A California man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a White House press gala last month pleaded not guilty on Monday, US media reported. Cole Allen, 31, entered the not guilty plea during an appearance in a federal district court in the nation’s capital, The Hill and other outlets said. Allen appeared […]
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Death toll of shooting in Afghanistan’s Herat hits 11
The death toll from a shooting in western Afghanistan rose to 11 on Saturday, the provincial authority said, after gunmen targeted civilians at a picnic spot in Herat. Bullet marks were visible on a wall of the Sayed Mohammad Agha Shia shrine, an AFP journalist said, while bloodstains marked a blanket abandoned at the scene. […]
Gunmen kill four peace committee members in KP’s Bannu
BANNU: Four members of a local peace committee were shot dead by armed assailants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Tuesday, police confirmed. Read More: Domel jirga vows to uphold peace committee despite militants’ threats The incident occurred in the Gulbadin Landi Dak area, where the victims were travelling together in a single vehicle. According to a […]
US border agent wounds two in Portland shooting
A US Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said, prompting local leaders to call for calm amid heightened public tension following a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis a day earlier. Portland Police Chief Bob Day urged the community to remain composed while officials investigate […]
Brown University shooting suspect found dead, motive unclear
The suspect in last weekend’s Brown University shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, has been found dead, officials confirmed on Thursday. Authorities identified him as 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, who also allegedly killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor two days after the campus rampage. Investigators said Valente took his own life and […]
‘Dark Day’ for Australia as 12 killed in Bondi Beach shooting
At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack. One suspected gunman was killed and another was in a critical condition, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told […]
Two killed, several injured in family vendetta shooting on Crete
ATHENS– Two people were killed and several others injured in a shooting in the village of Vorizia on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, in what police believe was a family vendetta. According to police, the attackers opened fire in the morning, killing a 39-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman. At least ten others […]
Four dead, suspect arrested in rare shooting in Japan
TOKYO: Japanese authorities said on Friday they arrested a 31-year-old man in a rural area for suspected murder after four people were killed in a rare shooting and stabbing incident involving a 12-hour stand-off with police. The suspect had holed up in his house after shooting two police officers who arrived at the scene in […]
Four soldiers dead in shooting at Indian military base
Four soldiers were shot dead Wednesday in a pre-dawn incident at a military base in northern India, an army statement said. The incident was reported around 4:35am (1105 GMT) at the Bathinda military station in Punjab, a northern state where tensions have been high over the local resurgence of a separatist movement. “The area continues […]
Five shot dead in North Carolina capital shooting
Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, triggering a massive manhunt that shut down part of city for hours and resulted in the arrest of a juvenile suspect, officials said. Two people were wounded: a police officer who was treated and released and […]