Christchurch mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder and terrorism
The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand's modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty on Thursday to all charges. The attacks, targeting people praying at the mosques a year ago, shocked the nation and prompted ...
New Zealand cancels national mosque massacre remembrance over virus fears
New Zealand has canceled a national remembrance service to mark Sunday's first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks because of coronavirus fears, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. "This is a pragmatic decision. We're very saddened to cancel, but in remembering such a terrible tragedy, we ...
A year after Christchurch massacre, New Zealand fights rising hate
Days before the first anniversary of the shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, an image appeared in a post on an encrypted messaging app showing a balaclava-clad man outside one of the attacked mosques with a threat and a gun emoji. The message ...
Fired worker dead after gunning down six at Milwaukee brewery
A former employee who had just been sacked opened fire Wednesday at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, killing six before dying in the rampage, local media reported. The shooter had been fired earlier in the day, according to the local Fox affiliate, ...
Police were hunting for a suspect in the shooting death of a 51-year-old man in an apartment building parking lot in Gunma Prefecture on Friday evening, authorities said. Keisuke Kihara was found with gunshot wounds to his head and abdomen and pronounced dead at a ...
20 states sue Trump administration to block spread of plans for 3D printed guns
Twenty U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block what they called its latest effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3D printers to be released on the internet, threatening a proliferation of "ghost guns" that spread violence. Led by Washington state ...
U.S. calls fatal shooting by Saudi officer on Florida naval base 'act of terrorism'
The fatal shooting of three Americans by a Saudi Air Force officer at a Florida naval base last month was "an act of terrorism," U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, adding that 21 Saudi military trainees will be pulled out of the ...
Hong Kong police arrested an 18-year-old man after he fired a single shot with a pistol at officers late on Friday evening, in an incident police said they suspected was linked to anti-government protests that have convulsed the city. Steve Li, a Senior Superintendent of ...
Gunman kills one and wounds five outside Russian FSB security headquarters
Russian media on Friday said a man who had opened fire near the headquarters of the security service in central Moscow, killing one and wounding five, was a 39-year-old from a nearby town. There has been no official confirmation of the identity of the attacker ...
Instagram bans 'influencers' from promoting vaping and tobacco products and guns
Social media "influencers" will no longer be allowed to promote vaping, tobacco products and weapons on Instagram as the Facebook-owned platform doubles down on its existing ad policies banning the advertisements of such products. Product endorsements are common on Instagram and celebrities and others with ...
Former defense chief Tokuichiro Tamazawa shot in leg near his home in Morioka
The retired lawmaker is in a stable condition after being shot by a suspect in his 80s, who immediately turned himself into police.
Gunman kills himself after murdering six patients at Czech hospital
A gunman killed himself Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the country's prime minister has called "an immense tragedy. The attacker gunned down people at close range at the trauma ward of the ...
