Riots

People clean up outside the Holiday Inn Express hotel after rioters attacked the building in Rotherham, Britain, August 5, 2024. The government had said it was being used by asylum seekers. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Europe

UK PM Starmer: We have police in place to deal with anti-Muslim riots

Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event in Southport, a seaside town in northwest England, after false messaging on...

Demonstrators clash with police officers during an anti-immigration protest, in Rotherham, Britain, August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Europe

UK's Starmer vows speedy punishment to quell violent disorder

A bus burns during a demonstration following a suspected stabbing that left few children injured in Dublin, Ireland, November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Europe

Calm restored to Dublin streets after 34 arrested for riots

Pakistani christians Prayer for Jaranwala christians after the recent attack on a Christian area by an angry Muslim mob, In Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
South Asia

Pakistan to compensate Christians who lost homes in rioting over alleged desecration of Quran

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan throw stones at police during a protest against Khan's arrest, in Peshawar, Pakistan, May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
South Asia

Pakistan hands 33 protest suspects to military for trials

There’s no question that the world is in the throes of many interlocking crises. The question is whether that amounts to something qualitatively new. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

So we’re in a polycrisis. Is that even a thing?

Demonstrators light candles during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Athens, Greece, October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
Middle East

Iran's judiciary says more than 1,000 convictions made over 'riots'

Protesters hold signs stating “I CAN’T BREATHE” during a march through Center City on June 1, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Demonstrations have erupted all across the country in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota while in police custody a week ago. Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images
Politics

From riots to reform in America

Gandhi touring Noakhali in 1946, as part of his peace mission. (Courtesy: National Gandhi Museum)
World+Biz

How India’s top political leaders responded to the riots in 1947

A relative of Jorge Mora, a follower of Colo Colo soccer team who died after he was ran over by a police truck, attends his wake in Santiago, Chile, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
World+Biz

Violence erupts again in Santiago after soccer fan run over by police