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• Pope Francis renews commission on sex abuse as key survivor gives 'eye opening' testimony

  Pope Francis renewed a commission on clergy sexual abuse on Saturday, confirming a US cardinal as its head, as the Vatican promised to give victims a greater say in its work.

• Pope Paul VI, famed for condom opposition, to be made a saint this year

  The late Pope Paul VI, who led the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s and 1970s during one of its most turbulent modern periods and enshrined its opposition to contraception, will be made a saint this year, Pope Francis has decided.

• Three suicide bombers kill 18 in Nigeria's Maiduguri - police

  Three suicide bombers killed 18 people in the north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri, capital of the state worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, its police commissioner said on Saturday.

• 13 Russians charged with interfering in US election

  A Russian propaganda arm oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 US presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton, said an indictment released on Friday that revealed more details than previously known about Moscow's purported effort to interfere.

• Telltale internet message may have foreshadowed Florida school massacre

  New details about the troubled background and gun ownership of the suspect, Nikolas Cruz, emerged as he appeared in court to face formal charges of carrying out the second-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in US history.

• Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 feared dead

  It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash, which happened as temperatures hovered around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfalls.

• Knife-wielding attacker wounds 4 churchgoers in Indonesia

  A knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta on Sunday, officials said, before being shot by police who could not yet confirm if it was a terror-related incident.

• Trump says Democratic memo on Russia is 'very political,' needs redactions

  The release of the memo was blocked by Trump on Friday, kicking off a new skirmish between Democrats and the White House.

• Quarter of all Iraqi children living in poverty, UN says

  One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country's war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation's children agency said on Sunday.

• Chilean victim of sexual abuse demands thorough Vatican investigation

  Juan Carlos Cruz said Pope Francis had 'set the clock back years and years' with his recent comments casting doubt on the credibility of victims of abuse.

• Israel launches attacks in Syria after F-16 crashes

  The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission to strike Iranian drone installations in Syria.

• Korean leaders may have first summit meeting in 10 years

  Any meeting would represent a diplomatic coup for Moon, who swept to power last year on a policy of engaging more with the reclusive North.