
UAE air traffic operations return to normal
March 17 (Reuters) - Air traffic in the United Arab Emirates returned to normal after temporary precautionary measures were lifted, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday, citing the country's Gene...
Mar 16, 2026
Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia released from US immigration detention
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman was released on bond from a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas after a judge's order, the last pro-Palestinian activist h...
Mar 16, 2026
Pollution from Russian strike on Ukraine hydro plant cuts water to Moldovan city
(Corrects size of city in paragraph 1 to third-largest, not second-largest) CHISINAU, March 16 (Reuters) - A Russian attack on a hydroelectric plant in southern Ukraine triggered an oil spill and poll...
Mar 16, 2026
Rubio tells US diplomats to push allies to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday urged U.S. diplomats abroad to push allies to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and...
Mar 16, 2026
North Korea to convene new assembly on March 22 to consider constitutional revision, KCNA says
SEOUL, March 17 (Reuters) - North Korea's newly elected Supreme People's Assembly will convene its first session on March 22 to deliberate on a constitutional revision and on the implementation of a f...
Mar 16, 2026
Russian air defences down 67 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, mayor says
MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Russian air defence units downed at least 67 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Monday, according to data published by the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin. On Monday morn...
Mar 16, 2026
