Members of the Forensic Pathology Services stand near their vehicles on the scene of a mass shooting in Gqeberha, South Africa, on Jan 29, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG – Gunmen killed eight people and wounded three others at a birthday party in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police said, adding that manhunt was underway […]
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California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
A suspect is arrested by law enforcement personnel after a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay, California, US, January 23, 2023 in a still image from video. (ABC AFFILIATE KGO / REUTERS) MONTEREY PARK, Calif., Jan 24 (Reuters) – Just two days after a gunman killed […]
Somali army kills 100 al-Shabab fighters in foiled attack on base
Demonstrators attend a rally against the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in Mogadishu on Jan 12, 2023. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – Somali National Army (SNA) forces killed 100 al-Shabab extremists in a foiled attack on a military base in Galcad town in central Somalia on Friday, the government said. The Ministry of Information, Culture, and […]
Prince Harry hits out at press over reports of Afghan killings
Pedestrians pass a display in the window of a book shop in London, Jan 10, 2023. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP) LONDON – Britain's Prince Harry has hit back at "hurtful" responses to his record-selling memoir, saying he was particularly upset by the "lie" he had boasted that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when […]
Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
Relatives wait for the passengers arriving from Tigray at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa on Dec 28, 2022. (AFP) ADDIS ABABA – Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday. The […]
Congolese government ups toll in massacre to 272 civilians
Congolese activists light candles on their national flag during a vigil in memory of the civilians killed in the recent conflict between Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and rebel forces, in Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo Dec 5, 2022. (ARLETTE BASHIZI / REUTERS) […]
15 killed as security forces end 20-hour Mogadishu hotel siege
MOGADISHU — Somali security forces said Monday they have ended a more than 20-hour siege at a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, that left at least 15 people dead including six attackers. Sadiq Dudishe, Spokesman of the Somali Police Force said five of al-Shabab attackers were shot dead, one blew himself up after […]
Mexican National Guard general killed in Zacatecas state
Soldiers from the Mexican Army and the National Guard perform security exercises during a presentation to the media at a training center in Santa Gertrudis, Chuihuahua state, Mexico, Oct 22, 2022. (MARCO UGARTE / AP) MEXICO CITY — The head of Mexico's National Guard in the state of Zacatecas was killed on Thursday in a […]
11 children killed in school fire in central Uganda
A Student runs on the verandah of the classrooms block on day one of opening schools in Kampala, Uganda on Jan 10, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA- Eleven children were killed Tuesday in a school fire outbreak in the central Ugandan district of Mukono, police said. A police statement issued here said the tragic […]
Venezuelan rescuers search for missing as flood death toll grows
GP5PHDJSC5KLTO5PTHUPVCKZ5U.jpg LAS TEJERIAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans in the town of Las Tejerias, in the country's Aragua state, on Monday waited amid a rising death toll as rescuers searched for the more than 50 missing persons who were swept away on Saturday by devastating floods following heavy rain. READ MORE: UN names special envoy to handle […]
Gunman kills nine in Russian school shooting
In this file photo on May 13, 2021, police investigators work at the scene after a shooting in Kazan, Russia. (DMITRI LOVETSKY / AP) MOSCOW – A gunman killed nine people, including five children, at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said. The motive for the shooting in Izhevsk, capital of […]
Mexican journalist killed as media death toll jumps
Members of the Mexican Police stands next to the vehicle in which journalist Fredid Roman was shot dead, in Chilpancingo, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on Aug 22, 2022. (JESUS GUERRERO / AFP) ACAPULCO, Mexico – A Mexican journalist was shot to death in his car Monday in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero, authorities said, […]
At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
The damaged structure of the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu is seen on August 21, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia's capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said on Sunday. Dozens of […]
Egyptian church fire kills at least 41, most of them children
Egyptian mourners react during the funeral of victims killed in Cairo Coptic church fire, at the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Giza Governorate on Aug 14, 2022. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) CAIRO – An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing […]
Eleven dead in mass shooting in Montenegro
Emergency service personnel stand by near the scene of a shooting in Cetinje, in Montenegro, on Aug 12, 2022. (SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP) CETINJE, Montenegro – Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV […]
At least five people killed, 100 hurt in Somaliland protests
A general view of the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Sept 18, 2021. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) MOGADISHU – At least five people were killed and 100 injured in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region when security forces clashed with protesters demanding presidential elections be held in November, a regional leader said late on Thursday. Somaliland broke […]
Zawahiri’s militant path surprised neighbors in Cairo suburb
A still image from a video released by Al-Qaeda’s media arm as-Sahab and obtained on Sept 11, 2012 courtesy of the Site Intelligence Group shows al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video, speaking from an undisclosed location on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP / AFP) CAIRO – Al Qaeda leader […]
Burkina Faso army admits killing civilians in counter-terrorist strike
Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso’s army said on Wednesday that it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the ccuntry’s southeast earlier this week. Burkina Faso’s army […]
At least 15 killed as anti-UN protests flare in east Congo
Residents protest against the United Nations peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, July 25, 2022. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 civilians were killed during a second day of anti-UN protests in eastern Democratic Republic of […]
Police: Three dead, including gunman, in Canada shooting
The shootings in Langley, British Columbia on July 25, 2022 morning prompted the authorities to send emergency alerts to cellphones in the area. (DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP) LANGLEY, British Columbia – Three people including the suspected gunman were killed in a series of shootings early on Monday in the Canadian province […]