DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain must submit written proposals on how it plans to keep a frictionless border on the island of Ireland after Brexit in the next two weeks or face an uncertain summer of talks, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying on Saturday. Source: Reuters World News
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who tried to ram his car into them in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said. Source: Reuters World News
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Air strikes by Turkish warplanes "neutralized" at least 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq as well as in Turkey's eastern provinces of Tunceli and Siirt, the military said on Saturday. Source: Reuters World News
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is ordering top procurement officials in government offices to undergo lie-detector tests as part of a corruption crackdown following a series of scandals. Source: Latest CNN News
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested 15 people suspected of producing more than 55,000 counterfeit bottles of brands of fine alcohol, which enabled them to sell off poor quality booze at top-drawer prices, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Source: Reuters World News
Two Seychellois -- Kalsey Belle and Nandita Nair -- have been awarded 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowships, a six-week program at U.S. universities to explore leadership in the areas of business, civic or public management. The 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows were officially announced this week by the Chargé d’affaires of the US Embassy, Melanie Zimmerman, at [...]
One of South Africa's largest hospitals on Thursday was barricaded and protesting workers set car tyres on fire blocking ambulance access, creating chaos for patients and reportedly disrupting operations. More than 100 support staff stopped work to demand Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke hospital, also known as Joburg General, pay performance bonuses and overtime, the National Education, [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in a complete reversal, said on Friday he would hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore in the latest twist in the high-stakes diplomacy over eliminating Pyonyang's nuclear arms program. Source: Reuters World News
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo said that the international community should not question Kim Jong Un's motives, as it could hinder progress in bringing about the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Source: Latest CNN News
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead six traffic police in the central Mexican city of Salamanca on Friday, authorities said, one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months. Source: Reuters World News