New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued new emergency measures to fight gun violence on Tuesday, as he made it easier for shooting victims to sue gun manufacturers.Cuomo declared gun violence a "disast
At least 150 people were killed in gun violence in more than 400 incidents across the U.S. during the Fourth of July weekend, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive.The Gun Violence A
A girl, who fled the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, smiles during a food distribution organized by the local NGO Relief Society of Tigray in Mekele, Ethiopia, June 19, 2021. /CFP United
Mexico's Supreme Court struck down laws which criminalized the recreational use of cannabis on Monday evening.The decisive 8-3 ruling comes after advocates pushed for d
For a second time this week, Israel's military struck what it said were Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for "arson balloons" sent into Israeli territory.Th
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Edwin Poots (R) and Paul Givan arrive at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland, June 3, 2021. /Reuters Northern Ireland's biggest parties agreed on Th
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations in Chongqing Municipal
02:02 Mexicans head to the pollsthis weekend, for elections historic in size with thousands of positions on the line. But they're historic, too, for the violence that's accompanied the
01:34 This weekend,demonstrators plan to create a sea of orange across the U.S. to lobby for an end to gun violence.They have the backing of President Joe Biden, the latest president to
A decade of war in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, a war monitor said Tuesday, in a new toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths.The Brita
03:06 100 years ago, the arrest of a Black man for allegedly assaulting a White woman sparked perhaps the worst episode of racial violence in U.S. history.Hundreds of Blacks were killed
Two people have died and more than 20 were injured in a shooting outside a billiards club in Hialeah, a town to the north of Miami in Florida, police said early on Sund
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday to combat the rise of anti-Asian racism and violence in the country.The order is aimed to advance "equity, justice, and opportunity" for A
China, which holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for May, on Saturday highlighted the UNSC members' call for urgent and complete restoration of calm in Gaza.Zh
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a civil rights group for calling COVID-19 the "China virus."The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York by the Chinese Americans Civil Righ
02:39 Colombia's tourism sector has been hit hard because of the coronavirus pandemic.Now comes the difficult task of promoting the country as a tourism destination.Colombia has lived t
03:02 Jenna Dupuy, an 18-year-old Korean American, was a victim of a hate crime, after being assaulted at a skate park near her home in Tustin, California, around 30 miles south of Los