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Iran

Six year prison sentence for visiting Iran

French-Iranian woman sentenced after returning to comfort her sick mother

Serbia

Pro-EU Progressive Party claims Serbia's general election

The Balkan country looks set to continue along the path of austerity ands talks on EU membership.

Culture news

Charlie Chaplin museum opens

Visit the Little Tramp's mansion on the shore of Lake Geneva

Cinema

Who is the World's Worst Opera Singer?

Florence Foster Jenkins inspires the silver screen

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Culture news

Budapest holds its third international theatre festival

22 performances from 13 countries

Belgium

Thousands gather in Brussels for 'March Against Hate and Terror'

“Together in Peace” Hundreds of people have gathered in central Brussels in memory of those who died in last month’s terrorist attacks. The march is

Russia

Russia hit by severe flooding

Rapid rise in temperatures has melted ice in the north and east

Iran

Direct flights resume between Paris and Tehran

Connection has been suspended since 2008

Germany

Germany says goodbye to Genscher

Merkel and Gauck attend a memorial service in Bonn for the country's longest-serving foreign minister

Libya

Hundreds of migrants rounded up in Tripoli

Experts warn of a potential increase in numbers on the Central Mediterranean route

Italy

Italy goes to the polls over oil and gas drilling

Prime MInister Matteo Renzi urges voters to stay at home

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador shaken by massive earthquake

At least 77 have died, damage is widespread

Japan

A race against time in Japan

Rescuers dig with their bare hands to find those buried alive after a double earthquake disaster

Lebanon

French President kicks off middle east tour in Lebanon

Francois Hollande begins his four-day regional visit by talking arms and refugees in Beirut

France

"Up all Night" protest once more ends in violence in Paris

Police use tear gas, more than 20 people arrested

Greece

"Do not lose hope" Pope tells migrants on Lesbos

Pope Francis joined by Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Athens, Ieronimos II.

Greece

The Pope meets migrants and refugees on Lesbos

Pope Francis joined by Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Athens, Ieronimos II.

Korea

Two years since South Korean ferry tragedy

Thousands gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Sewol as the families accuse the government of a "lack of transparency"

Japan

Double earthquakes devastate southern Japan

Huge rescue operation swings into action on the southern island of Kyushu

USA

Clinton and Sanders get personal in heated New York debate

Is the mounting pressure of their marathon White House race beginning to show?

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