Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
France discriminated against hijab-wearing vocational trainee -U.N. document
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - A United Nations committee ruled that France discriminated against a Muslim woman who was prevented from attending vocational training in a public school while w...
Aug 03, 2022
Azerbaijan demands withdrawal of Armenian troops around Nagorno-Karabakh, fighting rages
(Reuters) - Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry on Wednesday demanded the disarmament of "illegal Armenian formations" around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh after clashes erupted around the encl...
Aug 03, 2022
Fourteen missing, presumed drowned after two Sierra Leone boat incidents
FREETOWN (Reuters) - More than a dozen people are presumed to have drowned in two separate boat incidents in Sierra Leone this week, authorities said on Wednesday. Five people died when two makeshift ...
Aug 03, 2022
Belarus jails journalist for Polish broadcaster; Warsaw vows response
(Reuters) - A Belarusian court convicted a journalist for Polish broadcaster Belsat TV to five years in jail on Wednesday, a verdict Warsaw described as unacceptable and one that it would respond to. ...
Aug 03, 2022
Iraq’s Sadr says parliament sit-in will continue till demands met
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday told his supporters to continue their sit-in which occupies the Baghdad parliament until his demands which include early election...
Aug 03, 2022
Lebanon port authorises departure of seized Syrian ship carrying suspected stolen Ukrainian grain
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Tripoli port authorised the departure of a Syrian ship carrying grain suspected to have been stolen from Ukraine and which had docked in the port city a week ago, Lebanon'...
Aug 03, 2022
U.N. chief launches fact-finding mission into Ukraine prison attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he will launch a fact-finding mission into an attack in the front-line Ukranian town of Olenivka that killed prison...
Aug 03, 2022
U.S. must act responsibly to save 2015 nuclear pact – Iran’s chief negotiator
DUBAI (Reuters) - The ball is in Washington's court to save Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iranian top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted ahead of his trip to Vienna, where Iran ...
Aug 03, 2022
U.S. Senate expected to approve Finland and Sweden joining NATO
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was due to vote on Wednesday on Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1...
Aug 03, 2022
Canada minister calls on China to de-escalate tensions after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
(Corrects spelling of China in headline) Montreal (Reuters) - Canada is extremely concerned with heightened tensions after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit this week, Canadian Foreign Mi...
Aug 03, 2022
