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• US Secretary of State Tillerson won't hold a Ramadan event

  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two US officials said.

• More arrests after Manchester bombing, police claim 'immense' progress

  British police said they had arrested two men on Saturday as they stepped up their efforts to capture a suspected network behind the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester earlier this week.

• Iraqi forces begin last battle for Mosul as population starves

  Iraqi armed forces launched an operation on Saturday to capture the last Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military statement.

• Trump's son-in-law had secret contacts with Russians, say US sources

  US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, is said to have had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the US during and after the 2016 presidential campaign.

• Gunmen kill 26 in attack on Christians in Egypt

  Gunmen attacked buses and a truck taking a group of Coptic Christians to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 25 others, witnesses and the Health Ministry said.

• Britain deploys troops after Manchester attack, threat level raised to 'critical'

  Prime Minister Theresa May announced late on Tuesday that the threat level was now considered 'critical', meaning an attack may be imminent.

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  Pop stars tweet prayers after several killed in explosion at Ariana Grande concert in UK

  Katy Perry and Cher were among the pop stars sharing their prayers and condolences in the wake of a blast at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester on Monday night.

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  Trump to attempt relationship 'reset' with Islam in speech today

  President Trump will talk up the positive aspects of the religion after frequently attacking Muslims on the campaign trail last year and trying to ban many from the United States.

• The cyber warfare cell that worries the West – North Korea's Unit 180

  North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.

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  Royal sister-in-law Pippa takes spotlight in star-studded British wedding

  Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, was married in a small English country church on Saturday surrounded by royals and celebrities. Prince Harry's US girlfriend Meghan Markle was not there.

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  Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as James Comey firestorm continues in US

  Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, looking to shift attention from a spiraling political firestorm over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey last week.

• Trump accused of 'obstruction of justice' after revelation he asked FBI director to drop Russia investigation

  The explosive new development on Tuesday followed a week of tumult at the White House after Trump fired Comey and then discussed sensitive national security information about Islamic State with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.