LOWER DIR: Two including a female presiding officer and a police constable died when a coach carrying polling staff was swept away while crossing a flooded stream here on Wednesday midnight. Police…
WASHINGTON: A US congressman said he pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with gun control activists Friday in a bid to prove that firearms are not responsible…
NEW YORK CITY: New York police shot dead an African American man in Brooklyn on Wednesday after mistaking a piece of pipe he was holding for a gun. The shooting — which…
ORAKZAI AGENCY: The security forces recovered thousands of bullets of heavy machine gun “buried underground” here on Sunday. Security sources said that on a tip-off, the security personnel conducted an operation in…
KARACHI: A team of Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) has arrested a suspect after an encounter in the limits of Darakshan police station here on Wednesday. The police said that the two…
Bomb attacks against a state-run cooking gas factory in Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and wounded 21 others, police sources said. A suicide car bomb…
Officials said Thursday they had detained five Thai nationals for trying to board a plane with a pistol and ammunition. A handgun and bullets were found in the Thais’ luggage as they…
A mother and son were gunned down by the rival party when they were on their way to court in connection with a case. Police sources said, armed men shot dead the…
August 14th dawned upon the provincial metropolis with a 21 gun salute marking the 67th Independence Day of Pakistan on Wednesday. Thanksgiving prayers were offered after Fajr prayers at all Pakistan Navy…
The governor of New York state, Andrew Cuomo, on Tuesday signed into law one of America’s toughest gun control measures, the first to be enacted since the mass shooting last month at…
A man alleged to have been involved in the recent killing of seven charity workers in Swabi was killed on Friday in an exchange of fire with security forces while his accomplice…
The White House said on Monday it so far had “no specific agenda” to announce on tackling gun violence, hours after President Barack Obama warned America must do more to end firearms…
Pick a social cause and you’ll often find a Hollywood celebrity speaking out. Gay marriage ( Brad Pitt), Darfur ( George Clooney), the environment (Robert Redford or Leonardo DiCaprio). Gun control? Not…
US President Barack Obama has called for change to America’s gun controls. Americans have been left in shock after 26 people – including 20 pupils – were killed in a shooting at…
It’s not just President Obama’s re-election that’s lead to a spike in gun sales. The living dead are also providing a reason to stock up on firearms and ammo. My Northwest.com reports…
A shootout between security forces and prisoners at a jail in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo has left at least 27 people dead today. It is believed the fighting began when police…
British police apologised on Wednesday for using a stun gun on a blind man after officers mistook his white cane for a samurai sword. Officers were responding to “a number of reports…
