April 25 is known as Anzac Day and is marked across the two southern hemisphere countries. Many from Australia and New Zealand have travelled to Turkey for the anniversary.

The official ANZAC Day 2025 festivities wrapped up with delicious libations at the morning tea at the residence of the Australian ambassador. Rudd gave welcoming remarks, followed by Banks’ remarks.

Australia's prime minister condemned heckling and booing Friday at two solemn Anzac Day commemorations as "low cowardice", warning that those responsible would "face the full force of the law".

SYDNEY, April 25 (Reuters) - Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for Anzac Day, a public holiday commemorating military service members who fought and died during wartime ...

The ceremony highlighted the origins of ANZAC Day, tracing back to the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 during World War I. On that day, the ANZACs, landed on Turkey’s Dardanelles peninsula to secure ...

Some 8,700 Australians died during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, where 75,000 Anzac troops fought in perilous conditions for eight months, in a battle that has defined Australia's national identity.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for dawn services and street marches to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day.