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From the refugee crisis in Europe to the terror attacks in Paris, a recap of the biggest news stories of 2015.

No casualties were reported from the blaze, spread across 2,200 hectares of land in two Victorian towns.

BBA data showed strong growth of mortgage loans, as Bank of England credited economic recovery for the surge.

The landslide follows a month after a similar incident killed over 100 in the same region.

Japan's weak economy and Germany's ageing population are expected to lower their rankings, according to CEBR.

Aegon is keen to close the deal before sweeping new capital rules known as Solvency II comes in next month.

Tremors felt across India and Pakistan after 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits north-eastern Afghanistan.

Ursula Gauthier said China's solidarity with France had 'ulterior motives' following the Paris attacks.

Residential houses constitute over 60% of the price tag, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Authorities said the attack on a place of worship shows signs of 'racism and xenophobia'.

Queen delivers her 62nd Christmas Day annual address from the 18th Century Room at Buckingham Palace.

Man and his wife in custody for 'trying to sell' three-month-old daughter.

Hollywood's highest paid actor pardoned by California Governor Jerry Brown.

Royals except Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend traditional Christmas church service.

Islamic State executes fighters for fleeing when attacked by Kurdish Peshmerga forces.

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Khorasan, The Graveyard Of The Apostates also shows terror group's guerrilla warfare on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Report says ¥100m could be paid out to South Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II.

IBTimes UK has gathered the best viral videos from 2015.

Taikang Life, Baosteel, New China Life and National Social Security Fund are among new shareholders.

Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury says terror group staging a false apocalypse.

Le Bing, the 21st Century group's CFO, too has been convicted of embezzlement.

Tragedy strikes on Christmas Eve at an industrial gas plant in the Anambra State.

More than a quarter of a million people are expected to turn out to support the traditional Boxing Day hunt

Some 53 US citizens and diplomats held captive in Tehran between 1979-1981 to receive $4.4m payout.

The supply will start after Sirius's potash mine located on the coast of North Yorkshire becomes operational.

Defence, energy and infrastructure deals inked to deepen relations between New Delhi and Moscow.

The pope's message was delivered during the Christmas Eve Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica.

The newly crowned Iraqi beauty vows to 'continue forward despite any obstacles'.