California police who shot teen dead thought replica gun was real

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 12:11

A 13-year-old California boy carrying a replica of an assault rifle to a friend`s house was shot and killed by a sheriff`s deputy who believed the gun was real, authorities said.

Russell sorry for carrying gun on plane

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 14:53

Bill Russell, a National Basketball Association (NBA) legend, has apologized for carrying a gun on a plane.

Minigun factory busted in Munger, 4 held

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 19:19

An illegal minigun factory was busted today and four persons held with a haul of weapons in Bihar`s Munger district, police said.

6 law enforcers injured in shootout in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 17:31

Two police officers and as many intelligence operatives were among six persons injured in a gun battle between law enforcers and outlaws in northwest Pakistan on Thursday.

Two charged in Chicago park shooting that wounded 13

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 11:29

Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting last week at a Chicago park that injured 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, Chicago officials have announced.

Obama calls for change against gun violence

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 12:13

US President Barack Obama Sunday led the nation in honouring the 12 victims killed in a mass shooting here and called for a change in the country against gun violence.

Renowned Ghanaian poet killed in Kenya mall attack: President

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 18:28

Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was among the 59 people confirmed dead so far in an attack by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall, Ghana`s president said Sunday.

Pakistani terror trainer behind Nairobi mall attack?

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 18:18

A Pakistani-origin man is believed to be the security and training chief of Al Qaeda linked Shahab group that carried out the horrific attack at an upscale Kenyan mall killing at least 59 people.

Nairobi mall attack: At least 30 killed, one gunman arrested

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:43

The Kenyan presidency on Twitter said that one attacker has been arrested after a group of masked assailants stormed inside a shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday.

When US pilot`s `Top Gun` stunts scared Iranian jets to stay away from drones

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 15:21

The United States Air Force Chief of Staff, General Mark A. Welsh III, has described their pilot`s stunt, which scared Iranian jets to stay away from their drones, as equivalent to Tom Cruise`s `Top Gun`.

Madonna poses with guns after Navy Yard shooting

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 08:42

Just one day after the deadly Navy Yard shooting, pop diva Madonna revealed a still shot from her upcoming short film which shows her aiming a gun at a body on the floor.

Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: Police jawan, one Maoist killed in gun-battle

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:19

A police jawan and a Naxal were killed in a gun-battle between security forces and ultras in the Maoist-hit Bijapur district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said.