Five people were killed and several others injured in a mass shooting that took place in a historic biker bar in California on Wednesday night local time (Aug 23).

California mass shooting: At least five dead, several injured in bar

Mayor of an Ecuadorian coastal city, on Saturday (August 19), claimed that he was a victim of an attempted assassination, a day before the country is set to hold general elections. This comes as Ecuador is reeling from an unprecedented surge in violence and reported a disturbing trend of attacks against political candidates which includes the assassination of a presidential hopeful.

Ecuador mayor survives assassination attempt ahead of general elections

Six people died and 55 others were rescued when a boat filled with migrants and moving towards Britain sank in the Channel early on Saturday, said French maritime officials, as a search and rescue operation continued to find those still missing.

Six killed, 55 rescued after boat carrying migrants capsizes in Channel

Ecuador was under a state of emergency Thursday after the assassination of a popular presidential candidate just days before an election dominated by concerns over the once-peaceful country's descent into brutal violence linked to drug trafficking.

Ecuador under state of emergency after presidential candidate shot

Forty-one people have died after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean last week, survivors told local Italian media on Wednesday.

41 reportedly dead after migrant boat capsizes off Italian island

Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said.

Ecuadoran Presidential candidate shot dead after rally

A Mexican journalist was shot dead by assailants on Saturday in a store parking lot in the southern tourist town of Acapulco, stated the regional authorities. This is the second killing of a journalist that has taken place in the country within a week.

Mexican journalist killed in tourist town of Acapulco

Violence and bloodshed marked the 4th of July for the United States when it was celebrating its Independence Day. Several people lost their loved ones as the country saw one of its worst gun violence.

17 mass shootings and 14 dead: Fourth of July celebrations turn deadly in US

The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections.

Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections with ruling in favor of Christian web designer

According to reports, a truck crashed into several vehicles in Kenya, killing at least 49 people. This is thought to be the deadliest road disaster in Kenya in recent years.

Kenya: 49  killed after truck rams into multiple vehicles

Alen Moradian, the drug lord who is also referred to as Sydney’s Tony Soprano, was shot dead by rival gang members in broad daylight in one of the town’s affluent suburbs on Tuesday morning.

Drug kingpin Alen Moradian, also called Sydney’s Tony Soprano, killed in broad daylight

23-year-old anderson lee Aldrich, who shot five people dead in a Colorado gay club has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The accused pleaded guilty to 5 first-degree murder counts and 46 attempted murder counts.

Shooter in Colorado gay nightclub attack pleads guilty, gets life in prison

Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people — including 38 students — who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

A man, went on a violent shooting rampage, killing his estranged wife, her daughter and three other kids, days after the woman had warned a court about him possessing “50 to 60 guns” and was afraid he would “get drunk and shoot me.

Tennessee horrific murder-suicide: Man, possessing '50 to 60' guns, kills estranged wife, four kids

Two soldiers have been killed and a third wounded when a fellow recruit opened fire at a training range in central Japan, the military has said.

Japan military shooting: Two soldiers killed after fellow recruit opens fire

As higher-than-normal rain batters various areas of China, at least three people have died while one was reported missing from southwestern China, reports Anadolu citing local media.

Three killed, one missing as heavy rain batters China; 30 million tonnes of bumper wheat harvest impacted

Police detained a suspect after a shootout took place at a Mercedes-Benz plant located in southwestern Germany on Thursday in which two people died. The latest shooting incident increased pressure on Germany's government to further tighten its gun laws.

Two killed, suspect detained in German Mercedes plant shootout

Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one region

Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast

A 14-year-old suspect in Belgrade killed eight of his schoolmates and a security guard, in a rare mass shooting that has shocked Serbia and the surrounding Balkan region.

Serbia: 8 children, guard killed in school shooting by teenage boy in Belgrade

In what comes as an unfortunate incident, a woman plummeted to her death at an Indonesian airport after forcing open the wrong set of doors of a lift and falling down the shaft.

Unfortunate! Indonesian woman falls to her death down airport elevator shaft

Gangster Atiq Ahmed, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in Prayagraj on Saturday night while they were being taken for the mandatory medical checkup to the medical college in police custody.

India: Gangster Atiq Ahmad, brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj, three attackers arrested

Police in Louisville, Kentucky, have released bodycam footage of the fatal shootout between police and a banker who gunned down five colleagues. Watch the video to know more.

Kentucky bank shooting: Bodycam video shows police under fire

Five people are dead, including a gunman, and eight were injured after a shooting Monday morning at a downtown Louisville bank. Watch the video to know more.

Five killed, including gunman, and eight injured in Louisville bank shooting

Louisville shooting: Five people killed, six injured in gunfire an at downtown bank

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