An American elementary school teacher shot by her six-year-old student plans to file a lawsuit against school authorities saying they ignored multiple warnings over the threat, her lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Diane Toscano said administrators at the Richneck Elementary School in

A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest at two Catholic churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spain’s interior ministry said. Authorities are investigating the attacks as a possible act of terrorism. The suspect is in the

A European country has proposed sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, believing the controversial weapons -- whose use by Russia has been condemned -- could help on the battlefield, an official said Wednesday. An official from a European nation, who did not want to be identified by

The ancient centre of Odessa, a port city in Ukraine that is sometimes referred to as "the pearl of the Black Sea," was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List on Wednesday (January 25) despite opposition from Russia. With six votes in favour, one against, and 14 abstentions,

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling light combat aircraft and a weapons system to military-ruled Myanmar. Norges Bank Investment Management said it had divested from AviChina Industry &

After months of reluctance, the US and Germany reportedly plan to send tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield. US President Joe Biden's administration is expected to announce plans to send at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks. German Chancellor

Japan and South Korea's coast guards were searching Wednesday for eight crew from a cargo ship that sank between the two countries, after 14 others were rescued. "A total of 14 have been rescued," a spokesman for the Japanese coast guard told AFP. "We don't

North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown of the capital Pyongyang amid rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, according to NK News. Citing a government announcement, the Seoul-based outlet, which reports on North Korea, said residents were required to stay in their

Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister. The 44-year-old was formally appointed to the role in Wellington, a week after Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation. Ms Ardern, 42, had said she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead the

The high representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book by a Swedish-Danish far-right politician as a “vile act”. Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Sweden that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Quran outside Ankara’s embassy in Stockholm during a protest. “Those who allow such blasphemy in front of our embassy [in Stockholm] can

A Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli soldiers last week posed no threat or danger and should not have lost his life, the Israeli army admitted on Monday. Ahmed Kahla, 46, from Ramon, near Silwad in the occupied West Bank, was shot in the neck from close range at a military checkpoint

Seven people have been reported killed and one person critically injured in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community in northern California, and a suspect is in custody. The new bloodshed in the United States came less than 48 hours after a

Three female journalists have been arrested by Iranian authorities in the last two days, stated the local media on Monday, amid continued protests against the government after the death of Mahsa Amini in judicial custody.  Violent protests have gripped Iran since the 22-year-old

Moscow’s forces are pushing towards two towns in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhia region, where fighting intensified this week after several months of a stagnant front, Russian state media has reported. Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-installed official in the region, said offensive

California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van. He had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was declared dead at the scene, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna

Police were attending a shooting in Monterey Park, California with multiple casualties on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a law enforcement source. The shooting took place after 10 p.m. (0600 GMT) around the location of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration held

Four people were killed with three others feared dead after a fire broke out early Sunday at an apartment in Kobe, western Japan, authorities said. Firefighters received a call around 1:35 a.m. from a neighbor of the three-story housing complex in Hyogo Ward of the city saying that

Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s new government to overhaul the country’s judicial system and weaken the Supreme Court. Israeli media, citing police, said more than 100,000 people joined

Turkey on Saturday canceled a planned visit by Sweden’s defense minister in response to anti-Turkish protests that increased tension between the two countries as Sweden seeks Turkey’s approval to join NATO. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest