Irish president Michael D Higgins lays a wreath at a remembrance ceremony held in the Republic of Ireland to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Some 3,200 people have attended free first aid training in Paris to be better prepared in the case of future attacks.

Bolivian President Evo Morales says his country will file an International Court of Justice. suit against Chile over a water dispute.

Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria investigate a would-be suicide bomber's claim that she is one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted in 2014.

Pope Francis calls on Christians not to let fear and pessimism "imprison" them in the wake of the terror attacks in Brussels.

New York's Tribeca Film Festival will not show Vaxxed, a controversial film about the MMR vaccine, its founder Robert De Niro says.

Syrian government forces re-capture the ancient city of Palmyra from so-called Islamic State (IS), say state media and a monitoring group.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in Dublin on Sunday where a parade is taking place to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.