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USA

Police investigate 'hate crime' in attack on Sikh man in Seattle

US police are investigating a possible hate crime, after a Sikh man was allegedly shot in the arm by a man who told him ‘go back to your country’.

05/03/2017

USA

Pulse nightclub shooting: Gunman's wife to be freed pending trial

A federal judge’s decision to free the wife of a man who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has been condemned by survivors of the massacre.

02/03/2017

France

Shots accidently fired near French president

Two people injured as police marksman's gun goes off near French President Francois Hollande.

28/02/2017

USA

US shooting investigated as potential hate crime

A 51-year-old man from Kansas has been charged with killing an Indian engineer and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a bar.

24/02/2017

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USA cop shooting

An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer fired his gun during a physical altercation with a group of teenage boys in Anaheim on the afternoon of February…

24/02/2017

USA

Texas hospital "shooting" false alarm

Police in the US state of Texas have found no evidence of a shooting incident at a hospital in Houston, Texas.

21/02/2017

France

Long queues in Paris as tourists flock back to the Louvre

The iconic Louvre Museum in Paris re-opened its doors on Saturday, a day after a French soldier was wounded while tackling a machete-wielding attacker.There were long queues outside the museum's famou

04/02/2017

Canada

Canadians hold vigils for Muslim victims of Quebec terror attack

A French-Canadian student has appeared in court charged with murder. He is said to have developed far-right views.

31/01/2017

Canada

Six killed in 'terror attack' on Quebec mosque

Six people have been killed and eight injured in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque in Canada, according to latest reports.

30/01/2017

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11-year-old among 8 wounded in Miami shooting

Eight people, including five juveniles, have been wounded in a shooting at a park in Miami.

18/01/2017

USA

Panic at a MLK memorial march after shots are fired

A Martin Luther King memorial march in Miami was disrupted as thousands ran for cover after gun fire rang out.

17/01/2017

Mexico

Five dead in Mexican nightclub bloodbath

Nightclub nightmare as gunman kills revellers

16/01/2017

USA

Suspect charged in Florida airport shooting

The suspect in the deadly Florida airport shooting has now been charged and if convicted could face the death penalty.

08/01/2017

USA

Terrorism 'not ruled out' in Fort Lauderdale airport shooting investigation

Investigators are pursuing all angles to determine why suspect Esteban Santiago opened fire in the baggage claim area of Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people and wounding eight other

07/01/2017

World News

Iraq war veteran in custody after deadly Florida airport shooting

After a day of passenger panic at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida, US investigators are trying to establish why a man took a gun out of his checked luggage at baggage reclaim and opened fire, killi

07/01/2017

USA

Several dead and wounded in US airport shooting

The alleged attacker has been arrested and is being questioned by police and FBI agents.

06/01/2017

USA

Nine people shot, three fatally at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport- local media

06/01/2017

Turkey

Reina club massacre: When laughter turned to tears

Revellers at the Reina club, one of Istanbul’s best known nightspots, had no idea of the horror that was to follow as they counted down to 2017.

02/01/2017

Brazil

Brazil: man kills 11 'including ex-wife and son' at New Year party

A gunman has stormed a New Year’s party at a house in Brazil, killing eleven people including his ex-wife and eight-year-old son.

01/01/2017

Turkey

Shots fired outside US embassy in Ankara

The United States embassy and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana have closed for normal operations on Tuesday after a man fired shots outside the Ankara…

20/12/2016