A man armed with a knife has barricaded himself into a children's day care centre in southern Italy.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will resume her campaign schedule after a peaceful ending of a hostage situation in one of her campaign offices in the state of New Hampshire.

The gunman is in police custody after a peaceful end of Las Plumas High School Hostage situation in Oroville Union High School District in CA.

The government of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has narrowly won a Senate vote to continue Rome's military mission in Afghanistan. But questions remain over the mission's future, as NATO allies criticize Italy's handling of a recent hostage crisis.