Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Czech president adds to criticism of government's defence spending cuts
PRAGUE, March 16 (Reuters) - Czech President Petr Pavel called the new government's reduced defence spending unjustifiable on Monday, adding to criticism that Prime Minister Andrej Babis' 2026 budget ...
Mar 16, 2026
EU border agency boat sinks off Megisti
March 16 (Reuters) - An EU border agency vessel sank on Monday off the easternmost Greek island of Megisti, injuring four of the five people on board, Greek authorities said. The boat was carrying fou...
Mar 16, 2026
EU has 'no appetite' to expand Mideast naval mission to Strait of Hormuz, Kallas says
BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers showed "no appetite" to expand an EU naval mission in the Middle East to the Strait of Hormuz for the time being, EU foreign policy chie...
Mar 16, 2026
Iranian families weep as war dead are buried in Tehran cemetery
(Changes transcription of name to Erfan in paragraph 1, transcription of Rezaei throughout) By Maggie Michael TEHRAN, March 16 (Reuters) - As gravediggers prepared new burial plots for those killed in...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump on Iran: we don't know if new leader is still alive
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it was unclear whether new Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was still alive, given reports he had been injured...
Mar 16, 2026
Cuba to allow nationals living abroad to own businesses on island, NBC News reports
HAVANA, March 16 (Reuters) - Cuba plans to allow nationals living abroad, including in the United States, to invest in and own businesses on the island, the country's deputy prime minister told NBC Ne...
Mar 16, 2026
Rotterdam synagogue blast had terrorist intent, prosecutors say
AMSTERDAM, March 16 (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors on Monday said the four men suspected of causing an explosion at a synagogue in Rotterdam on Friday had acted with terrorist intent. "The acts were me...
Mar 16, 2026
Russia has taken 12 settlements in Ukraine in first two weeks of March, top general says
MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia has taken control of 12 settlements in Ukraine in the first two weeks of March, Russian state-run news agencies cited Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, as say...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump says some countries are not enthusiastic about helping unblock Hormuz strait
By Bo Erickson and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his call to nations to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and complained that some were not ...
Mar 16, 2026
Pakistan-bound oil tanker passes through Hormuz Strait amid Iran war
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, March 16 (Reuters) - Ship-tracking data shows a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, indicating that some countries are able to neg...
Mar 16, 2026
