Voting begins in Slovenia; anti-immigrant party tipped to win

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The head of the anti-immigrant party widely tipped to win national elections in Slovenia on Sunday said forming a government would not be easy, as he cast his ballot in a town in the country's east.

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Austrian far-right leader wants EU's Russian sanctions ended

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's vice chancellor and leader of the country's far-right Freedom Party called for ending the European Union's sanctions against Russia, days before he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin during a trip to Vienna.

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Nine dead after refugee boat sinks off Turkey: Anadolu agency

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Nine people died and one person was missing on Sunday after a speedboat carrying 15 refugees sank off the coast of Turkey's southern province of Antalya, the state-run Anadolu agency said.

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Relief for North Korea only after clear, irreversible steps to denuclearization: Mattis

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday North Korea will receive relief only after it takes clear and irreversible steps to end its nuclear program, adding it would be a bumpy road to a summit between U.S. and North Korean leaders.

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Philippines Duterte tells U.N. human rights expert: 'Go to hell'

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told a U.N human rights expert who said the country's judicial independence was under threat to 'go to hell', warning against interference in domestic affairs.

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U.S. weighs more South China Sea patrols to confront 'new reality' of China

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China's growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world's most volatile areas.

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Nearly half Afghan children out of school, rising for first time since 2002

KABUL (Reuters) - Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organizations said in a report on Sunday.

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Mourners bury young Guatemalan woman killed by U.S. border agent

SAN JUAN OSTUNCALCO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners congregated in a town in Guatemala on Saturday to bid farewell to a young indigenous woman who was shot dead by a border patrol agent in Texas last month.

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AFD chief rebuked for playing down Nazis in German history

BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians rebuked the co-leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after he made comments to his party that appeared to play down the significance of the Nazis in Germany's history.

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As election looms, Modi's popularity wanes in rural India

KAIRANA, India (Reuters) - Indian farmers voted overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.

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Indonesian police detain three over suspected plot to attack assembly

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained three former students in a raid on a university campus in Pekanbaru, on Sumatra island, and seized crude bombs and other explosive material, police said.

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Myanmar says willing to take back all Rohingya refugees

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country's National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said on Saturday.

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Slovenians go to polls, opposition center-right party expected to win most seats

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliamentary election on Sunday is likely to hand the most seats to an opposition anti-immigrant center-right party, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), but it may not find the coalition partners to form a government.

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