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• Pope baptises 34 babies, tells mothers to feel free to breastfeed them if they're hungry

  Pope Francis baptised 34 infants during a long ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday and told their mothers to feel free to breastfeed them there if they were hungry.

• Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals

  Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummelled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the Church's decision to sell land to Jewish groups.

• Bereaved father punches priest who refused to bury his toddler son

  A bereaved father has punched a priest who refused to bury his toddler son because the family belonged to a rival Church.

• Rohingya insurgents ambush Myanmar military truck, five wounded

  Rohingya Muslim insurgents ambushed a military vehicle in Myanmar's Rakhine State, wounding five members of the security forces, state media and officials said, and the rebels claimed responsibility for the rare attack.

• Iran protests are not our business, UN states tell US

  Demonstrations erupted in Iran over a week ago after the government announced plans to raise fuel prices and cut monthly cash handouts to lower-income Iranians.

• 'Fire and Fury' revelations will bring down Trump presidency, author says

  The author of a book that is highly critical of Donald Trump's first year as US President said his revelations were likely to bring an end to Trump's time in the White House.

• Author of Trump book contradicts President, says he interviewed him

  The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump's first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the President while working on it.

• Egypt files murder charges against man held for Coptic church attack

  Egypt's public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church and a Christian-owned shop in a Cairo suburb last week, judicial sources said.

• Israeli archaeologists find 2,700-year-old 'biblical governor of Jerusalem' seal impression

  Israeli archaeologists yesterday unveiled a 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which they said belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem.

• Iranian protesters attack police stations as clerical leadership faces boldest challenge for years

  Iranian protesters attacked police stations late into the night on Monday, news agency and social media reports said, as security forces struggled to contain the boldest challenge to the clerical leadership since unrest in 2009.

• Pakistan summons US ambassador after Trump's angry tweet about 'lies and deceit'

  Pakistan summoned the US ambassador in protest against Donald Trump's angry tweet about Pakistan's 'lies and deceit', while Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif dismissed the outburst as a political stunt.

• Israel raises threshold to cede parts of Jerusalem in any future peace deal

  Israel set a higher threshold on Tuesday for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, who want the eastern part of the city for a future independent state.