Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)

JAKARTA, May 7 (Reuters) - Victims of last year's deadly floods in Indonesia's Sumatra filed a lawsuit to the state court on Thursday, urging the government to grant national disaster status to three ...

MANILA, May 7 (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard has accused China of conducting illegal marine scientific research near the oil and gas-rich Reed bank within Manila's exclusive economic zone in t...

By Mikhail Flores and Panarat Thepgumpanat CEBU, Philippines, May 7 (Reuters) - The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet in the Philippines for rare talks following deadly fighting between the n...

BERLIN, May 7 (Reuters) - Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track to become the strongest party in an eastern state election in September, a poll showed on Thursday, raising the prospect o...

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Millions of British voters cast their ballots on Thursday in local and regional elections that are expected to deal a huge blow to Prime Minister Keir Star...

TAIPEI, May 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan has carried out the maiden torpedo test firing for its first domestically developed submarine, a major milestone in a project aimed at strengthening deterrence against...

By Bart H. Meijer, Olivia Le Poidevin and Ingrid Melander AMSTERDAM/GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) - Countries worldwide sought to prevent the further spread of the hantavirus on Thursday, after an outbreak ...

(Corrects paragraphs 1 and 3 to indicate fired minister was in post for less than three months, not two weeks) JUBA, May 7 (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's mi...

By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal May 7 (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the country's parliament. Manele l...

By Jessica Donati, Fiston Mahamba and Rachael Kennedy GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 7 (Reuters) - In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled throug...