Death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar religious riots
Two days of rioting between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar town has killed at least 20 and left residents too afraid to walk the streets, a lawmaker said Friday.
Two days of rioting between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar town has killed at least 20 and left residents too afraid to walk the streets, a lawmaker said Friday.
Negotiations between survivors of typhoon Pablo and the Department of Social Welfare and Development on the delivery of relief goods ended on Wednesday night, breaking days of tensions and skirmishes between local authorities and the communities.
Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said.
Firefighters are dousing smoldering buildings and cleanup crews are sweeping rubble following a night of rioting in central Athens after lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy.
Angry protesters on at least two outlying islands in the Maldives attacked police stations and set fire to government buildings on Wednesday, officials told AFP.
A black man killed by police. Mobs of looters. Cities charred and shaken. The riots in London mirror some of the worst uprisings in modern U.S. history. And there are more parallels: Stubborn poverty and high unemployment, services slashed due to recessionary budget cuts, a breakdown of social values, social media that bring people together [...]
LONDON–A man who was attacked during riots in England died in hospital from his injuries, police said Friday, becoming the fifth fatality from the unrest which flared in London six days ago. Richard Mannington Bowes, 68, was found unconscious late Monday in Ealing, a west London suburb where several buildings were looted and cars torched. [...]
LONDON—After a relatively quiet night on London’s streets, life started to return to normal Thursday following four nights of rioting that have left homes and shops in ruins and four people dead. The owners of shops and cafes in districts of the British capital where rioters looted and set fire to shops put on a [...]
A Malaysian student has recounted how even children took part in an assault on him in London’s riots, a scene captured in online footage that has sparked an outpouring of revulsion.
LONDON, United Kingdom — Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain’s worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods. An eerie calm prevailed in the city, but unrest spread across central and northern England on a fourth [...]
The number of police deployed on the streets of London on Tuesday will be boosted from 6,000 to 16,000 following a third night of rioting in the British capital, Prime Minister David Cameron said.
