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U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to a deal to reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, as insurgent forces attacked a second northern city. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UiqluQ https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

A Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday it launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen that Houthi-run media said had hit a prison, killing tens of people. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LglBmV https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Trains to Hong Kong's international airport were suspended on Sunday as pro-democracy protesters threatened to disrupt transport links to the airport, The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) operator said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZGwZMD https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Protesters in Hong Kong have thrown gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets, while police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with batons and pepper spray. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2zLIpUF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Indonesian police have arrested dozens of people in the easternmost region of Papua following protests last week in which buildings were set ablaze, a police spokesman said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zIrMJQ https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

China and the United States have begun imposing additional tariffs on each other's goods, the latest escalation in a bruising trade war despite signs talks will resume sometime this month. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2MO6FxY https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The heartwarming Australian family drama H is for Happiness has won the top prize at the CinefestOZ festival in Busselton, West Australia. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/34iVB1p https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The federal government's "No Jab, No Pay" program to ensure children are immunised has acted as a powerful driver for families to make sure vaccinations are fully up to date, Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2UmhlFl https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Blood cancer kills 20 Australians each day on average, with death rates due to double by 2035 unless something is done. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/34jDhFI https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked Poles for forgiveness for German atrocities committed during World War II, during a speech in Wielun, the first city to be bombarded by Luftwaffe in 1939. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2UkfosV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

US and Taliban negotiators are close to an agreement that would reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top US official says. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/34jDj0i https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Marchers in a "Straight Pride" parade descended upon downtown Boston but counter demonstrators assembled to greet them. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2UihDwE https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Australia is sending a maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to join an international effort to enforce United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions against North Korea. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/348HLi6 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been accused of taking pleasure in others' suffering in attempting to deport a Tamil asylum seeker family. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2zIvu5X https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Germany could face a political earthquake, with the far-right looking to emerge in two state elections as the leading political force, a result that could destabilise Europe's biggest economy. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2PxFNVa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A twelve-year-old girl has been killed after the four-wheel-drive she was a passenger in rolled on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2zHdAAG https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to an agreement that would reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, a day after insurgent forces stormed the strategic northern city of Kunduz. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ldpadf https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong's international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HCazWG https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday mark 80 years since the start of World War Two in Poland, with the conflict still a live political issue in the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zDKrX2 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Coco Gauff will not match her magical Wimbledon run -- and Naomi Osaka's quest to defend her US Open title continues. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PI6tD4 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Former Labor Leader Bill Shorten has likened the leadership of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to a "runaway train" after reports that providers are wasting funds on lavish dinners and five-star hotels. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2NI304M https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, has been hospitalised after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a San Diego prison. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2MLaJiP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More than half of young girls with disabilities are experiencing covert bullying in the schoolyard, a new study shows. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/32jP9Wh https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Iran showed off an undamaged satellite on Saturday, days after a rocket exploded on its launchpad in the third failed launch of the year, which U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted about hours earlier. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32bjGFA https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Iran's telecommunications minister suggested in a tweet on Saturday that an Iranian satellite was undamaged after a failed launch, which U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted about hours earlier. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MLr86H https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

It's a humid August afternoon and Jörg Kühne gazes across a public square where children squeal and splash in an ankle-deep fountain. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Lcezzl https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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A recent remark by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about "North Korea's rogue behavior" will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North's KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted its vice foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, as saying. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/30Kyb32 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

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A recent remark by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about "North Korea's rogue behavior" would make talks with the United States more difficult, the North's KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted its vice foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, as saying. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZzUNpz https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MLg5dG https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

A state appellate court rules that a trial judge failed to give the jury proper instructions on a legal theory that would have favored the defendant. (Image credit: AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2NHV57x https://ift.tt/2Lim4nk