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Attackers slay five in new spate of violence in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Armed attackers on Thursday killed three women guards outside a jail in southwestern Ecuador, while in…

Ecuador authorities arrest three after gang shooting: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuadoran authorities arrested three people in connection to a gang-related shooting that left nine dead in…

DEVELOPING STORY: Five killed, at least six hospitalized in Louisville shooting: police

  Five people have been killed and at least six others hospitalized following a downtown shooting Monday in the US…

Thai shooting death toll rises to six: police

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 Two more people have been found dead following a weekend shootout in southern…

Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool

by Anderson COELHO Agence France-Presse BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP) -- A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and…

S.Africa’s Pistorius denied parole decade after killing girlfriend

  Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | by Dinki Mkhize South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on…

S.Africa’s Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder

  Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Wednesday 3/29/2023  by Umberto BACCHI South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius might be…

Do Kwon: S. Korea’s crypto ‘genius’ turned disgraced fugitive

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Saturday 3/25/2023 by Claire LEE Once hailed as a genius, South Korean entrepreneur Do…

Brazil police raid leaves 13 dead in favela near Rio: media

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A police raid on a favela near Rio de Janeiro Thursday left at least…

Thai police shoot gunman dead after 15-hour standoff

Thai police shot dead a gunman who killed three people and wounded three others, a senior officer said Thursday, after…

Italy’s ‘Fourth Mafia’, little-known but extremely violent

by Alexandria SAGE Agence France-Presse FOGGIA, Italy (AFP) -- It took a loaded pistol pointed at Lazzaro D'Auria's head for…

Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist

AMRITSAR, India (AFP) -- Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on…

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