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After years of delays and technical challenges, Germany's air force's growing fleet of Airbus A400M military transport planes will now include a "flying intensive care station", top air force and defense ministry officials said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M4Jsns

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt urged France and Germany on Tuesday to lobby European Union negotiators for a sensible outcome to Brexit talks, warning that Europe would also suffer "if Brexit goes wrong". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KeCcUe

The daughter of a former president of Angola failed to respond to her first summons from state prosecutors to answer questions about her time running Sonangol, the state oil company, Angola's state news agency reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v2P0IE

Najib Balala told critics to "go to hell" after they blamed him for the deaths of 10 rhinos. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2M5NGuX

China urged the United States on Tuesday not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit its territory when she visits Belize and Paraguay next month, adding to tension between Beijing and Washington that has worsened amid a trade war. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M26Th7

A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 migrants and returned them to Libya earlier this week may have been in breach of international law, the United Nations said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LLUPng

A third party in Mali's presidential election claimed on Tuesday that its candidate had made it through to a run-off vote, further complicating a poll beset by violence that has stopped thousands from casting their ballots. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KiJDde

Two special envoys sent by Pope Francis to investigate a child sex abuse scandal in Chile were meeting priests and Church workers at a university in the Chilean capital last month when aides rushed into the room with an alarming development: police and prosecutors were about to start raiding Church offices. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OxrTy6

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It is not a good time for Iran to negotiate with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentarian said on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet Iran's leader without preconditions. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2K9Brfa

Dareen Tatour said her poem was mistranslated and misinterpreted by the Israeli authorities. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KcKN9T

The shooting happened in a billiard hall in an area where two rival rebel groups vie for control. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KdtplA

An Israeli court jailed an Israeli Arab poet for five months on Tuesday after convicting her of incitement to terrorism for a poem and remarks she posted on social media during a wave of Palestinian street attacks. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v2HX2E

Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate, officials and witnesses said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LVfiWG

Thailand has asked Britain to extradite former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in absentia to jail for negligence, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NZjl1Q

The Irish lizard was found mummified by the spider's silk in a County Dublin garden. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Arkzkp

Some evidence from neighbouring countries would suggest otherwise. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2vkHcRW

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear deal was "illegal" and it was up to Europe to preserve the landmark accord with Tehran. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M5z12T

Four members of Russia's Pussy Riot protest group who were jailed for 15 days for staging a pitch invasion during the soccer World Cup final were detained again after their release on Monday and were held overnight, their lawyer said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LKG83Z