Tag: Riots

Riots in England claimed a fifth life Friday with the death of a pensioner who confronted looters in the worst unrest for decades, as...

Prime Minister David Cameron is under growing pressure to abandon plans to cut police funding, part of the government's austerity drive, after the worst...

Thousands of Chinese took to the streets of a southwestern town on Thursday, with some smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens...

The riots which tore through London and other major English cities for four days had nothing to do with politics or protest but were...

Three Pakistani nationals were killed in Britain’s second largest city on Wednesday while protecting their community from rioters and looters, British police said. The...

Three people of Pakistan-origin died on Wednesday after being hit by a car during riots in the central English city of Birmingham, a private...

Three men died Wednesday after being hit by a car during riots in the central English city of Birmingham, officials said, amid reports that...

Violence spread out from London to elsewhere in Britain on Tuesday and the three days of unrest claimed their first fatality as a man,...

A second night of rioting erupted in Northern Ireland at the height of the Protestant marching season, with two police officers briefly set on...

At least four inmates and a Frontier Constabulary official were killed as riots broke out in Sukkur Central Jail on Tuesday. A protest against...

A journalist died overnight after being hit in the head by a stone during student riots outside the Multan Press Club, his family said...

Food prices are expected to hit new highs in the coming weeks, potentially triggering further unrest in developing countries unless there is heavy rainfall...

Riots gripped the eastern side of the city on Saturday after a blasphemy attempt in the thickly Christian populated locality and angry protestors attacked...

Fresh bomb blasts jolted Nigeria on Tuesday as the country voted in state governors’ elections, the last of three landmark ballots that have already...

KANO - A new outbreak of deadly post-poll riots hit northern Nigeria overnight as soldiers patrolled the streets Tuesday after President Goodluck Jonathan and his defeated rival called for calm. Authorities have not given a death toll for the rioting that began sporadically over the weekend over allegations of vote rigging and quickly spread to some 14 states on Monday. An estimated 15,000 have been displaced and more than 360 wounded, according to the Red Cross. Police said dozens of

KANO - Christian youths burnt a mosque in Nigeria's north early Tuesday after deadly rioting that followed presidential elections, prompting Muslims to destroy shops in response, residents said.
The reprisal attacks occurred in Nigeria's main northern city of Kano, where an unspecified number of people were killed the previous day as post-election rioting spread to some 14 states over President Goodluck Jonathan's election win.
Kano police spokesman Magaji Majia confirmed

KANO - Riots spread across Nigeria's north on Monday as results from presidential elections showed incumbent Goodluck Jonathan assured of victory in polls that reflected deep regional tensions. Residents reported that a home belonging to an aide to the vice president was among those set alight and a mob sought to burn a Christian woman alive in one area.
Protesters fought running battles with soldiers in Nigeria's main northern city. A 24-hour curfew was imposed on the state of