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• Syrian state TV claims rebels are set to quit enclave near Damascus

  Syrian state TV said on Saturday that rebels had agreed to surrender an enclave northeast of Damascus and go to opposition areas at the border with Turkey, a withdrawal that would clinch another victory for President Bashar al-Assad.

• No more nuclear tests, says North Korea in 'sensational' announcement ahead of talks

  North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the North's state media said on Saturday.

• Religious belief linked to suicidal thoughts for LGBT people

  Although religiosity is generally tied to reduced suicide risk, the opposite may be true for some young lesbian, gay and questioning adults, researchers say.

• Pope Francis 'deeply disturbed' by Syrian airstrikes: Let justice and peace prevail

  Pope Francis called on world leaders on Sunday to renew efforts to bring peace to Syria, saying he was deeply troubled by their failure to agree on a joint plan to end the bloodshed.

• Theresa May 'no practicable alternative' to bombing Syria: Read her full statement

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday the British military had joined the United States and France in carrying out an attack on Syria to target its chemical weapons capability.

• Syria airstrikes: UK, US, France bomb Assad's chemical stores

  US, British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected chemical gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the biggest intervention yet in the conflict by Western powers.

• After chemical weapons attack, Syria alleges US struck air base

  Syrian state TV said on Monday the United States was suspected of striking an air base hours after US President Donald Trump warned of a 'big price to pay' as aid groups said dozens of people were killed by poison gas in a rebel-held town.

• Britain aims to resettle poisoned Russian ex-spy in US reports Sunday Times

  Britain is considering offering poisoned Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia new identities and a fresh life in the United States

• Man drives van into restaurant in Germany, kills 2

  A German man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing two of them before shooting himself dead

• Winnie Mandela: 'mother', then 'mugger', of new South Africa

  Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revolution and redress.

• Egypt's President Sisi re-elected with 97% of vote

  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 per cent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago for his first term, official results showed on Monday.

• Seeds of division and confusion in China as Vatican deal looms

  News of the impending deal has split communities of Catholics across China, according to some critics like Cardinal Joseph Zen in Hong Kong.