Kentucky I-75 shootings: Schools closed amid hunt for gunman

Schools in several Kentucky counties are closed Monday as the search for a man suspected of shooting into vehicles along a major highway, injuring five people, continued into a third day.

27 dead following Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza

Israel has said it conducted an attack on what it described as a Hamas compound located inside a United Nations school in central Gaza.

France plans mobile school force after headteacher resigns over death threats

France is setting up a mobile security force for schools "experiencing difficulties", days after the headteacher of a Paris school resigned because of death threats.

Gaza hospital says it received 50 bodies after strike on school | Al Arabiya

The director of Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, told Reuters on Friday that at least 20 Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli strike on Al-Buraq school in Gaza city.

Europe’s City Schools, Hospitals at Risk from Extreme Heat, EU Agency Says

Nearly half of schools and hospitals in European cities are located in urban “heat islands”, exposing vulnerable populations to health-threatening temperatures as climate change impacts worsen, the European Union’s environment agency has said.

Two dead, five wounded in US high school graduation shooting

A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd after a high school graduation ceremony in the United States city of Richmond, Virginia, police have said.

Western Balkan countries increase security measures after 2 mass shootings in Serbia

Western Balkans countries increased security measures Friday after two mass shootings killed at least 17 people in less than 48 hours.

Moscow Says Cutting Diplomatic Ties With Poland Will Hurt Russian Citizens Living There

Moscow has the right to sever diplomatic relations with Poland following the seizure of the building of the school at the Russian embassy in Warsaw, but it will primarily hurt Russian citizens living and working in this country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

Virginia jury indicts mother of 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher

A grand jury in the US state of Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and seriously wounded his teacher in January.

Biden orders flags lowered to half-staff to honor victims of Nashville school shooting

US President Joe Biden ordered flags at the White House and all federal buildings on Monday to be flown at half-staff until sunset on March 31 after a school shooting claimed the lives of three young children and three adults.

3 killed including suspect in St. Louis high school shooting

At least three people were killed, including the suspect, and seven others were injured in a shooting Monday morning at a high school in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Russian Interior Ministry Says Aware Of 6 Killed, 20 Injured In Attack In Izhevsk School

Six people were killed and about 20 others were injured as a result of a shooting attack in a school in Izhevsk, the Russian interior ministry said on Monday, citing the data of the office in the Udmurt Republic.

Amnesty International: Ukrainian Forces ‘Put Civilians at Risk’ | Farsnews Agency

Ukrainian forces appear to have a pattern of placing troops and military vehicles in residential areas, including using hospitals as de facto military bases, Amnesty International said on Thursday, adding that such actions violate international humanitarian law and put civilian lives at risk.

Shelling destroys school in Mykolaiv, wounds five: Mayor

Shelling destroyed a school in the port city of Mykolaiv in the early hours of Sunday morning and wounded five people, the mayor has said.

Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Nigeria • FRANCE 24

 

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Russia school shooting: Children and teacher killed in Kazan - BBC News

A school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan has left at least 11 people dead, reports say.

UK PM says higher risk of virus transmission "inevitable" as schools reopen in England - Global Times

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that the increased risk of coronavirus transmission is "inevitable" as schools reopened and millions of children returned to classrooms across England.

Multiple students dead in Houston-area school shooting: reports

More than one student was shot dead at a Houston-area high school Friday, reports said citing police officials.

Police seal off designated polling stations on eve of Catalan referendum

A Spanish government spokesperson has said police have sealed off 1,300 of 2,315 schools in Catalonia which had been designated as polling stations on the eve of a banned independence referendum which Madrid is attempting to thwart.

149 killed as 7.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico City

7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital of Mexico City, sending people fleeing into the street and causing causalities.