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  Rio 2016: Bus carrying journalists attacked, no serious injuries reported

  World | August 10, 2016 8:27 IST

  A window was blown out of a media bus carrying journalists by an unknown projectile in Rio early today but there were no serious injuries. According to Reuters the media bus was hit by gunfire

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  Heavy gunfire outside South Sudan president's compound

  World | July 08, 2016 23:28 IST

  Juba: Witnesses said heavy gunfire erupted outside the compound of South Sudan's president Friday evening as Salva Kiir was preparing to address the nation on the latest deadly fighting in the capital, Juba. Kiir and

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  Army troops, insurgents exchange gunfire along Manipur-Myanmar border

  India | May 25, 2016 21:29 IST

  Imphal: An Indian Army patrol team and unidentified insurgents exchanged heavy gunfire along the international border in Manipur early today, intelligence sources said. There was no report of any casualty on either side. The army

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  Six suspected terrorists arrested in Nigeria

  World | April 11, 2015 21:04 IST

  Lagos: Nigerian troops in the oil rich city of Port Harcourt on Saturday said they have arrested six suspected terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition from them after soldiers raided their hideout.The suspects were arrested

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  Gunfire outside Islam and free speech debate venue in Copenhagen

  World | February 14, 2015 22:54 IST

  Shooting attack on a Copenhagen cafe: Danish police confirms 1 deadCopenhagen (Denmark): Shots were fired Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen that was hosting a freedom of speech event organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks,

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  Gunfight in Jammu hours ahead of Modi's arrival

  India | November 28, 2014 11:09 IST

  Jammu: Heavy firing exchanges between the security forces and a militant started Friday morning near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here.A group of heavily-armed militants

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  16 dead in fighting in Central African Republic capital

  World | December 05, 2013 19:05 IST

  Bangui: Heavy gunfire erupted in the capital of the Central African Republic on Thursday and at least 16 people were killed and dozens of civilians wounded. The United Nations planned to authorize within hours an

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  Looting, gunfire break out in typhoon-hit city

  World | November 13, 2013 19:11 IST

  Tacloban:  Mobs overran a rice warehouse on the island worst hit by the Philippine typhoon, setting off a wall collapse that killed eight people and carting off thousands of sacks of the grain, while security

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  Heavy gunfire near besieged mosque in Cairo, street clashes death toll 180

  World | August 17, 2013 23:25 IST

  Cairo: Islamist protesters today exchanged heavy gunfire with Egyptian security forces before the troops cleared a mosque where hundreds of supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi were holed up, even as the death toll in

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  Computer scientists turn smartphone into gunfire tracking device

  April 28, 2013 9:24 IST

  New Delhi, April 28: Researchers have developed a new device which helps users track gunfire with their smartphones, popping a map of the neighbourhood on its screen pointing in the direction the shot came from.Computer

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  Gunfire, panicked pleas heard in call recordings from US gurdwara

  World | August 16, 2012 11:40 IST

  Milwaukee, Aug 16:  Gunfire, panicked pleas for help and chilling silence can be heard in recordings of emergency calls from the scene of the shooting that killed six worshippers at a Sikh temple in the

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  After sweets from Pakistan, bitter pill for BSF - firing at forward post

  India | August 15, 2012 22:48 IST

  PTIJammu, Aug 15: Hardly had they savoured the sweets from the other side of the border, BSF troops were fired at by Pakistan Rangers at a forward post in Samba sector in the seventh ceasefire

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  Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison

  World | May 18, 2012 13:07 IST

  Caracas (Venezuela), May 18: More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pitting armed inmates against security

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  Wounded British Journalist Smuggled From Syria

  World | February 29, 2012 7:31 IST

  Beirut, Feb 29: A wounded British photographer who had been trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs was spirited safely into Lebanon on Tuesday in a risky journey that killed 13 rebels who helped

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  Two Kerala Fishermen Killed After Being Mistaken For Pirates By Italian Ship, India Protests

  India | February 16, 2012 17:32 IST

  New Delhi/Thurvananthapuram, Feb 16: India today lodged a strong protest with Italy after  security personnel of an Italian ship mistook Kerala fishermen to be pirates and shot two of them dead. Italian ambassador Gincomo Sanfelice ki

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  New Year Firecrackers Injure Nearly 500 Filipinos

  World | January 01, 2012 16:24 IST

  Philippines, Jan 1: Despite a government scare campaign, firecrackers and gunfire injured nearly 500 people in the Philippines as revelers welcomed the new year in one of the world's most raucous and dangerous celebrations.About a

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  Activists Say Syrian Troops Kill 100 In Village

  World | December 22, 2011 9:43 IST

  Beirut, Dec 21 : Government forces surrounded residents of a restive Syrian village in a valley and killed all those trapped inside, more than 100 people, in a barrage of rockets, tank shells, bombs and