Afghanistan's government and the Taliban will meet for peace talks in Doha in a bid to end nearly two decades of war, though a quick breakthrough seems unlikely u.afp.com/3EDk
#BREAKING Historic Afghan peace talks open in Doha
#BREAKING Afghan govt negotiator thanks Taliban for 'willingness to negotiate
#BREAKING Afghan govt negotiator calls for 'humanitarian ceasefire' with Taliban
#BREAKING Taliban negotiator renews call for 'Islamic system' for Afghanistan
Pompeo urges Afghan talks to 'seize opportunity' for future generations
#UPDATES Historic peace talks open between the Taliban and the Afghan government, with the warring parties meeting face to face in Qatar even as violence continues on the ground in Afghanistan u.afp.com/3EDk
#BREAKING NATO chief Stoltenberg hails Afghan peace talks as 'historic opportunity'
VIDEO: 🇶🇦🇦🇫 The #Taliban delegation arrives at a hotel in Qatar's capital Doha for peace talks with Afghanistan's government in a bid to end nearly two decades of war #afghanpeacetalks
VIDEO: 🇶🇦🇦🇫 Historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the #Taliban seeking to end 19 years of war have opened in Qatar's capital Doha. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned after disagreements over a prisoner swap #afghanpeacetalks
#UPDATE The head of NATO hailed the start of peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government on Saturday as an "historic opportunity", while warning that violence in the country remained "unacceptably high." u.afp.com/3Ezc#afghanpeacetalks
VIDEO: 🇶🇦🇦🇫 As peace negotiations between Afghanistan's government and the #Taliban open in Doha, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges the rivals to "seize the opportunity" to end hostilities for the sake of future generations #afghanpeacetalks
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
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#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco