At least 50 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas - the deadliest mass shooting in the history of United States. Here's a look at other such incidents that have struck the country in recent times.
As Americans welcomed Donald Trump as their 45th President, police arrested nearly 100 protesters involved in "vandalism," blocks away from the venue for his inauguration celebrations, marred by sporadic violence and clashes between masked protesters and police.
Thailand authorities on Tuesday launched a hunt for a male "suspect" who may have left a bomb inside the hugely popular Lord Brahma temple in a crowded area in central Bangkok that killed at least 20 people and injured 123 others.
Nine persons were killed and three others missing as Super Typhoon Soudelor left behind a trail of destruction in eastern China, uprooting trees, hitting power supply and causing the heaviest rains in a century, state media reported on Sunday.
'I think as a society, the fact that these things are in certain people's heads, acceptable to a certain degree, it's disturbing and it's shocking and I'm ashamed to be a part of that society. I think we need to change our thinking, we need to treat men and women in the same way, be respectful and treat women with some compassion'
Genuine investments identified so far is Rs.1.08 cr out of around Rs 24,000 cr.
Here's capturing the car's 80-year-old legacy, and popularity, in photographs.
For the first time in 25 years since the start of militancy in Kashmir, the separatists have not called for a general strike on Martyrs' Day on Monday in view of the fasting month of Ramzan.
Formula One takes a step into the unknown this weekend with its first Grand Prix in Azerbaijan but triple world champion Lewis Hamilton hopes the race will take him back to familiar territory.
With the incessant rains halting the city's lifeline local trains, many office-goers on Friday bicycled to work, calling it the best alternative to reach their destinations in time.
'The purpose is not to jail him for kidnapping,' a Pakistani security official told Rediff.com, 'But we cannot let him go. We have to keep him behind bars one way or another.'
Two victims of the deadly Sydney siege were remembered on Tuesday by tearful mourners at private memorial services here, a week after a gunman held them hostage inside a downtown cafe in Australia.
In a rare gesture accorded to few foreign dignitaries, United States President Barack Obama and his family received the Pope at the Andrews Air Force base outside Washington
Here's your weekly digest of bizarre moments from around the world.
'The situation with Sharapova could be resolved after April 21 when we meet with the head of the international federation. After that all should be become clear. It is too early to talk about Sharapova competing at the Olympic Games'
The former secretary of state has been experiencing a cough related to allergies.
One of Maria Sharapova's biggest sponsors, Nike Inc., said it was suspending ties while the case is being investigated.
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, the highest-paid woman in sports, said on Monday that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she has been taking for 10 years for health issues.
'Freebies are yet be proven a 'pucca' vote-catcher. But don't say that to KCR because he takes pride in two things: His record of delivery and imagination,' says Shekhar Gupta.
PM Tony Abbott warns that terror threats would get "worse before it gets better".
Having spent so long depending on the outrageous individual talent of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Swedes have often wondered what the future holds after his retirement. Their UEFA Under-21 championship-winning side may just have provided the answer.
Srinagar like any other part of Kashmir is witnessing the longest spell of curfew since July 8 when unrest broke out in the Valley.
Grosvenor House hotel was put on sale by its lender Bank of China earlier this year after a 'technical default'
Thousands of men mobbed the revellers, and groped and trash talked the women in the streets on Saturday night even as a large number of policemen were deployed in the area.
A broken-hearted city attended a candlelight vigil to share in its sorrow for the cops killed in a sniper attack.
As the gunfire stopped at a parking garage in downtown Dallas, where five police officers were killed and seven others injured in "ambush style" firing during a protest against the fatal police shootings of black men this week, a new trend in crime-fighting crawled into spotlight.
'Thousands of people were stoning us, but we never fired back.'
Three suicide bombers struck in Saudi Arabia on Monday, including a shocking attack at Islam's second holiest site, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, where four security guards were killed.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
Former IPL chief shooed off potential buyers at the behest of Sushanto Roy, says broker
India on Monday sent two passenger ships to Djibouti Port to evacuate Indians stranded in conflict-hit Yemen.
Beijing was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first city to be awarded both summer and winter Games.
Addressing Indian workers at a medical camp in downtown Doha, Modi said he is aware of the issues being faced by Indian workers and the companies that bring them here.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
These 10 images show that we live in a bizarre world
Paper notes, diaries, laptops and desktop computers recovered from the 'horor' house in Kolkata where a man was found living with a skeleton and carcasses have revealed a complicated relationship between the family members.
If even a fraction of the 175 GW target is achieved, India's reliance on coal and oil would be reduced, says expert.
A group of young women and men have had enough of moral policing in Kerala. On Sunday, November 2 they plan to meet at Kochi's Marine Drive and stage a somewhat unique protest that involves... kissing.
The top four countries account for 60.3% of the total worldwide HNWI population.
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