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  • After a migrant boat sank overnight off the coast of Djibouti in northeastern Africa, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday that 109 people had died, 80 had survived, and 116 were still missing for.
  • According to Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka, police received information about a potential attack against Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, prompting the emergency meeting at the Internal Security Agency's (ABW) Counter-Terrorism Center.
  • The latest attack on Riyadh's King Khalid airport claimed 12 lives and injured 309, according to Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority.
  • In a statement posted on social media, Saudi military spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki blamed the Iran-backed Houthis for Saturday's fatal attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
  • US president Donald Trump stated that he would "take a look" at joining Saudi Arabia in attacking the Houthis and resuming attacks on Iran.
  • Four people died as Storm Isaias moves across the southern United States.
  • A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent who was allegedly pursuing him and another man on Saturday in Houston, Texas.
  • More than a week after her botched execution in Tennessee, Christa Pike was discharged from the hospital and returned to prison.

Tag: US Gun Policy

December 31, 2022

Gun Violence in US Rises in...

In 2022, there were nearly a record number of mass shootings in America, including a horrific attack on an elementary school and shooting sprees that were allegedly driven by hate.

December 14, 2022

US Gun Violence Rises in 2022

With a nearly record number of mass shootings, including a horrific attack on an elementary school and shooting sprees apparently driven by hate, gun violence claimed a heavy toll across America in 2022.

May 30, 2022

Residents of Uvalde are comforted by...

People in the Texas town of Uvalde (PR: you-VAHL-dee) are dealing with the fallout from a mass shooting that killed 19 children and two adults on Tuesday

May 27, 2022

Guns Killing Children: A Quiet Epidemic

When mass shootings take place in the United States, such as the one in Uvalde, Texas, the entire world pays attention. The rising number of children 14 and younger killed by guns every day is less visible. According to studies, firearms are the major cause of death among youngsters in the United States

April 16, 2021

US Gun Violence

Amid ongoing mass shootings in the United States, Americans remain divided on how to reduce the carnage from these events and also from isolated shootings

August 18, 2020

COVID-19: Gun Sales Surge in US

According to a report by the Brookings Institution, almost three million more firearms have been sold since March, much than the same period in previous years. It also says there is evidence that people who have never owned guns before are lining up to get one

August 15, 2020

Americans and Guns: Street Violence

The streets of Wilmington, Delaware are plagued by regular gun violence, as one mother knows all too well

July 18, 2020

Guns and Suicide

Jennifer Lugar’s husband committed suicide using a legally purchased handgun. She is now on a mission to stop the rising tide of gun suicides in the US-VOA NEWS

June 24, 2020

Americans Search for Common Ground on...

Gun owner Angela Stroud says many people have simplistic views about the subject but in fact, it’s a complicated issue. She talks to VOA Connect about regulation and her own conflicting views and what can be done to address the misconceptions

August 18, 2019

Intelligent Threat-Sensing Building on Horizon

Back-to-back mass shootings in the U.S. have re-ignited passionate debates about gun control in America. But there are other efforts underway to protect people from gun violence– like the creation of an intelligent building designed to handle an active shooter situation

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