Flowers are left near the scene of a shooting that took place during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, in Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 22, 2023. Photographer Allison Dinner By Reuters A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a Lunar New Year

By Anadolu Agency Condemnations continued to pour in from across the Arab and Islamic worlds over the burning of a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, by a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, under the protection of police and with

File- President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House to mayors who are attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. The FBI searched Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., on Friday and located additional items consisting of documents with classified markings and also took

Police investigate a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Dozens of police officers responded to reports of a shooting that occurred after a large Lunar New Year celebration had ended in a community east of Los Angeles late Saturday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By The Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he leaves in a car after attending the funeral of his mother Heeraben, in Gandhinagar, India, December 30, 2022. Photogrpher Amit Dave By Reuters India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary which questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even

File – French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Oct. 26, 2022. France and Germany are seeking to overcome differences laid bare by the Ukraine war and shore up their alliance with a day of ceremonies and talks Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023 on Europe’s security, energy

By Anadolu Agency Demonstrators continued Friday to demand the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte after six weeks of violent protests that have killed 59 people. Boluarte accused protestors of “vandalism” in a television address late Thursday after hundreds took to the streets in the country’s capital of Lima in the so-called “Takeover of Lima”

File – New Zealand’s COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins speaks during a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand on Oct. 28, 2021. Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the race Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 to replace Jacinda Ardern, who announced

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears to not be wearing his seat belt, in an unknown location in England, Britain in this screen grab taken from a social media video on January 19, 2023. Rishi Sunak via Instagram By Reuters British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat

By Anadolu Agency Germany and its allies discussed sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine but no decision was made during the Ramstein meeting, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday. “We cannot say today when a decision will be taken on Leopard tanks, and what this decision will be,” he told reporters after the morning session