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Pope Francis leads Easter Mass at the Vatican
See more: Archbishop to highlight hardship in Easter sermon
David Cameron sends Easter message
The Prime Minister has sent Easter wishes to Christians celebrating the religious festival:
Today is a day for Christians to celebrate and for the whole country to celebrate what Christianity brings to Britain. Happy Easter to all.
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Report: Two bodies seen near Slaviansk
A Reuters TV witness said he had seen two bodies, one with gunshot wounds to the head and face, at a checkpoint outside the city of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine where separatists said earlier they had come under armed attack.
One of the dead was dressed in combat fatigues and the other in civilian clothes. Police were at the scene carrying out an investigation, he said.
Syria removes 80% of chemical weapons
Syria has removed or destroyed 80% of its chemical weapons and is on target to hits its June deadline for full removal, said the United Nations.
Syria has destroyed empty mustard gas containers and "made progress" closing chemical weapons production and storage sites, said the UN.
Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, said she expected further meetings with Syrian officials would keep removal efforts moving up to the 30 June target.
Read: Farage says Syria rebels 'more than likely' behind gas attacks
William and Kate meet a koala at Sydney zoo
See more: Royal couple attend Easter Sunday service in Sydney
Watch: Baby George opens bilby enclosure named in his honour
Easter celebrated across Ukraine
Despite the splits in the country Christians across Ukraine have been celebrating a traditional Easter. Candlelight vigils, Easter baskets and blessings have been given at churches and cathedrals.
Read the latest on the situation in Ukraine here
See more Easter celebrations from around the world
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Baby George opens bilby enclosure named in his honour
Prince George joined his parents at Taronga Zoo for the opening of the bilby enclosure which is named in his honour.
In their final official engagement in Sydney for this Royal Tour, William and Kate left Admiralty House with their son.
See more: Royal couple attend Easter Sunday service in Sydney
The Duke joked in a speech given when the Cambridges first arrived in Australia last week: "I suspect George's first word might be 'bilby' - only because koala is harder to say. We really look forward to our time here together as a family."
Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain's detention
South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10 days as they tried to determine the cause of an accident that may claim more than 300 lives.
"We are trying to find out if there is additional negligence," Prosecutor Yang Joong-jin told a news conference in Mokpo, one of the centres for the investigation.
Yang said that prosecutors had also summoned 10 other people to give evidence, including other crew from the Sewol and officials from the ferry's owner, Chonghaejin Marine Co Ltd.
South Korea sunken ferry death toll 'reaches 50'
After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers have finally found a way into a submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore, discovering more than a dozen bodies inside the ship and pushing the confirmed death toll to 50.
More than 250 people are still missing, most of them high school students on a holiday trip, and anguished families are furious with the pace of rescue efforts.
State media: Five killed in gunfight in Slaviansk
Russian state television reported that five people were killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk.
The state-run Rossiya 24 news station, citing its correspondent in Slaviansk, said three of the dead were with the pro-Russian separatists who control Slaviansk, and the other two were from the group that attacked their checkpoint.
