Libya Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday. 23/04/2015
Belgium EU to boost migrant patrols European leaders have agreed to treble the budget of the EU’s Triton search and rescue operation in a bid to save the lives of migrants attempting to 23/04/2015
world news EU agrees to triple rescue funding for Mediterranean migrants EU leaders are to triple funding for the search and rescue of migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. European Commission President 23/04/2015
Turkey Ex-foes come together at Gallipoli for centenary of World War I battle Commemorations are underway at Gallipoli in Turkey to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. A student choir from 23/04/2015
Sport Bobsleigh, Volleyball and Sochi triumph in the inaugural SportAccord awards The winners of the SportAccord Euronews awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball 23/04/2015
Iraq Iraq: UN team visits camp for families who have fled Ramadi fighting A senior UN delegation has visited camps in Baghdad for Iraq’s internally-displaced people – 2.7 million of whom have fled their homes since January 23/04/2015
Italy How the EU has struggled to cope with Mediterranean migrant influx In October 2013, images of 111 coffins, four containing children, shocked the world. They were lined up in a shed on the Italian island of Lampedusa 23/04/2015
Armenia Armenia remembers: 1.5 million victims of 1915 massacre canonised Armenia remembers those who died in 1915: 1.5 million people are canonised in the country's main church. 23/04/2015
world news Hubble Space Telescope: NASA releases 25th birthday snapshot It is an anniversary image that is out of this world! For the 25th birthday of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA has released a celestial snapshot 23/04/2015
USA Obama apology after hostages killed in US attack on al Qaeda An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in Jan 23/04/2015
Belgium EU leaders gather for migration summit European leaders bowed their heads during a minute of silence for the 800 migrants who drowned off the coast of Libya on Sunday while attempting to 23/04/2015
world news Euronews Sportaccord winners in Sochi The winners of the euronews Sportaccord awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball 23/04/2015
Armenia US band rocks for peace Rock band System of a Down might look like unlikely ambassadors for a peace mission to reconcile an international dispute that has festered for 100 23/04/2015
World Turkey insists it has nothing to hide on 100-year-old Armenian tragedy Turkey's EU minister places most blame on Armenian position for failure to resolve 1915 massacre issue that has poisoned relations for 100 years 23/04/2015
USA Obama apologises after al Qaeda hostages killed by US forces President Obama has apologised after two Western hostages were accidentally killed when US forces attacked an al Qaeda base on the Afghan-Pakistani 23/04/2015
Culture news Budapest theatre event returns after succesful debut year The two-week programme of the Madách International Theatre Meeting has brought together 20 productions from 13 countries in Budapest. After the 23/04/2015
France France facing 'biggest terror threat in history,' says prime minister France is facing the biggest terror threat in its history, says the prime minister, as police arrest a man suspected of planning attacks near Paris. 23/04/2015
no comment Amnesty International protest over migrant crisis in Europe Amnesty International organised a “Funeral March” in the streets of Brussels as European leaders gather for emergency summit on migrant crisis. 23/04/2015
Armenia Turkey marks 100th anniversary of Armenian massacre Silvard Atajyan was three years of age when mass killings were taking place in southern Turkey in 1915. She was saved by French soldiers along with 23/04/2015
no comment Baby George for Saint George's Day Without a dragon but expecting to be an older brother, the best video from Baby George: a euronews present to the Royal heir and his followers. 23/04/2015
Belgium EU leaders hold emergency summit on Mediterranean migrant deaths Seeking solutions to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, European Union leaders have gathered for an emergency summit in Brussels. Greece and Italy are 23/04/2015
United Kingdom Seven things to know about England on St George’s Day Here are seven things to know about England to coincide with the country’s annual celebration, St George’s Day. Great Britain, United Kingdom and 23/04/2015
Russia Why does this man want his head transplanted? Someone has to go first. So why not me? That is the attitude of Valery Spiridonov who is hoping to have his head transplanted onto a different body 23/04/2015
Germany German rail strike causes major disruption nationwide German rail union GDL has extended a 66-hour strike to passenger routes, causing hundreds of commuter and long-distance trains to be cancelled. Some 23/04/2015
France France: Five terror attacks thwarted, says prime minister 'Five terror attacks thwarted recently,' says the French prime minister, as police arrest a man for allegedly plotting attacks on churches in a Paris suburb. 23/04/2015
no comment The Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile The Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in over 40 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a populated, mountainous area in southern Chile 23/04/2015
Cinema The Super Sequels coming soon Looking at Hollywood offerings there are three films in the pipeline which are part of huge franchises. To begin with the new trailer for ‘Batman v 23/04/2015
Spain Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish playwright and poet who was killed shortly after the start of Spain’s civil war, was executed by the authorities 23/04/2015
no comment Italy: Naval vessel brings hundreds of migrants ashore At least 545 migrants, including 174 women and children, were taken to the Italian port town of Salerno, south of Naples after being rescued at sea 23/04/2015
Malta 800 victims of Mediterranean Sea tragedy remembered in Malta Twenty-four coffins for the only bodies recovered from the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant disaster were carried from Malta’s morgue to a funeral 23/04/2015
