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FBI arrests Russian accused of heading hacker 'storefront'
The FBI arrests Kirill Victorovich Firsov, the administrator of the deer.io platform

Russian Patriarch warns against 'dangerous' domestic abuse bill
The Patriarch, a 73-year-old monk who has led the Church for a decade, says the bill targeting domestic violence is an attempt to 'legalise outside forces interfering in family life,' which he called a 'sacred space'

Duterte appoints 3 provincial board members
The President fills in vacancies in the provincial boards of Kalinga, Bukidnon, and Surigao del Norte

Russia charges top director with fraud
The Investigative Committee which probes serious crimes says Kirill Serebrennikov is charged with defrauding the state of at least 68 million rubles 1 15 million 977 000 euros in arts funding over 3 years from 2011 to 2014
In the limelight: Village chiefs tapped to swear in nat'l officials
Aside from Vice President elect Leni Robredo s chosen ones meet the other barangay captains who have administered the oath taking of national officials

Cuba decorates Russia patriarch after pope visit
Cuba s president Raul Castro hands the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church the Order of Jose Marti a Cuban national hero in the governmental Palace of the Revolution in Havana

Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch
Pope Francis is set to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto before traveling around Mexico to visit Catholic shrines and crime ridden areas

Historic pope-patriarch declaration: key points
Here are key points from their joint declaration

Pope, patriarch urge Christian unity at historic talks
The Orthodox Church s refusal to accept the primacy of the Roman pontiff has long been the primary barrier to a rapprochement between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches

Pope Francis to have historic meeting with Russian Patriarch in Cuba
The meeting will be the first of its kind since a schism in the 11th Century split what was then the only Christian Church into Western and Eastern branches

Ukraine Church leader says Putin 'possessed by Satan'
Patriarch Filaret of Ukraine s Orthodox Church accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to incite bloodshed and killings in eastern Ukraine

Russian Orthodox patriarch to visit Holy Land: officials
The head of Russia s powerful Orthodox Church will visit key Christian sites in Israel and the Palestinian territories from November 9 14 as well as the Yad Vashem memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem