Thirteen civilians were killed in clashes north of Bangui, the capital of the perennially restive Central African Republic, the UN mission in the country said Thursday.

13 civilians killed north of Central Africa capital Bangui: UN

In several shootings across the US, multiple people were killed and dozens injured. Gun violence was reported in Portland (Oregon), Houston (Philadelphia), Sacramento (California) and Washington, DC.

Unprecedented spate in US shootings leave several dead, multiple injured 

High waves hit the coast of Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo on Saturday (July 3) as Storm Elsa lashed the country, leaving two people dead. Videos shot in the waterfront boulevard of Malecon showed strong winds blowing through trees and debris on the road.

Two killed as tropical storm Elsa lashes Dominican Republic

At least 15 people, including a journalist and an opposition activist, were killed in Haiti in overnight violence suspected to be revenge attacks after the death of a police officer, officials said Wednesday.

15 killed in suspected revenge attacks in Haiti, says police

An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said.

At least 30 killed in al Shabaab attack in Somalia: Security official

The government of Burkina Faso and the United Nations said the attack, which killed more than 130 people earlier this month, was carried out primarily by minors aged 12 to 14.

Children aged 12 to 14 carried out the attack that killed over 130 in Burkina Faso

The driver of a pickup truck slammed into a crowd gathering for a Pride parade Saturday in south Florida, killing one man and injuring another, authorities said.

One killed as truck hits crowd at Florida Pride parade

At least 17 people were killed after a passenger van they were travelling in plunged into a river in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The vehicle was heading from Chilas to Rawalpindi when it fell into the Indus River in the Paniba area of Kohistan district, Dawn newspaper reported.

17 killed as passenger van falls into river in Pakistan

Two people have been arrested in a road-rage shooting on a freeway in Orange County, California, last month in which a 6-year-old boy was killed while his mother was driving him to school, authorities announced Sunday.

Two arrested in California road-rage shooting that killed a six-year-old

The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, the government said on Saturday, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast.

At least 132 civilians killed in Burkina Faso's worst attack in years

At least three people were killed in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday as the military junta's forces clashed with villagers, local media and residents said, while fighting was also reported in northern and eastern Myanmar.

Clashes spread to Myanmar's Ayeyarwady delta, several killed

Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least four people and left seven missing, while more than 5,000 are displaced, officials said on Saturday.

Floods and mudslides kill 4, another 7 missing in Sri Lanka

Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) were at loggerheads on Monday after the Chadian government accused its southern neighbour of killing six of its soldiers at a border post, five of whom were allegedly abducted and then executed, branding it a 'war crime' that would 'not go unpunished'.

Chad, Central African Republic at loggerheads after troops killed at border

Two children and 16 adults were shot dead in a remote coca-growing area of Peru, the armed forces said on Monday, blaming the attack on members of the Shining Path guerrilla group.

Two children among 18 killed in Peru by rebel group ahead of election

Several people were killed in a shooting Monday outside Columbus, Ohio, according to local news media reports. The shooting happened in West Jefferson, Ohio, a village of some 4,000 people about 20 miles west of the state’s capital city.

Several killed in a shooting outside Columbus, Ohio

Two powerful tornadoes walloped the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Suzhou, killing at least seven people and injuring 239 others, state-media reported on Saturday. Six people were killed and 218 others injured after a tornado, packing winds of 23.

Seven killed, over 230 injured after two tornadoes strike Chinese cities 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered a review of gun control legislation following a deadly shooting at a high school in the central city of Kazan, the Kremlin said.

Putin orders gun control review as school shooting in Russia kills 7 children, 2 staff members

At least 11 people have been killed and many more wounded after one or more gunmen opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the emergency services ministry.

Eleven killed, many wounded in Russian school shooting: Reports

Two men were killed and a woman and a San Antonio police officer were wounded in a shootout on Friday following a routine traffic stop. Around 11:30 am, an officer stopped a pickup truck containing three occupants for an undetermined reason on a street on the city's West Side, Police Chief William McManus said.

Two killed, cop wounded in US shootout 

An alliance of ethnic armies in Myanmar that has opposed the junta's crackdown on anti-coup protests attacked a police station in the east on Saturday and at least 10 policemen were killed, domestic media said.

10 Myanmar policemen killed in attack by ethnic armies opposed to junta: Report 

At least 10 police personnel including Sangin district police chief Abdul Mohammad Sarwari were killed in a Taliban attack in Lashkargah city on Saturday, Tolo News reported.

10 police personnel killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan 

At least 14 people were killed and 30 others injured after a passenger bus veered off a road and plunged down a precipice on Saturday in the hilly district of Badulla in central Sri Lanka.

14 killed in bus accident in central Sri Lanka 

Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives, state media said.

Jordan health minister resigns after oxygen outage kills six patients

President of France Emmanuel Macron on Sunday condemned the 'cowardly" attack on humanitarian workers in Niger and said he would do everything to shed light on the incident in which eight people died.

Macron condemns 'cowardly' attack in Niger, vows to fight 'terrorist groups in the Sahel region'

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