Police took one individual into custody at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, following a deadly shooting early on Tuesday afternoon. The officers shot in the incident were identified as Campus Police Officer John Painter and Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson. In a letter emailed to staff and students, Bridgewater’s President confirmed that both …
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A member of Ukraine’s National Guard used his weapon to fire on fellow service members and employees of a rocket factory, which the unit was guarding, the country’s Interior Ministry reported. The incident happened at the Yuzhmash facility in the city of Dnepr. The trooper killed five people, including two women, …
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The Syrian northeastern city of Hasaka has seen large-scale clashes between Kurdish-led militias backed by the US, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists since Thursday evening. The terrorists had sought to break into a major prison in the south of the city, where IS members are among thousands of …
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A Hong Kong group has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) project that will “mint into existence” 2,000 pixel art hamsters to protest a government decision to cull the pet rodents over concerns about the risk of Covid-19 transmission to humans. The project, known as ‘Carries Hamsters’, is reportedly named after …
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Scores of people have been killed and potentially hundreds have been injured by airstrikes in Yemen, the latest escalation in the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war against Houthi rebels in the shattered country. Targets struck on Friday reportedly included a prison and an airport in the northern city of Sa’ada, various …
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Two death row inmates in the US state of Oklahoma are petitioning a judge to allow a firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, arguing it would be quicker and have less room for error than the current mode of execution. Donald Anthony Grant, who murdered two people during …
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Constitutional order was “mainly restored” in Kazakhstan on Friday, according to president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. However, the spate of unrest is seemingly far from over, with almost 4,000 people detained and dozens killed. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began on January 2, prompted by public discontent with a sharp increase in prices …
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A Paraguayan soldier has died after he was run through and gored by an axis deer from India in the gardens of the country’s presidential palace. He was declared dead in a military hospital. Speaking on Tuesday, military spokesman Colonel Victor Urdapilleta said that Sergeant Victor Isasi, 42, died as …
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At least 12 people were killed and scores were injured, including seriously, after a row broke out outside a Hindu shrine in a small town in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, sparking a deadly stampede. The tragedy took place outside Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, dedicated to the Hindu Mother Goddess, …
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The Israeli military reportedly pummeled several areas in southern Syria with missiles shortly after midnight on Thursday local time, Syria’s state SANA news agency reported, citing military officials. The Syrian air defenses were scrambled to repel the attack and intercepted the majority of the missiles launched from the direction of …
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