Two young men wearing hoods and masks, carrying guns, knives and crossbows, opened fire at a school in southern Brazil, killing eight people before taking their own lives, authorities said. The incident, at the school

Governor Gavin Newsom has imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates - the largest death row population in the United States. "The death

Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

WASHINGTON: White House advisers recommended on Wednesday that President Donald Trump veto a resolution to end Washington's support for the military campaign in Yemen.The White House statement of administration policy came as the US

ALGIERS: Algeria’s government is ready for dialogue with the opposition, its Deputy Prime Minister said on Wednesday, after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reversed a decision to seek a fifth term in the face of mass

DUBAI: Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, is in the UAE for the Special Olympics.She traveled to Abu Dhabi for the start of the Special Olympics World Games. On Wednesday, she

At least eight people have been killed in a shooting incident that took place at an elementary school near Sao Paulo in Brazil, state military police said. The incident took place in the early

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in Baghouz is as good as over, with the armed group facing imminent

Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 73 months in prison for two conspiracy charges arising from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US presidential election.

At least eight people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a busy livestock market in a village in southwestern Somalia's Bay region, an official has said.  At least 40 others were wounded, Gof-Gadud