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U.S. air force sergeant arrested for killing California Sheriff's deputy

A screenshot shows the tweet posted by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office in memory of Damon Gutzwiller on June 7, 2020. (Xinhua) A U.S. air force staff sergeant ha

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U.S. sheriff's officer killed, two more wounded in N. California

A sheriff's officer was fatally shot and two others wounded in an ambush on Saturday afternoon, according to U.S. Northern California's Santa Cruz County officials. Sg

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Prominent scholar died in Kabul mosque bomb blast, President Ghani condemns

A prominent religious scholar, a Kabul university lecturer and a worshiper were killed and two people were wounded after a bomb blast hit a mosque in central Kabul Tue

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Three reasons why HK security legislation needed now

China's Two Sessions discuss the Hong Kong security legislation draft at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Josef Gregory Mahoney is

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Three reasons why HK security legislation needed now

China's Two Sessions discuss the Hong Kong security legislation draft at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 22, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Josef Gregory Mahoney is

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A year later, motive of Virginia mass shooting still unclear

The rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings nationwide, between the high school killings in Parkl

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Sudan summons Ethiopian envoy over suspected cross-border attack

FILE PHOTO: Sudan summoned the Ethiopian Chargé d'Affaires on Saturday over a border attack by suspected Ethiopian militias that killed and wounded several Sudanese army personnel and civilians,

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U.S. withdrawing troops from Afghanistan ahead of schedule

The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is considerably ahead of schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated calls for the Pentagon to bring troo

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UN condemns use of improvised explosive devises against civilians in Tripoli

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday condemned the use of improvised explosive devises against civilians in the southern part of Tripoli, as the armed conflict between

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9 killed, 27 wounded in Chicago Memorial Day weekend shootings: media

Nine people have been shot and killed in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend, the deadliest one since 2015, Chicago Tribune reported Monday. The dead are among at le

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Some of Israel's Lebanon veterans still searching for help

Hezbollah fighters celebrating on the day the IDF left South Lebanon, May 24, 2000. /AP Two decades after the end of the war in Lebanon, Israeli veterans still deal with dark memories of the c

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Memorial Day weekend draws crowds and triggers warnings

The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from authorities Sunday about people disregarding t

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Crowds of people gathering at beaches for the Memorial Day weekend

As of Sunday, the U.S. COVID-19 cases surged past 1,639,000 with death toll at 97,599, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. But people in Florida have started to gather at beaches to c

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Protests, pandemic rob Iraqi students of graduation dreams

Iraqi students during an anti-government demonstration in Baghdad's Tahrir Square in February, a month before the spread of coronavirus escalated into a major global crisis. /AFP Nearly 150,00

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DR Congo police crackdown on sect, kills 55 in "bloodbath”

FILE PHOTO: Kinshasa, DR CONGO, Police officers block the road as they take security measures. /Getty Images. Democratic Republic of Congo police killed at least 55 people in a crackdown on a

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Saudi attacker on U.S. base had longstanding al-Qaeda ties: U.S.

Four people died, including the suspect, after an active shooting incident at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida on December 6, 2019. AFP The Saudi military student who killed three Americans

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Burundi defies COVID-19 for election ending a bloody rule

Burundi is pushing ahead with an election on Wednesday that will end the president's divisive and bloody 15-year rule.When President Pierre Nkurunziza hands over power,