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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

South Korea

Families mark anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster

Families of victims who were on board the Sewol ferry that sank one year ago off the coast of South Korea marked the anniversary by visiting the spot

Vatican

Pope Francis refers to 'genocide' over WWI massacre of Armenians

Pope Francis has quoted the word “genocide” in referring to the mass killings of Armenians 100 years ago, under Ottoman rule in World War I. His

Israel

Thousands gather at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the start of Orthodox Easter

Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the annual event known as, “the miracle of the Holy Fire”. on the

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Greece

Orthodox Easter takes on additional meaning for debt-ridden Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has joined worshippers celebrating Orthodox Easter in Athens. Like Orthodox Christians across the world, Greeks

Germany

Buchenwald: 70th anniversary of Nazi concentration camp's liberation

Survivors and veterans have been gathering at what was Buchenwald Concentration Camp to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation on April 11

Israel

Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday across Middle East

Orthodox Christians have marked Good Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City by retracing what they believe was the route Jesus Christ took to his

Russia

Russia holds day-long celebrations on Crimea annexation anniversary

Thousands turned out for a fireworks display in the Crimean city of Sevastopol ending a day of celebrations marking the first anniversary of Russia’s

United Kingdom

Gandhi statue unveiled in Parliament Square, London

United Kingdom

Britain commemorates end of UK involvement in Afghan war

Queen Elizabeth joined veterans of the Afghan war and relatives of those who died, at commemorations in London marking the end of Britain’s

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Hong Kong celebrates Lunar New Year

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Bolivians sacrifice llamas in local mining tradition

Poland

Auschwitz survivors 70 years on plead for 'our children's future'

At the Gate of Death, survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau have marked 70 years since their liberation from the Nazi German extermination camp in Poland

Poland

[As it happened] Remembering the Holocaust at Auschwitz, 70 years on

Germany

Merkel speech opens Auschwitz anniversary events

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed an audience gathered in Berlin for an event marking 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the former

Business Series

Opera star Andrea Bocelli is honoured at World Economic Forum in Davos

You might not expect to see a celebrated opera singer at The World Economic Forum in Davos. But Andrea Bocelli joined the business and political

France

"They died so we can live freely": France pays tribute to police killed in Paris attacks

French President François Hollande gives a moving speech in a ceremony dedicated to Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the police officers who were brutally killed in the att

France

France remembers the officers who died in the Paris attacks

"They died so the people of France may be free." France pays tribute to the three police officers who were gunned down during the Paris attacks.

Afghanistan

Afghan soldiers arrested after rockets kill wedding guests

Four Afghan soldiers have been arrested after army mortar rounds hit a wedding party – reportedly killing more than 20 civilians and wounding nearly

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Brazilian worshippers celebrate the Goddess of the Sea