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  Pope Francis implicitly criticises Trump over the US leaving Paris climate accord

  Pope Francis implicitly criticised the US today for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change, praising the agreement as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming.

• Death toll from blasts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu tops 200

  More than 200 people were killed by twin bomb blasts that struck busy junctions in the heart of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday, marking the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007.

• Pope canonises first New World martyrs, calls Amazon synod for 2019

  Pope Francis canonised 35 new Roman Catholic saints on Sunday, including three indigenous children martyred in 16th century Mexico and considered the first Christians killed for their faith in the New World.

• Car bombs kill at least 22 in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

  Two car bombs in separate parts of Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed at least 22 people on Saturday and injured several others, police said.

• Islamic State faces imminent Raqqa defeat, Syrian YPG says

  Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in Syria's Raqqa and the city may finally be cleared of the jihadists on Saturday or Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters.

• Trump strikes blow at Iran nuclear deal in major US policy shift

  President Donald Trump struck a blow against the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Friday, defying both US allies and adversaries by refusing to formally certify that Tehran is complying with the accord even though international inspectors say it is.

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  DaVinci Code author Dan Brown claims mankind's need for God will 'eventually disappear'

  The controversial author said God will be replaced by artificial intelligence.

• British mom who joined Islamic State and became one of their top recruiters is killed in drone strike with her 12-y-o son

  Sally Jones was once a punk rocker before leaving Britain to join ISIS in Syria with her jihadi husband and 12-year-old son JoJo.

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  Myanmar takes first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension

  Myanmar today launched its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.

• Donald Trump threatens North Korea: 'Only one thing will work'

  US President Donald Trump is warning 'only one thing will work' in dealing with North Korea after previous administrations had talked to Pyongyang without results.

• Hurricane Nate slams into US coast bringing flooding and storm-surges

  Hurricane Nate slammed into the Mississippi coast on Sunday with destructive winds and torrential rains that flooded streets and highways throughout the region as the fast-moving Category 1 storm made landfall.

• Catholic religious order Legionaries of Christ hit by fresh scandal

  The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order which fell into disgrace after the discovery that its founder was a sexual abuser with a secret family, has been hit by fresh scandal with revelations that the head of its Rome seminary fathered two children.