U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that he will roll out gun-control initiatives over the next several days, stressing that the measures will be "entirely consistent" with the constitutional right to bear arms.
A grand jury in Cleveland in the U.S. state of Ohio on Monday acquitted a white police officer who shot and killed a 12-year-old black teenager last year.
At first glance, it might look like a typical Christmas card featuring a festive snowflake. But a closer look reveals the flakes of snow are made up of bullets and handguns.
At least 14 people were killed and 17 others were injured Wednesday after gunmen opened fire at a social services center in San Bernardino City of Southern California.
The mass shootings at students on U.S. campus became rampant recently considering two of such incidents taking place in just more than one week, thus raising the long-time debate over stiffer gun control by the U.S. government.
Days after the South Carolina black church massacre in June, a congressional proposal to lift an almost two-decade ban on federal studies about gun violence was raised in Congress without much fanfare. Neither was its blockage.
At least 10 people, including the gunman himself, died in a shooting at a community college in the U.S. northwestern state of Oregon Thursday, according to the state police.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday slammed Congress and gun-rights lobby groups for obstructing reforms of gun control laws after an Oregon college campus shooting left 10 people dead.
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed a security operative at Ungwan Keke area of central north Nigeria's Kaduna State on Sunday after a gun battle with the Joint Security Operatives.
The bloody brawl between rival biker gangs in southern U.S. state of Texas made headlines over the weekend, with nine deaths and 18 injuries. However, as the deadly incident points inevitably to rampant gang violence, one cannot ignore the underlying social problem that is dividing and overwhelming communities in the United States -- gun violence.
The U.S. and coalition forces continued their air raids on the Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria and Iraq over the past two days, the coalition announced on Saturday.
Boko Haram fighters and security forces are currently in battle in Bajoga Town, near the capital of Gombe State in Nigeria's northeast region, witnesses told Xinhua, citing heavy gun shots in the area.
Two explosions followed by gun fires shocked the diplomat enclave of Wazir Akbar Khan area in Kabul city Thursday night, police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for greater national effort against gun violence just hours after a latest school shooting happening in the U.S. State of Oregon Tuesday left two dead, including one innocent student.
A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending ricin-laced letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at a court in the U.S. state of Texas, local media reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday led the nation to honor the 12 victims killed in a mass shooting in the capital, calling for a change in the United States against gun violence.
U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Sunday to honor the victims of Monday's shooting rampage at Washington Navy Yard, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday.
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