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Third night of protests in Charlotte following fatal police shooting of Keith L. Scott

Charlotte, North Carolina, has seen a third night of protests following the fatal shooting by a black police officer of Keith Lamont Scott.

USA

Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter over Terence Crutcher death

Betty Shelby, the Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man, has been charged with manslaughter.

USA

Protests over latest fatal shootings by US police

At least a dozen police officers and several demonstrators have been hurt in violent protests following the fatal shooting of a black man in North Carolina.

USA

Protests in North Carolina after African American man shot by police

Several hundred protesters clashed with police in Charlotte, North Carolina, after police officers shot 43-year old Keith Lamont Scott, a black man who was said to be…

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Orlando gunman mosque is set ablaze

Police in Florida are investigating a fire at the mosque where the Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen used to pray.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police kill terror attack plotter in shootout

Bangladeshi police say they have killed three militants – including the alleged plotter of a terror attack which left 22 people dead last month.

USA

New York Muslims accuse Trump for stoking Islamophobia over imam's death

Residents of Queens in New York gathered at the mosque where just hours earlier an imam and his assistant were shot dead.

USA

Violent protests in Milwaukee after police shoot dead armed suspect

Anger has erupted into violence in the US city of Milwaukee, after police shot and killed an armed suspect.

USA

'Hate crime' denounced as New York imam and assistant are shot dead

A Muslim imam and his assistant were gunned down and killed while walking home from afternoon prayers on Saturday, according to reports from New York.

USA

One dead, five injured in two isolated shootings in Austin, Texas

Emergency service officials in Austin say a woman in her 20s has died and at least five people have been injured in isolated shootings in the Texas capital.

Armenia

Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates

An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control.

USA

US President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin to be freed

The man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 can be freed from a psychiatric hospital.

USA

Charges dropped against police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray

US prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped charges against three officers awaiting trial over the death of a black detainee whose his neck was broken while being transported in a police van.

World News

Public awareness is best prevention against mass shootings, expert says

Germany

Munich gunman planned had been planning attack 'for a year'

The teenage gunman who killed nine people and wounded 35 more in Munich on Friday had been planning the attack for a year.

Germany

Shooting victims were not classmates of Munich gunman

Those gunned down in Munich last Friday were not former classmates of the killer, nor were they specifically targeted.

Germany

Mourners pay respects at scene of Munich shooting rampage

Mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles at the scene of Friday’s attack in Munich.

Germany

Munich killer no links to any terrorist organisation

The teenage killer who murdered nine people in Munich and then turned the gun on himself was a loner obsessed with mass murder.

Germany

Munich struggles to come to terms with the killings

Munich is coming to terms with the trauma of the killings that left nine innocent people dead.

Germany

Merkel in mourning over Munich murders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the country following the killing spree in Munich that left nine innocent people dead.

the action or practice of shooting with a gun