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David Cameron to unveil plans to boost home ownership
The Prime Minister will strike at criticism that the government is failing people priced out of the housing market.
Pentagon says it 'deeply regrets' deaths in Afghan hospital strike
Medecins Sans Frontieres officials have demanded an independent investigation into an attack it called a war crime.
California governor signs bill legalising physician-assisted suicide
The move comes despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups.
Oregon shooting: Grief counsellors welcome students back to Roseburg college
President Obama plans to visit Roseburg on Friday to meet privately with families of the victims.
Tsipras: Greece has to have debt relief if it's to recover
Greece's budget sticks strictly to international bailout targets in a new spirit of cooperation.
Pope tells Synod: 'Church should not be a museum of memories'
The three-week Synod on the Family will discuss ways to defend the traditional family.
'We're at our limit': Merkel told Germany can't take more refugees
Germany needs to limit the number of refugees it takes in or even close its borders, conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the weekend, as the country deals with record inflows of people fleeing from war and poverty.
ISIS destroy Palmyra's Arch of Triumph
Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months.
Assad: Russia's campaign against ISIS is vital to save Middle East
The military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies is vital to save the Middle East from destruction, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said, a day after Moscow said it would step up air strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria.
Myanmar: Religious tensions grow as thousands of nationalist monks stage rally
Thousands of Myanmar's nationalist monks and their supporters prayed, clapped and held speeches at a large rally in the country's biggest city on Sunday, in a show of growing clout of radical Buddhists ahead of a Nov. 8 election.
Pope opens synod; calls for welcoming Church but no gay marriage
Pope Francis on Sunday reaffirmed Catholic opposition to gay marriage as he opened a three-week gathering of bishops from around the world but said the Church had to show love and understanding towards all.
Hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide
Hopes faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 86 people, even as families scrabbled through rubble to find the bodies of loved-ones, with hundreds of others still missing.
Russia to step up air strikes in Syria
Russia said on Saturday it will step up air strikes in Syria, escalating a military intervention which Moscow says is weakening Islamic State militants but which Western powers say aims to support President Bashar al-Assad.
Gunman in Oregon college massacre committed suicide
The gunman who killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon community college committed suicide after a shootout with police who arrived within five minutes and exchanged fire with him almost immediately, authorities said.
Vatican sacks priest after he comes out as gay
The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office on Saturday after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality.
Britain: Only 5 per cent of Russian strikes aimed at Islamic State
Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria are aimed at Islamic State targets, the defence secretary said on Saturday, warning that Vladimir Putin was instead killing civilians to shore up President Bashar al-Assad.