Reuters

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  Pakistan rules that all citizens must declare religion when applying for ID docs

  A Pakistani court ruled on Friday that all citizens must declare their religion when applying for identity documents, a move human rights advocates say is another blow for the country's persecuted minority communities.

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  Saudi Crown Prince signs off UK visit with push for fighter deal

  In Riyadh, images of the 32-year old Saudi meeting the Christian cross-wearing head of the Anglican church on Thursday dominated newspapers, with headlines citing it as an example of the conservative kingdom's more tolerant approach to religion.

• How will tonight's Oscars ceremony handle #MeToo?

  Last year's Oscar best picture blunder is giving the Academy Awards host nightmares – or so goes one of the comedian's video promotions for Sunday's ceremony.

• Italy heads to the polls today with political stalemate likely

  Italians went to the polls on Sunday in a vote that could bring political gridlock after an election campaign marked by anger over the listless economy, high unemployment and immigration.

• Fresh trade war fears as Trump threatens to tax European auto imports

  US president Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners on Saturday, threatening European automakers with a tax on imports if the European Union retaliates against his plan to slap tariffs on aluminum and steel.

• US gun control group pledges $2.5 million for marches to end school shootings

  Campaigners are calling for the Republican-controlled US Congress to overhaul gun laws to make schools safer in a country where school shootings happen multiple times a year.

• Businesses try to coax Trump from trade war as aides quarrel

  President Donald Trump, after shocking markets with the risk of a global trade war, came under intense pressure on Friday from US business interests and foreign trading partners to moderate his threat to slap tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

• Theresa May sets out ambitions for EU free trade deal

  Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on a future relationship after Brexit.

• Teacher tried to create 'army of children' for London terror attacks

  A British supporter of Islamic State was found guilty on Friday of trying to recruit children he was teaching into an'army' of jihadists to help carry out a wave of attacks across London.

• UN demands Syria truce as airstrikes continue

  The UN Security Council on Saturday demanded a 30-day truce across Syria as rescuers in the country's eastern Ghouta region said bombing had not let up long enough for them to count bodies during one of the bloodiest air assaults of the seven-year war.

• UN delays Syria ceasefire vote as carnage escalates in eastern Ghouta

  The UN Security Council yesterday delayed a vote on a demand for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, where pro-government warplanes have been pounding the last rebel bastion near Damascus in one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the seven-year civil war.

• Israel strikes Gaza killing two Palestinians after soldiers wounded

  Israeli fire killed two Palestinian teenagers in Gaza, local health officials said on Sunday, after Israel launched attacks against 18 targets belonging to militant groups in the enclave in response to an explosion that wounded four Israeli soldiers.