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.
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.
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.
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 Sunda…
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.
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 Korea…
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 an…
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 volatil…
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.
North Korea to get relief only after ‘verifiable and irreversible step to denuclearization’: Mattis
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defence 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 Korea…
