FLORIDA – At least two people are dead following a Florida nightclub shooting where a ‘teen night’ was being held, according to reports. The Fort Myers Police Department confirmed at least 17 people were shot, including two fatally, according to WBBH. Police responded to Club Blu Bar and Grill around 01:00. The suspect left the…
BERLIN – A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others late Sunday, authorities said, the third attack in a week. The 27-year-old had intended to target a nearby music festival in the city of Ansbach, news agency DPA quoted regional interior minister…
MUNICH – The gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings and had an obvious link to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, German police say. Police who searched the 18-year-old’s room say they found written material on attacks. The gunman, who later killed himself, had a 9mm Glock pistol and…
NEW YORK – Donald Trump has secured the Republican nomination for US president on day two of the Republican National Convention. The House Speaker, Paul Ryan, urged delegates to unite behind Mr Trump, a day after splits in the party were evident as the convention opened. The Trump campaign also faces accusations a speech by…
NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, has taken centre stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention but faced accusations a portion of her speech plagiarised Michelle Obama. Commentators noticed similarities with Mrs Obama’s 2008 convention speech. Mrs Trump’s speech also praised her husband as a “compassionate” man who would “fight for…
ISTANBUL – Turkish officials say that nearly 8,000 police officers have been suspended, reportedly on suspicion of having links to the failed coup attempt at the weekend. Some 6,000 members of the judiciary and military, including generals, have been detained in connection with the coup. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge state bodies of…
ISTANBUL – Nearly 3,000 soldiers are arrested and 2,700 judges fired in Turkey, after a coup attempt by a faction of the armed forces which left 161 people dead.
NICE – Scores of people were killed Thursday night when a large truck plowed through a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, in what President Francois Hollande called a terror attack. The death toll grew through the night, with Hollande saying 77 people died. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people were killed. The driver…
BEIJING – A tropical storm in China left six people dead and at least eight more missing, reports said, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15 000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest…
NEW YORK – Protests continue to spread across US cities against the killing of black men by police, following recent deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana. Roads were blocked and missiles thrown in Minnesota, while armed New Black Panther Party members confronted police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dozens of arrests have been made but the rallies…
