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Daniel Arnold scales Matterhorn in record time

Mountaineering has had a dark week following the tragedy in the Himalayas but now Swiss climber Daniel Arnold has provided the sport with a welcome

Vietnam

Vietnam celebrates 40 years since the fall of Saigon

Parades are held in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate 40 years since the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War.

Austria

Austria celebrates 70 years of the 2nd Republic

Austria is celebrating 70 years since the foundation of the 2nd Republic. The Austrian and German presidents were among officials attending a

Italy

Italians celebrate 70th anniversary of Liberation Day

Italians are celebrating the 70th anniversary of Liberation Day. Ceremonies are being held to mark the uprising against the Nazis and their Fascist

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Gallipoli centenary

Turkey

Dawn service at Gallipoli to mark ANZAC centenary

Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders attend 100th anniversary event

Armenia

Armenia remembers the victims of 1915 massacre

Armenians have marked the centenary of the mass killing of their people at the hands of Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915. Coming from all over the

Turkey

Remembering Gallipoli: Britain's Prince Charles lays wreaths at memorial

World leaders have gathered at the World War I battle sites of the Gallipoli campaign to mark 100 years since the British-led invasion

Armenia

Leaders gather to mark 100th anniversary of Armenia massacre

World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, France and Serbia, have gathered in the Armenian capital

Armenia

Solemn ceremony in Armenia to mark 100th anniversary of massacres by Ottoman Turks

World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, France and Serbia, have gathered in the Armenian capital

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US veterans visit Vietnam to mark end of war anniversary

Armenia

Armenian killings 'genocide' says German President

As commemorations begin to mark the 100th anniversary of the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians, the German President Joachim Gauck has described the killings at the hands Ottoman Turkish forces

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.

World News

Happy Birthday, Hubble: legendary telescope turns 25

It was launched into space exactly 25 years ago, on 24 April 1990, amid much scepticism. The Hubble Space Telescope did little to silence its critics

Armenia

'Relations with Turkey could improve' Armenian president tells euronews

Armenia has renewed calls for the 1915 massacre of up to 1.5 million of its people to be internationally recognised under one label. As the 100th

Cambodia

Cambodia: 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh

In Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy leads prayers on the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge. #Cambodge : 40e

South Korea

{Watch} Attempt at world's largest candlelit vigil in S Korea

As part of commemorations for the victims of South Korea’s sunken ferry Sewol, an attempt has been made to create a new world record for a candlelit

South Korea

South Korea's president vows to raise Sewol ferry on first anniversary of disaster

South Korea’s president has pledged to raise the wreckage of the Sewol ferry that sank last year killing 304 people. President Park Guen-hye made

World News

Nigeria's new president vows to make every effort to free schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram

Nigeria’s newly elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, is vowing to make every effort to free hundreds of girls abducted by Boko Haram militants.

USA

America commemorates end of Civil War 150 years on, as healing continues