Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Italy investigates church painting of angel restored to look like Meloni
ROME, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An angel in a church in central Rome has been restored to look like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a national newspaper reported on Saturday, prompting the culture min...
Jan 31, 2026
Canada’s opposition Conservative Party votes to keep leader Poilievre
By Maria Cheng and Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Conservative Party has voted overwhelmingly to retain Pierre Poilievre as its leader after a leadership review called...
Jan 31, 2026
Gas leak triggers Bandar Abbas building blast, Mehr news reports
Jan 31 (Reuters) - A gas leak caused the explosion at a building in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, citing the local fire department...
Jan 31, 2026
Hungary's Orban denies need for spending cuts after April election
BUDAPEST, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban denied on Saturday that he will have to impose austerity measures to rein in the budget deficit if he wins an election in April, and ...
Jan 31, 2026
Four killed in gas blast in residential building in Iran's Ahvaz, media reports
Jan 31 (Reuters) - Four people were killed after a gas explosion at a residential building in Iran's Ahvaz, the state-run Tehran Times reported citing the head of the city's fire department. (Reportin...
Jan 31, 2026
Pakistan says 92 militants killed after attacks in Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 31 (Reuters) - At least 92 militants were killed on Saturday battling Pakistan's security forces in multiple cities across the southwestern province of Balochista...
Jan 31, 2026
Drone strikes in Ethiopia's Tigray region kill one, injure another
Jan 31 (Reuters) - One person was killed and another injured in drone strikes in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Saturday, a senior Tigrayan official and a humanitarian worker said, in another si...
Jan 31, 2026
Gas leak caused blast in Iran's Bandar Abbas, Iranian media say
Jan 31 (Reuters) - An explosion that hit a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday was caused by a gas leak, according to a preliminary assessment, the local head of the...
Jan 31, 2026
Cubans under siege as US stranglehold sets in
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Cubans from all walks of life are hunkering into survival mode, navigating lengthening blackouts and soaring prices for food, fuel and transport as the U.S....
Jan 31, 2026
Ukraine and Moldova hit by blackouts from grid malfunction before power restored
By Yuliia Dysa and Alexander Tanas KYIV/CHISINAU, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Parts of Ukraine and Moldova, including the neighbouring countries' capitals, were plunged into blackouts on Saturday caused by a m...
Jan 31, 2026
