2015-03-15

Belgium

Thousands attend inter-faith march in Brussels

Around 5,000 people gathered in the centre of Brussels on Sunday to participate in a march calling for peace and tolerance between religious faiths

15/03/2015

Brazil

Brazil protests call for Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully on Sunday in over 50 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s

15/03/2015

Syria

Kerry: US 'has to negotiate' with Syria's Assad

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk to Syrian President Bashar Assad to stem that nation’s violence. In an interview

15/03/2015

Sport

Severin Freund claims fourth successive win on Holmenkollen

Severin Freund claimed his fourth successive victory. His win on the Holmenkollen, his second of the weekend was a huge step towards winning the

15/03/2015

France

Care, not paperwork, say French health workers

Thousands of French health practitioners took to the streets of Paris on Sunday (March 15) to protest against a bill aimed at reforming the country’s

15/03/2015

Sport

Gravity: Kristoffersen breaks 4-month famine while Fenninger is on the brink

Welcome to Gravity our weekly programme dedicated to downhill skiing. Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, who won the first slalom of the season, tasted

15/03/2015

Chile

Chile: firefighters continue to tackle blaze

Officials in Chile say they’ve now contained a raging forest fire – but it’s still not under control. Some of the 7,000 residents who had evacuated

15/03/2015

Brazil

Brazil protests call for Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

Anti-government protesters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday kicked off a wave of nationwide demonstrations against President Dilma Rousseff.

15/03/2015

Italy

Italian tourist guides protest over government reforms

Thousands of Italian tourist guides have been protesting in Rome. They are angry about government changes to the examination and registration

15/03/2015

Sport

Hamilton storms to victory in Australia

Welcome back to Speed​​, our programme dedicated to the world of motorsport. Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix got underway on

15/03/2015

North Korea

North Korea's first tourists since end of Ebola quarantine

Tourists have touched down in North Korea for the first time in months. It comes after harsh entry restrictions – said to be aimed at preventing

15/03/2015

India

Indian bride calls off wedding after groom fails maths question

An Indian bride has called off her arranged wedding after her husband-to-be failed a maths question. “Lovely” became suspicious about the man’s

15/03/2015

Iraq

Shi'ite militia and Iraqi troops continue push for Tikrit

Shi’ite militias, Iranian military advisers and some Sunni tribal fighters have continued helping the Iraqi army to retake Tikrit from ISIL fighters

15/03/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan: Christians protest after deadly blasts outside churches

Two suicide bombers have reportedly blown themselves up in Lahore, killing more than a dozen people and injuring many more. The attacks happened

15/03/2015

Sport

Di Francisca shines in Cuba

Italy’s Elisa Di Francisca produced a stunning performance to clinch the women’s foil Grand Prix in Havana on Sunday. The two time Olympic Champion

15/03/2015

France

Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket reopens after Paris attacks

The Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris where four hostages were killed in January has reopened in Paris. “There we are, we are open again,” the

15/03/2015

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Cascading waterfall in China

15/03/2015

Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Aid teams start arriving after 'monster' cyclone

Aid teams have started arriving in cyclone-hit Vanuatu, as the scale of the disaster begins to unfold. The Pacific island paradise is now a scene

15/03/2015

World News

China threatens 'decisive' response after alleged Myanmar bombing

China says it will take “decisive” measures if Myanmar commits another attack on its territory. The threat comes amid allegations that Myanmar

15/03/2015

Pakistan

At least 10 dead in Lahore church blasts

Ten people have been killed and dozens more wounded in bomb attacks outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The blasts, which happened

15/03/2015

Brazil

Brazil: At least 40 dead in mountain bus crash

At least 40 people are reported dead in Brazil, after a bus plunged down a deep ravine. It happened late on Saturday, in a mountainous area of Santa

15/03/2015

Vanuatu

Tiny Pacific Vanuatu cleans up after devastating Cyclone Pam

Vanuatu has been counting the cost of Cyclone Pam, which has wrecked the tiny Pacific nation and taken an unknown number of lives. The first aid

15/03/2015

Syria

Nothing to celebrate as the Syrian Conflict hits the four-year mark

The conflict in Syria is four years old today, four years during which the country has been ripped apart as the conflict has changed and become more

15/03/2015

Russia

Russian writer Valentin Rasputin dies

15/03/2015

Denmark

Swedish artist Lars Vilks receives free speech award

Swedish artist Lars Vilks has reappeared in public for the first time since narrowly avoiding death in the Copenhagen killings last month. He was

15/03/2015

Croatia

Throw another sheep on the oil spill

Shepherds on the Croatian island of Pag may be onto a good thing with the news scientists have identified the wool from their sheep as unique. It

15/03/2015

Turkey

Turkish Kurds rally and call for Ocalan to be freed

Thousands of Kurds have taken part in marches mostly in SE Turkey calling for the release of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. He was sentenced to

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