US, European allies call on Libya's armed factions to withdraw from oil facilities

The United States, France, Britain and Italy on Wednesday called on armed factions in Libya to cease fighting and withdraw immediately from oil installations at Es Sider and Ras Lanuf. Washington and its European allies said in a joint statement that Libya’s oil resources should remain under the control of the legitimate National Oil Corporation, […]

WATCH: Armed robber attempts to hold up shop – only to be hit with hilarious instant karma

A viral video has captured the moment a man attempted to rob a store in Mexico with a gun. The armed man with his hood up enters the store and looks around before pointing the gun at the cashier. Also at the checkout is a man wearing a cowboy hat who is being served. As […]

Armed guards protect navy privates and scientists from polar bears while they play soccer in the Arctic

Associated Press Armed guards protected navy privates and scientists from polar bears while they played a game of soccer on March 22. You can see an extraordinary photograph of the scene below. You don’t need much to play soccer — just a couple of goal-frames, a soccer ball, and a grassy field. Sometimes you don’t […]

Armed To The Gears Combines Tower Defense Strategy With Mech Action

From Brigador to Tesla vs Lovecraft, rumbling through levels within the heavy armor of a mech never ceases to be satisfying. Maybe it’s the sense of weight, or the sheer amount of firepower your mech can carry, or in the case of Armed To The Gears, it’s how you compliment your mech’s attack options with […]

A damning new timeline of the Florida high-school shooting shows how badly the armed deputy screwed up

Mark Wilson/Getty The Broward Sheriff’s office on Thursday released internal radio dispatches that reveal how deputies responded to last month’s high-school shooting in Florida. The timeline is especially damning for the armed school resource officer, who never confronted the gunman. Instead, the deputy remained outside the building and even directed other officers to stay 500 […]

Man ‘mutilated & scalped’ in Paris restaurant by assailants armed with machete and saber

A 35-year-old man of Sri Lankan origin has suffered horrific injuries to his head and arm after two assailants, armed with a machete and a saber, stormed an Indian restaurant in Paris’ 10th arrondissement. The gruesome attack, the scene of which both assailants managed to flee, took place on Monday night in the French capital, […]

Teachers are sharing tons of ideas for things they’d rather be armed with than guns

thesuperheroteacher/Instagram Teachers across the country have joined forces under the hashtag #ArmMeWith to share what they would prefer to be armed with instead of a gun. The campaign was born in response to President Donald Trump’s suggestion to arm “adept teachers” with concealed guns in the wake of the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. The movement was created by […]

Armed deputy at Florida school who ‘never went in’ to confront the shooter resigns

The Broward County deputy who was on the Parkland, Florida school campus during the fatal shooting has resigned, after it emerged that he stood outside the building and did not confront the attacker. Nikolas Cruz, 19, confessed to the police that he opened fire with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing 17 and wounding 15 people […]

NRA leader LaPierre draws fire from liberals over call for armed guards in schools

The National Rifle Association’s executive Wayne LaPierre lashed out at “elitist” Democrats for exploiting the Florida school shooting and “hating” freedoms, while liberals reacted angrily to his call for armed guards at schools. No love was lost between the NRA’s executive vice-president and liberal gun control supporters as LaPierre gave his speech at the annual […]

Syria’s East Ghouta militants derail peace talks with armed provocations – Russian MoD

Attempts to broker a ceasefire in the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta have failed because illegal armed militants controlling the area have refused to give up their weapons, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “The appeals by the Russian reconciliation center to illegal armed groups to stop resistance, surrender arms and regularize their status did […]