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Chaos erupts at Philippine Senate as gunshots ring out during attempted arrest

Gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate as tensions escalated over the attempted arrest of a top senator wanted by the ICC.

General view of the Filipino flag and the Senate of the Philippines official logo, at the Senate of the Philippines, before the State of the Nation Address SONA 2024.
Greek riot police mobilize near a courthouse in Athens, April 24, 2026; illustrative.

Several wounded after 89-year-old man fires shotgun at Athens courthouse, social security office

US President Donald Trump speaks about research into mental health treatments in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026.

Trump calm during shooting, as IDF finds Hezbollah weapons in child’s bedroom

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Israel Police officer arrested on suspicion of involvement in firefight, brawl

The officer's father and brother were also arrested.

 A police car at night.

Six people dead in California home shooting, including six-month old baby

A 17-year-old mother, her baby, and 5 other members of the family have died from the shooting

 Home Alone House in Winnetka, Illinois.

Virginia school official knew 6-year-old who shot teacher may have had gun

School officials searched the child's backpack the day he shot his teacher, but did not find the gun.

 Police vehicles are seen parked outside Richneck Elementary School, where according to the police, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher, in Newport News, Virginia, U.S., January 6, 2023,

Six-year-old boy shoots and gravely wounds teacher in Virginia school

The injury to the teacher was considered life-threatening, though she had shown some improvement in the hospital.

Police vehicles are seen parked outside Richneck Elementary School, where according to the police, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher, in Newport News, Virginia, US, January 6, 2023, in this screen grab from a handout video.

19-year-old Baruch Kabrata killed in gun negligence incident on IDF base

Military officials initially suspected he was killed by a fellow soldier in a tragic incident of gun negligence.

 IDF Cpl. Baruch Kabrata was killed on his IDF base overnight, January 3, 2023.

IDF soldiers shot at Israelis after mistaking them for Palestinian rioters

The incident, which was in violation of the IDF's open-fire rules of engagement, is being investigated by the Israeli military.

Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022.

Shooting at Pennsylvania medical clinic leaves two wounded, suspect dead

The gunman, who the police said they had 'contact' with in the past, killed himself.

 View shows the scene of a shooting at a medical facility in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2022.

Rare gunfight kills six, including two police officers, in rural Australia

Gun crime is relatively rare in Australia, which implemented some of the world's toughest gun laws after a gunman killed 35 people in April 1996 at a cafe and tourist site in Tasmania.

 Two police officers among six killed in gunfight in rural Australia

After Club Q attack, LGBT venues grapple with safety concerns

LGBTQ+ venues across the world are reexamining necessary safety measures.

Campaigners place flowers on a multicoloured flag as they protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain June 2, 2017

Walmart employee kills seven, including himself, in Virginia shooting

Six other people were confirmed dead and four were being treated at area hospitals.

 A person waits at a Walmart Pharmacy in West Haven, Connecticut