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The shooter also set off a Molotov cocktail in the attack at Arapahoe High School in Colorado, a few miles from the sites of last year's Aurora cinema shooting and the 1999 Columbine bloodbath.

President Barack Obama Wednesday demanded an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for gun buyers, stoking a generational clash with the firearms lobby after the Newtown school massacre.

Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning Thursday to classes at an alternative campus.

Sandy Hook Elementary School classes began up to two hours late and extra security was posted outside buildings.

The US company that manufactured the lethal assault rifle used in last week's grade school massacre was put up for sale Tuesday as its main shareholder sought to distance itself from the killings.

Heart-rending funerals were held Monday for two six-year-old boys, as America began to say farewell to the 20 children slain in a school shooting that has sparked calls for new gun laws.

Barack Obama was due in the small Connecticut community of Newtown on Sunday to join in vigils for the 20 small children and seven adults.

Shattered families struggle to grasp news that most of the 27 people shot dead by a US school gunman were six and seven-year-old children.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.