Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
UN says Israel's death penalty law violates international law
GENEVA, March 31 (Reuters) - The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday urged Israel to repeal a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, s...
Mar 31, 2026
Factbox-In Lebanon, UN peacekeepers are caught in the firing line
BEIRUT, March 31 (Reuters) - Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed this week in southern Lebanon, making the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah one of the deadliest chapters for a peacekeeping miss...
Mar 31, 2026
Warren Buffett will not commit to more donations to Gates Foundation
By Jonathan Stempel March 31 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Tuesday declined to commit to continuing his annual multibillion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation, following the recent release of ma...
Mar 31, 2026
UN says initial findings show roadside blast killed Lebanon peacekeepers
March 31 (Reuters) - A roadside explosion appears to have struck the convoy of two Indonesian peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, citing initial findi...
Mar 31, 2026
London mayor asks diplomats to push back against Trump's 'lies' about UK capital
By Catarina Demony and Marissa Davison LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on British diplomats stationed around the world on Tuesday to help counter what he described as "disi...
Mar 31, 2026
German chancellor clarifies Syrian refugee comments after backlash
BERLIN, March 31 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clarified on Tuesday comments he made about the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland after economists and politicians warned that a...
Mar 31, 2026
Supreme leader Khamenei in Iran but avoiding public appearances, Russian envoy says
(Corrects typographical error in headline) March 31 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in the country but is refraining from making public appearances "for understandable reasons", ...
Mar 31, 2026
Tunisian journalist sentenced to two years, union denounces systemic attack on media
TUNIS, March 31 (Reuters) - A Tunisian court handed down a two-year prison sentence to news website editor Ghassen Ben Khelifa, in the latest prosecution targeting media workers, a move the journalist...
Mar 31, 2026
Pentagon declines to reaffirm NATO's collective defense, says up to Trump
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO's collective defense, saying that would be up to President D...
Mar 31, 2026
Lebanon bracing for long-term displacement crisis amid funding crunch, minister says
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, March 31 (Reuters) - Lebanon is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands displaced by Israeli strikes and evacuation orders will not return home...
Mar 31, 2026
