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Russian citizens with intelligence backgrounds detained as parties meet in Geneva for talks

Catholics in the Philippines whip themselves and carry wooden crosses as they re-enact the last day of Jesus Christ

How to colour your own Easter eggs with natural dyes at home

Corporate lobbyists have pressed Western governments to avoid sanctions on sectors of the Russian economy.

Good Friday is observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday, and is a commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Sewol's captain questioned by coast guard as hundreds are feared dead after vessel went down near Mokpo.

IBTimesUK looks at some of the most brutal African warlords

Charities issue pets warning ahead of Easter Holidays 2014.

Video of Russian 'ghost car' goes viral on the web

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says search for missing Malaysian plane will be revised after one week.

Teenagers send family last-minute messages before capsize of ferry

Pro-Russian protesters are seeking referendum to win greater autonomy for the eastern region

Indians have begun voting in the biggest day of the country's general election, with a quarter of the country's 815 million voters' todays heading the polls.

Prince William stood at the edge of a sheer cliff in the Blue Mountains, while Kate Middleton stayed well back on safer ground.

Rapper Andre Johnson cut off his penis before jumping from his apartment building.

Ukrainian servicemen open fire on militia trying to storm National Guard base as Geneva crisis talks begin.

Putin blames locals for unrest in eastern Ukraine and Kiev for lack of dialogue with Russian-speakers.

Best photos of the day: 17 April 2014.

Rita Ora's disrobing of Efron at MTV Movie Awards got plenty of attention - but sexism works both ways.

From Finnish fancy dress to Guatemalan sawdust carpets: IBTimes UK explores unusual Easter traditions

280 people, most of them children, remain missing after the Sewol ferry capsized off the coast of South Korea.

Ukraine interior ministry says six BMD vehicles snatched in Slavyansk

Rebels snatch back oil hub three months after President Salva Kiir troops regained control

Archaeologists trying to work out origins of well-preserved 800-year-old bodies

Hundreds of passengers remain unaccounted for after South Korean ferry capsizes.

Volunteer claims technology having negative influence on compassion towards homeless.

More than 280 people are still missing after a ferry carrying 462 people sank off South Korea.

Self-appointed pro-Russian parliament urges international recognition of Moldova's restive region

MPs repeal clause in 1804 Napoleonic civil code which classified household animals as inanimate objects