Why are there riots in New Caledonia against France's voting reform?
Some local leaders fear the constitutional amendment will dilute the vote of the indigenous Kanak.
Thu May 16 2024
Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency
Three young indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform.
Thu May 16 2024
Indonesia's likely new president haunts father of missing activist
Paian Siahaan's 22-year-old son Ucok was one of the pro-democracy activists who disappeared during the chaotic riots of 1998.
Fri Feb 16 2024
India court quashes remission in sentence of men in Muslim woman's gang-rape -media
The court also directed the men to surrender to prison authorities within two weeks.
Mon Jan 08 2024
Dublin wakes to looted stores, smouldering vehicles after night of riots
Police blamed far-right agitators for starting the violence after a small group of anti-immigrant protesters arrived at the scene of the stabbing attack and clashed with police.
Fri Nov 24 2023
Riots erupt in Dublin after children stabbed
Riots in the city were sparked by the injury of five people, including three young children, from a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday.
Fri Nov 24 2023
French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting
Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent.
Fri Jun 30 2023
India's income tax department searches BBC offices - Sources
This comes weeks after the govt came down hard against a BBC documentary critical of PM Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Tue Feb 14 2023
Indian university warns against screening of BBC documentary on Modi
Modi's government has dismissed the documentary, which questions his leadership during deadly riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002.
Tue Jan 24 2023
India blocks BBC documentary on PM Modi from airing in India
A BBC documentary questions PM Narendra Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Mon Jan 23 2023
Brazil's Lula fires army commander in wake of riots
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday fired the head of the country's army, Gen Julio Cesar de Arruda, two weeks after election-related riots gripped the country's capital.
Sun Jan 22 2023
Iran sentences former president's daughter to a five-year prison term
It was reported that Faezeh Hashemi had been arrested for "inciting riots" in Tehran during protests.
Tue Jan 10 2023
Bolsonaro in Florida hospital; 1,000 supporters detained after Brasilia riots
The mobs rampaged through Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential offices, smashing windows, furniture and artwork.
Tue Jan 10 2023
Bolsonaro's Florida stay puts ball in Biden's court after Brasilia riots
Joe Biden is now facing mounting pressure to remove Bolsonaro from his self-imposed exile in suburban Orlando.
Mon Jan 09 2023
Brazil investigates who led anti-democratic riots in capital
The also Supreme Court ordered social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to block coup-mongering propaganda.
Mon Jan 09 2023