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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- At least 31 people are dead after the overnight siege of a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital by al-Shabab Islamic extremists, ended Thursday morning by security forces with all five attackers killed. Police said many victims were killed at point-blank range after being hunted down....
LONDON (AP) -- London firefighters traumatized by the devastation they witnessed in a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 17 people worked Thursday to make the building safe so they could continue the search for more victims....
PHOENIX (AP) -- When Ron Barber saw the news that a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a baseball game, he immediately was taken back to when he was yelling his wife's name and phone number while lying on a gurney. Pam Simon remembers lying on the ground unable to move after the bullet went through her wrist into her chest....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the day that gunfire shattered the morning calm of suburban Washington, dozens of family members of those killed by past gun violence had gathered in the capital to lobby against Republican-backed legislation to make it easier to buy gun silencers....
British police have confirmed the death toll in the London apartment block fire has risen to 12, with more fatalities expected.Firefighters rescued 65 people from the 24 storey Grenfell Tower in the Notting Hill area of London after the fire began in the early hours of Wednesday morning.The London Fire Service say they have now searched all the floors, even while pockets of fire continued to burn.Witnesses say they saw people trapped in their homes, while some jumped multiple storeys to try to get to safety as the fire engulfed the whole block.Meanwhile,The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has expressed his sorrow at the catastrophic fire that broke out in Grenfell Tower and offered prayers for all those who have been affected.He said, I pray particularly for those who have suffered injury, those who have died, and all the residents who have are left without a home today, and the entire community that has been affected.’The Cardinal also praised the emerg...
Vatican City, Jun 15, 2017 / 12:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican section on Migrants and Refugees met this week with Church leaders from around the world to hear about the challenges of migration faced in different parts of the world and to work on the Church’s contribution to a UN global compact on the topic.According to a press statement ahead of the event, the private meetings, held June 12-13 in the Vatican, included some 40 leaders “directly involved in the protection of migrants and refugees’ rights and in the fight against human trafficking.”This session “is the first time that our new Migrants and Refugees section has had the chance to consult with leaders of the Church throughout the world, from all the different continents, from the various major bishops' conferences, and from some national conferences,” Fr. Michael Czerny told CNA June 13.“So we've had our first chance to take a look at the world situation of refugees a...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Dennis Rodman has delivered a message from President Donald Trump to North Korea - sort of....
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) -- For Palestinians, the new mayor of Hebron is a hero who they hope will improve their city. But to Israelis, the new leader of the divided West Bank city is an unrepentant murderer....
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- At least 17 people were killed in the night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists that was ended Thursday morning by security forces....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A United Parcel Service driver who opened fire during a meeting with co-workers had filed a grievance that he was working excessive overtime and appeared to specifically go after the three drivers he killed before fatally shooting himself....
