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• Syrian rebels shoot down Russian warplane and kill pilot after he ejects

  Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia's defence ministry and Syrian rebels said.

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  Ruined Albanian churches could be tourist magnet if repaired

  Many old Albanian Orthodox churches and the art they contain lie in ruins due to decades of neglect but they could attract tourists if they are repaired, according to experts.

• 'How are we to live?': Afghan capital in shock after ambulance bomb kills over 100

  Kabul reacted in despair and fear on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomb killed more than 100 people and wounded at least 235 in the worst attack seen in the Afghan capital in months.

• Taliban ambulance bomb kills at least 95, wounds more than 150 in Kabul

  A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint.

• Top Cardinal in rare rebuke of Pope Francis over sex abuse comments

  A key US cardinal distanced himself from comments by Pope Francis on sexual abuse, saying they had caused 'great pain,' a remarkable move pointing to divisions in the Roman Catholic Church over how to treat accusers.

• President Trump one year on: How Mike Pence's agenda marches on

  In a year marked by chaos and infighting in Trump's White House, Pence has been one of the most effective administration officials in advancing his own policy goals.

• Donald Trump addresses March for Life: 'Abortion is wrong. It has to change'

  President Donald Trump criticized US abortion laws as among the most permissive in the world in a speech to anti-abortion activists at the annual March for Life on Friday, and pledged his administration would always defend 'the right to life'.

• Pope Francis attacks 'consumerist greed' harming Amazon rainforest

  Pope Francis issued a ringing defence of the people and the environment of the Amazon on Friday, saying big business and 'consumerist greed' could not be allowed to destroy a natural habitat vital for the entire planet.

• US government in shutdown after Democrats and Republicans fail to reach a deal

  The US government shut down at midnight on Friday after Democrats and Republicans, locked in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security, failed to agree on a last-minute deal to fund its operations.

• Panic after ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities

  An emergency alert was sent mistakenly on Saturday to Hawaii's residents warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack when an employee at the state emergency management agency pushed the 'wrong button,' Hawaii's governor said.

• Israel says it destroyed Gaza attack tunnel under Israel, Egypt borders

  The Israeli military said on Sunday it had destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel that ran from Gaza into Israel and Egypt, dug by the Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Palestinian enclave.

• Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave were 'innocent civilians'

  Rohingya Muslim insurgents said today that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state last month were 'innocent civilians', and not members of their group.