Riot News

Those of you who read and enjoyed the Punk Women series may have been wondering about what some or all of the women I interviewed for it have been up to lately, well... two of them will be appearing with Viv Albertine at The Verge in Hyde on Saturday 24 March.

The prosecution has dropped a charge of "riot" against a teenager who was the first person to be charged with the offence after last summer's disorder.

An inmate "saw red" and set fire to a building during a prison riot after being refused parole, Hove Crown Court has heard.

A building on Stadiou Street is engulfed in flames during the demonstration against the new austerity measures on Feb.

BAGHDAD Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.

Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy.

A protester runs away from police during a violent anti-austerity demonstration in central Athens, February 12 2012.

Bahraini riot police engaged in pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated ahead of the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad mocked the opposition for its "bad manners." Teenagers blocked off streets in the village of Sanabis, taunting police as "cowards" and "mercenaries" because ... (more)

Bahrain deployed thousands of security forces Sunday to confront anti-government protesters ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising that seeks to loosen the ruling Sunni dynasty's monopoly on power.

Parliament is expected to approve early on Monday morning the terms of GreeceA's new loan agreement despite extensive rioting outside Parliament, which led to dozens of stores and buildings being looted and set on fire.

Pipelines used to be boring. Once upon a time, these common crude-carrying metal tubes criss-crossing the country were little more than a planner's afterthought.

Greek lawmakers on Sunday began debating legislation introducing severe austerity measures necessary for the country to secure a euro130 billion bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and stave off bankruptcy.

A United Nations freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head while driving through an upscale Cairo neighborhood on Sunday, Egyptian security officials said, as concerns persist over a security vacuum blamed on lax policing since the uprising that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak last year.

A petrol bomb explodes at riot police during a 48-hour general strike in Athens on Friday.

An Occupy protester was arrested in Oakland this week after allegedly violating an order to stay away from Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland, police said.

Women subjected to invasive "virginity tests" by security forces are among thousands of Egyptians still waiting for justice.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Tottenham on Thursday, February 9, to follow up on victims of last August's riots .

A mother who admitted stealing a box from a jeweller's shop during last year's riots has been jailed for 13 months.

Bahraini police fired tear gas and sound grenades to break up protests by anti-government demonstrators on Saturday as they tried to march towards Manama's Pearl Roundabout, centre of a failed uprising last year.

In a small park in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood, hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters were surrounded by police officers in riot helmets just before 6 p.m. Jan.