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• Iran jails 16 women for joining ISIS in Syria

  Sixteen women who went to Syria to join Islamic State have been jailed in Iran, a Tehran prosecutor said on Sunday.

• Lava eruptions destroy Hawaii homes, hundreds evacuated amid gas threat

  Nearly 2,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island have been evacuated from homes after lava eruptions destroyed five houses and sulphur dioxide gas threatened to harm anyone who stayed in the residential area, officials said.

• Anger in France, Britain over Trump's gun law speech

  US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of knife crime in London to a handgun ban.

• France's Macron, after overture to Church, to visit pope in June

  President Emmanuel Macron, accused of straining France's secular foundations by saying he wanted to mend ties with the Catholic Church in his country, will travel to the Vatican in June to meet Pope Francis, the Vatican said on Friday.

• Trump says date, place set for North Korea summit

  President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of US troops from the area.

• Israeli troops fire shots, tear gas at Gaza protesters, 1,100 Palestinians hurt

  Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas at Palestinians who thronged the Gaza-Israel frontier and rampaged at a border terminal on Friday as part of a long-running protest, injuring about 1,100 people.

• Hawaii on high alert after day of earthquakes, more lava fissures

  Hawaii's Big Island was on high alert on Friday evening after the Kilauea volcano spent a day spewing lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, included a powerful tremor, shook the island.

• UN Security Council puts spotlight on Rohingya refugee crisis

  UN Security Council envoys began a four-day visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday to see first-hand the aftermath of a Myanmar military crackdown that Britain, the US and others have denounced as ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

• Pompeo starts Middle East tour with call for new Iran sanctions

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on yesterday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the US aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran.

• Suicide blast in Kabul kill 12, wounds many

  A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens as they waited to receive identity cards, officials said.

• We didn't assassinate Palestinian in Malaysia, Israel says

  Israel's defence minister said on Sunday a Palestinian scientist shot dead in Malaysia was a rocket expert and 'no saint', but dismissed suggestions by Hamas that Israel's Mossad spy agency assassinated him.

• Queen Elizabeth celebrates 92nd birthday with star-studded concert

  Britain's Queen Elizabeth attended a star-studded special concert on Saturday as the world's oldest and longest-reigning living monarch celebrated her 92nd birthday.