Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Indonesia court jails ex-CEOs of Pertamina units in graft case
JAKARTA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court has jailed nine people in a major corruption case involving subsidiaries of state energy firm Pertamina, including two former chief executives of its un...
Feb 27, 2026
Russia's closer ties with the Gulf deliver an Arabic-speaking tourism boom
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - In sub-zero temperatures outside Moscow, teams of husky dogs pull tourists from Oman and the United Arab Emirates across picturesque snow-covered fields in sleds, delighting...
Feb 27, 2026
Kazakhstan cafe blast, fire kill at least seven
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A blast and fire in a cafe killed at least seven people and injured 19 in Kazakhstan's northern town of Shchuchinsk, local authorities said on Friday. A 16-year-old girl was...
Feb 27, 2026
Bedrooms for sale highlight the depths of Europe's housing crisis
MADRID/LONDON, Feb 27(Reuters) - A Spanish startup is selling bedrooms in flats shared with strangers, a British developer offers mortgages for friends willing to buy together, while stakes in rental ...
Feb 27, 2026
Buses, trams and trains grind to a halt across Germany at start of two-day strike
BERLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Buses, trams and trains across Germany ground to a halt early Friday as local transport workers heeded a call by the Verdi public sector union to stage a strike on February ...
Feb 27, 2026
Canada's Carney visits India to boost trade, mend ties on latest 'middle powers' trip
By Maria Cheng OTTAWA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Mumbai on Friday on his first official visit to India, hoping to reset the sometimes fractious relationship wit...
Feb 27, 2026
Embarrassing defeat for UK's Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold
By Andy Bruce and Andrew MacAskill MANCHESTER, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour suffered an embarrassing election defeat to the left-wing Green Party on Friday in an area of Man...
Feb 26, 2026
China conducts patrol in South China Sea, accuses Philippines of 'disrupting' peace
BEIJING, Feb 27 (Reuters) - China's military said on Friday it conducted a routine patrol in the South China Sea from February 23 to 26, and accused the Philippines of "disrupting" peace and stability...
Feb 26, 2026
Factbox-How do Pakistan and Taliban Afghan militaries stack up as tensions flare?
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensified overnight, with both sides claiming heavy losses and the Pakistani defence minister saying his country was in an "...
Feb 26, 2026
Pakistan in an open war with Afghanistan, Pakistan defence minister says
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Friday that the country was in an "open war" with neighbouring Afghanistan, declaring that Islamabad's patience h...
Feb 26, 2026
