Police in the French town of Beauvais foiled a 13-year-old French student's plan to kill teachers and himself in a shooting spree. The schoolboy's parents warned the police after discovering the plot on his blog.
Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad has been executed by lethal injection over a series of 2002 shootings that left 10 people dead and terrorised the Washington DC region.
Barack Obama has joined thousands of mourners at a memorial honoring those killed in last week's shooting at the US military base at Fort Hood. The emotional tribute comes as the investigation continues into what motivated the suspect.
Investigators continue to probe accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan's possible links to terrorism as US President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial for the 13 killed in a Nov. 5 shooting spree.
Investigators continue to probe accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan's possible links to terrorism as US President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial for the 13 killed in a Nov. 5 shooting spree.
Investigators are probing reports that US authorities may have failed to act on intelligence that army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan had contacts with a radical cleric in Yemen. Officials say the suspect will be tried in a military court.
Major Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist blamed for killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a Texas Army base, has emerged from a coma and is talking to medical staff, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
US President Barack Obama ordered flags to fly at half-staff at the White House and federal buildings, as military personnel and citizens mourned the 13 victims of Thursday's shocking army base shooting in Texas.
