Washington, United States AFP A 14-year-old boy has been charged with shooting four people dead at a US high school, authorities said Thursday, adding that their investigation into the country’s latest outburst of gun violence is ongoing. The teen faces four felony murder counts after allegedly killing two fellow pupils, also aged 14, as...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden called on lawmakers Thursday to take bold action to curtail gun violence after yet another school shooting left students and teachers dead in the state of Georgia. “We need more than thoughts and prayers. Some of my Republican friends in Congress just finally have to say, ‘Enough is enoug...
Portsmouth, United States – AFP Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday implored Americans to bring a halt to the “epidemic of gun violence” plaguing the United States, after a mass shooting at a Georgia high school left four people dead. “We have to end this epidemic of gun violence in our country ...
Washington, United States- AFP Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday the perpetrator of a high school shooting in Georgia that killed at least four people was a “sick and deranged monster.” “Our hearts are with the victims and loved ones of those affected by the tragic event in Winder, GA,” th...
Winder, United States – AFP A 14-year-old boy killed four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said. The suspected shooter — also a student at the school — had been brought to the FBI’s attention […]
A new BBC investigation has uncovered a dramatic rise in illegal Jewish settler outposts across the West Bank. It found 29 established in the past year, the highest annual figure recorded. These outposts, which lack official boundaries and are illegal under Israeli and international law, have rapidly expanded since 2019. Palestinian grandmoth...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A woman in the state of Texas was charged with “attempted capital murder” for trying to drown a three-year-old Muslim girl in May, CBS News reported. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury with “attempted capital murder and bodily injury to a child under 10,” with an additional […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A shooting on a Labor Day morning train in a Chicago suburb killed four people, local authorities said. The incident occurred on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train in Forest Park, approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of downtown Chicago, USA Today reported. The Police received a 911 call shortly before [&h...
A far-right extremist group member from Kentucky has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Dan Edwin Wilson communicated with militia groups, including the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters. He also conspired to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Tru...
A Pakistani court has acquitted a freelance journalist who was accused of spreading false news that incited riots against Muslims in the UK. The court’s decision followed a Federal Investigation Authority report clearing Farhan Asif of the charges. Arrested in Lahore last week, Asif was initially blamed for spreading misinformation about a sta...
