BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's police will ask the British government for hundreds more officers to help secure the province's border with Ireland after Britain leaves the European Union, a senior police official said on Thursday. Source: Reuters World News
VATICAN CITY/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday promised Chilean Catholics scarred by a culture of clergy sexual abuse that "never again" would the Church ignore them or the cover-up of abuse in their country, where a widespread scandal has devastated its credibility. Source: Reuters World News
PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal have warned the United States that its decision to withdraw from the pact jeopardizes Russian and Chinese efforts to limit Iran's ability to develop atomic weapons, Western diplomats told Reuters. Source: Reuters World News
A doubling of the number of days new fathers get for paternity leave means that Seychelles now takes the top place in the Indian Ocean region in that category, employment officials said. The Employment Department of the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status increased the length of paid paternity leave from five to ten [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday condemned Syria's decision to recognize two breakaway regions in Georgia, saying it fully supported Georgia's independence and reiterating its call for Russia to withdraw troops from the area. Source: Reuters World News
YANGON (Reuters) - Anti-war protesters in Myanmar on Wednesday urged government leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take action against police who this month broke up a peace rally and arrested them, and raised new concern about freedom of speech. Source: Reuters World News
HONOLULU/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When senior defense officials from around the world, including U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, meet in Singapore this weekend, it won't be all about the U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled to be held in the same city later in June. Source: Reuters World News
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, rejected a request last year to surrender a fugitive into the custody of the United States, at China's behest. Source: Reuters World News
The Seychelles’ Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday remanded a Tanzanian man arrested by authorities last week in possession of 1.4 kg of what is suspected to be heroin, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau said. The 36-year-old male was arrested by officers of the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) of Seychelles on Thursday last week and has been remanded for 12 [...]
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Wednesday after a dissident Russian journalist and Kremlin critic was shot dead in Kiev, in a killing that sent shivers through the journalistic communities in both countries. Source: Reuters World News