Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
France opens Epstein probes into human trafficking and tax fraud
By Gianluca Lo Nostro PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - France has launched wide-ranging investigations into human trafficking and financial fraud among contacts of the late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffre...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Gabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability
LIBREVILLE, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Gabon has suspended some social media platforms, citing concerns that posts could undermine social cohesion and threaten the stability of institutions and national secur...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions
By Marine Delrue Feb 18 (Reuters) - Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Pakistan PM Sharif to seek clarity on troops for Gaza in US visit, sources say
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Before Pakistan commits to sending troops to Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force it wants assurances from the United States that it will...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Argentine maritime workers begin 48-hour strike against labor reform
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Argentine maritime workers from the country's maritime workers federation FESIMAF launched a 48-hour strike on Wednesday, affecting cargo vessel operations, the group said in a stat...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
EU-India trade deal is what world needs, not tariffs, Finland PM Orpo says
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The EU-India trade deal will create opportunities and is what the world needs instead of tariffs, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said, after meetin...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Ramadan begins in Gaza amid ruins of shattered mosques
By Mahmoud Issa GAZA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - As the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan began in Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinians headed to the shattered ruins of mosques or to makeshift prayer spaces made of ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Polish bishop on trial over child sex abuse reporting delays
WARSAW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Polish Catholic bishop appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of holding off on reporting child sexual abuse by priests in his diocese, making him the most senior ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Ukraine imposes sanctions against Belarus' Lukashenko for aiding Russia's war
KYIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed a package of sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to "increase countermeasures" against Minsk for its wartime assis...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Thailand hopes to be 'bridge' for Myanmar and ASEAN, foreign minister says
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nearly five years after a milit...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026




