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India

Nepal quake also causes panic in India and Bangladesh

The quake was felt as far away as New Delhi, as well as in Bangladesh

Nepal

Many people killed and injured in powerful quake in Nepal

The shallow 7.9 magnitude quake was centred about 100 kilometres west of the capital

Yemen

Yemen's ex-president Saleh calls for political dialogue

As armed groups continue to battle each other on the streets of Yemen, there are fresh calls for political dialogue. It comes from the former

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.

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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

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

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

Yemen

Saudi Arabia announces end to military campaign in Yemen

Saudi Arabia says it has achieved its goals against Houthi rebels in Yemen

Cyprus

Remembering Gallipoli, the grinding WWI battle to take the Dardanelles

Soldiers’ descendants have come to commemorate the British allied forces in WWI landing in Gallipoli, Turkey, 100 years ago. The 25th April is known

Italy

27 survivors of Mediterranean shipwreck reach Italy, death toll 800

Twenty-seven survivors of Sunday’s (April 19) Mediterranean shipwreck arrived on a coast guard vessel at the Italian port of Catania on Monday night

World News

Islamist militant leader killed by Russian troops in Dagestan

The operation in Dagestan targeted Aliaskhab Kebekov, also known as Ali Abu Mukhammad

Italy

EU under pressure to prevent Mediterranean Sea deaths

As news broke of another migrant ship sinking off the Greek island of Rhodes an Italian patrol ship docked in Malta. The corpses of 24 people

Iraq

Izzat al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, 'killed in shoot-out'

He was on the US military's most-wanted list: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former henchman of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, has reportedly been killed

Ukraine

Journalist with pro-Russian views shot dead in Kyiv

A journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday (April 16). Oles Buzyna was gunned down near his home by two masked

Italy

6,000 migrants plucked to safety from Mediterranean in last 5 days

Nearly 6,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past five days, including a newborn baby. On Wednesday (April 15) 400

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

Italy

400 people feared dead in Mediterranean Sea tragedy

Around 400 people are feared dead in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean. The migrants were attempting to make the journey between troubled

USA

Soul legend Percy Sledge passes away

Percy Sledge, the soul singer who scored a worldwide hit with When A Man Loves A Woman, has died at the age of 73. His agent said the artist passed

Somalia

At least 15 dead after Al Shabaab Islamist militants storm a government compound in Somalia

At least 15 people have been killed in attack by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants on a government complex in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The victims

USA

Soul star Percy Sledge dies aged 73