A wedding ceremony turned to a fatal event when over 100 people lost their lives and 150 others injured as fire gut a wedding reception hall in northern Iraq.Hundreds of people were celebrating in Qaraqosh in Iraq's northern Nineveh province when fire tore through the venue late on Tuesday evening.It is not yet known what caused the blaze, but early reports say it broke out after fireworks were lit.Flammable panels in the venue may have fuelled the flames, causing p...

As the Ecuador presidential election is fast approaching, one of the leading presidential aspirants has been killed by some yet-to-be-apprehended gunmen during a political rally.The murdered presidential candidate in Ecuador was assassinated on Wednesday evening at a political rally in the capital, just days before an election that was expected to be dominated by concerns over drug-related violence.The candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, a former journalist, was gunn...

No fewer than 0 people were killed and nine were wounded when an apparent team of gunmen ambushed a car rally in Baja, Mexico, about 73 miles from the U.S. border, authorities said.The horrific attack unfolded just after 2 p.m. on Saturday in San Vicente, near Ensenada, on the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula, the Reuters news agency reported.The violence erupted during the last day of a two-day all-terrain car rally, local officials said. Video purportedly of th...