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Iraq

Saddam deputy Tariq Aziz buried in Jordan

Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz has been laid to rest in Jordan. The 79-year-old died in hospital in southern Iraq on June 5th. Relatives

Iraq

Iraq: Hundreds attend funerals of police and militiamen killed in ISIL attack

Suicide bombers targeted a police base in Iraq's Anbar province on Monday leaving at least 40 dead and dozens injured.

Saudi Arabia

Anti-Shi'ite sectarianism condemned at Saudi Arabia bomb victim's funeral

Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia turned out on Saturday for the funeral of the latest victim of the country’s deadliest bomb attack in

USA

Final farewell to B.B. King - with Lucille in attendance

The funeral of B.B. King has taken place in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and not surprisingly the blues man was joined for his final

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Colombia

Huge funeral crowd honours victims of Colombian landslide

The funeral has been held in Colombia of 33 of the 84 victims of the Salgar landslide. Many other people remain unaccounted for. Monday’s flash flood

Republic of North Macedonia

Exclusive: unrest in FYR Macedonia could hit other Balkan countries warns Serbian PM

Skopje remembers the police officers killed during deadly clashes in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Spain held state funerals in honour of Germanwings crash victims

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

Uruguay

Uruguay: mourners pay tribute to acclaimed writer Eduardo Galeano

Mourners have gathered at Uruguay’s Legislative Palace to pay their their final respects to Eduardo Galeano. The journalist and author died earlier

USA

Funeral held for Walter Scott in South Carolina

The funeral of Walter Scott has been held in Summerville, South Carolina. The 50-year-old African-American was shot eight times last week as he ran

Kenya

Kenya begins to bury victims of the Garissa attack

Emotions run high as Kenya begins to bury the victims of the Garissa University attack.

Singapore

Thousands gather for funeral of Lee Kuan Yew

Torrential rain does nothing to dampen the resolve of thousands lining the streets to watch the funeral procession of Singapore's first prime minister.

Afghanistan

Afghans demand justice for Farkhunda

Hundreds of Afghans have gathered in Kabul to protest against the brutal murder of a woman accused of burning the Qu’ran. Farkhunda, a religious

United Kingdom

King Richard III's coffin goes on public view

Several days of commemorative events are taking place ahead of the reburial in Leicester of one of England's most controversial kings, 530 years after his death.

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Pakistani Christians mourn bomb victims

Russia

Thousands in Moscow attend funeral of Boris Nemtsov

Thousands of people, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic who was murdered on

Russia

Thousands in Moscow pay respects to Boris Nemtsov

Thousands of people, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic who was murdered on

Russia

Nemtsov funeral: Crowds gather to pay tribute, but Navalny not allowed to attend

In Moscow, mourners gather to pay tribute to murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who will be buried on Tuesday (March 3).

Russia

Moscow funeral for murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov

The murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will be laid to rest on Tuesday at a cemetery in southwest Moscow. But first his body will lie

Turkey

Turkey: Thousands turn out for funeral of writer Yasar Kemal

Thousands gathered in Istanbul on Monday to say a final farewell to Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey’s best-known writers. The works of the 91-year-old