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Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month on: family members gather in Cologne to remember the 150 who died in the Germanwings crash.

Yemen

As Yemen death toll rises, UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen

Italy

10,000 migrants enter Italy in last week alone

The wave of migrants arriving at Italy’s ports is showing no sign of let up, as hundreds more arrived in Pozzalo on Friday morning. Ten thousand

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

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Syria

Eight dead in attack on Aleppo claims Syrian state television

Eight people have been killed and dozens buried under rubble in Syria’s second city of Aleppo after an attack by the militant group, Islamic State

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USA

US Midwest surveys damage after tornadoes ravage rural communities

People in America’s Midwest have been surveying the damage caused by several tornadoes on Thursday. Two neighbours – both women in their sixties –

Pakistan

Mumbai attack suspect released on bail

The suspected mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail. Officials at the prison confirmed the

Morocco

[Video] Bus crash kills more than 30 in Morocco

At least 31 people have died and nine injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus carrying a group of athletes. The bus, said to be

Poland

Poland remembers Smolensk air crash five years on

Poland is commemorating the fifth anniversary of its worst national tragedy since World War II – the plane crash in Russia that killed the president

Kenya

'We are here to kill': Garissa survivor depicts horror of Kenya massacre

For the relatives of students missing after the attack on Garissa University College, the slow pace of the identification process and some confusion

France

French investigators find second "black box" from Germanwings crash

French authorities say they have found the second black box of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people. The

World News

Dusseldorf church memorial for plane crash victims

A special church service was held in Dusseldorf’s Catholic Basilika, St. Lambertus on Friday to commemorate and remember the victims of the

France

Germanwings crash dominates conversation in Seyne les Alpes

The Germanwings crash will long be remembered in Seyne les Alpes, which is close to where the plane went down. It is a disaster that is dominating

France

France: relatives of Germanwings victims visit crash scene

Relatives of those on-board the Germanwings flight which crashed in the French Alps have been arriving in Le Vernet. It is the closest inhabited area

France

Germanwings crash: Seyne les Alpes residents offer to host victims' relatives

Residents of Seyne les Alpes are showing their solidarity with relatives of those killed in the Germanwings crash by offering free accommodation

Spain

France plane crash: Spain observes three days of mourning

The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning after the plane crash in southern France on Tuesday. The 150 people on board are presumed

Europe News

EU warns on road traffic deaths

The EU’s transport chief says the bloc is failing in its goal to halve the number of road deaths by 2020, from their 2010 levels Nearly 26,000 people

Tunisia

Reopening of Tunisia's Bardo Museum delayed for 'security reasons'

Tuesday’s planned reopening of the Bardo Museum in Tunis has been put back at the last minute for security reasons, according to the museum’s

World News

Ebola virus one year after disease declared in Guinea

It has killed more than 10,000 and on Monday Ebola celebrated a grim anniversary. It is one year since the disease was first recognised in Guinea