DUBLIN (Reuters) - The people of Ireland are set to liberalize some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws by a landslide, an exit poll showed on Friday, as voters demanded change in what two decades ago was one of Europe's most socially conservative countries. Source: Reuters World News
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A court in Cameroon on Friday convicted seven activists from the country's Anglophone minority of rebellion and acts of terrorism and gave them sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years, a defence lawyer said. Source: Reuters World News
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Thousands of Argentines on Friday protested the government's bid to secure a credit line from the International Monetary Fund, which they blame for hardship during a past financial crisis. Source: Reuters World News
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish and U.S. working groups, meeting in Ankara on Friday, outlined a draft for cooperation in ensuring security and stability in Manbij in northern Syria, they said in a statement. Source: Reuters World News
More must be done to battle corruption than simply setting up an institution or commission, a top official of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Mauritius said on Friday. Navin Beekary -- the chairperson and director general of the Mauritian commission -- was speaking at a high-level consultative meeting on corruption on Friday in Seychelles. [...]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - London-listed Vedanta Resources plans to stick to operations in a southern Indian city despite protests demanding the closure of its copper smelter that killed 13 people this week, a company executive told Reuters on Friday. Source: Reuters World News
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday said it was possible a planned summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un could still take place on June 12 as originally planned, just a day after he canceled the meeting citing Pyongyang's "tremendous anger and open hostility." Source: Reuters World News
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized an investigation into allegations of irregularities and unlawful conduct at several government departments, the presidency said on Friday. Source: Reuters World News
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he was quietly confident that a strong early turnout in Ireland's abortion referendum on Friday would favor those seeking change in what only two decades ago was one of Europe's most socially conservative countries. Source: Reuters World News
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - About 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of Bani Walid earlier this week, according to a local source and a U.N. report. Source: Reuters World News