Maryland high school shooter dies after exchange with officer -sheriff
A student who shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning, died after exchanging gunfire with a...
Trump urges death penalty for drug dealers
(BBC) US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US...
9-y-o US boy fatally shoots sister over video game
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A nine-year-old boy shot dead his sister, 13, in the southern US state of Mississippi following an argument about a video...
Putin savors record win, securing six more years at Russia’s helm
Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in his biggest ever election victory on Monday, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six...
Putin likely to regain Russian Presidency
Russians are voting in an election that is likely to return Vladimir Putin for a fourth term as president
Voting began in the Russian far-east...
Jacob Zuma: Former South African president faces corruption trial
(BBC)- South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 18 charges of corruption, the director of public prosecutions has confirmed.
They include...
UK, US, France, Germany point to Russia over spy attack
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain, France, Germany and the United States condemned a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter,...
Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy
Britain is expected to expel 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War, signaling a plunge in relations to their lowest...
Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of...
Bird smuggler caught at JFK with bag full of Guyanese Towa Towas
A Guyanese man was arrested at New York's JFK Airport for trying to smuggle 20 live finches (Towa Towas ) into the country in...