Violence and looting in parts of South Africa, triggered by the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma, are broadening to reflect more deep-seated problems in the country. The unrest reflects the inequalities that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

South Africa violence reflects inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic

Unrest raged in South Africa for the sixth day running, stoking fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to bite.

Rioting, looting continues in South Africa

A mother was forced to throw her baby from the 16th floor of a burning building to a crowd below, as riots in South Africa intensify. The building they were in was set on fire by looters.

South Africa Riots: Mother throws baby from 16th floor of burning building

At least 72 people have been killed and more than 1,200 people have been arrested in the unrest following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma in South Africa. WION correspondent Kalden Ongmu brings you a ground report from the Gauteng province.

South Africa Ground Report: Rioting, looting claims 72 lives after former president Zuma jailed

At least 72 people have been killed and more than 1,200 people have been arrested in the unrest following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

South Africa riots: Death toll passes to 72 after imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma

Rioting, looting continues in South Africa with the death toll rising to 72 as police and the military struggle to quell the violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. WION correspondent Alyson Le Grance brings you the latest ground report from Durban.

Rioting, looting continues in South Africa, deaths up to 72

In order to strengthen security measures to end the ongoing violent riots in the country, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government has deployed the South African Defence Force.

President Cyril Ramaphosa deploys South African Defence Force to curb ongoing violent riots 

Police in Oregon City, Oregon, south of Portland, declared duelling protests by the Proud Boys extremist group and the anti-fascist Antifa group a riot, as clashes between the two groups broke out at a local park, local media said on Friday (June 18).

Riot declared in Oregon City as Proud Boys, Antifa clash

Norway & Sweden — almost always make it to the top 10 — of the global happiness index. But some recent events — paint a completely different picture of these lands.

Norway & Sweden must lead by example on how to uphold the interest of all groups

Around Rs 1.62 crores were provided to the accused of North East Delhi violence before the violence started in February this year, Delhi Police sources said. Sources said that Rs 1.

Over Rs 1.62 crores provided to accused before Delhi violence

At least five people were killed Saturday in the town of Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, a police officer said, in rioting sparked by the relocation of a power plant.

Several dead after riot in northern Sierra Leone

Hours after the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on the lockdown violators of Telinipara in Hooghly district on Tuesday and asked police to appropriate steps, strict action followed.

Clashes erupt between two groups in Hooghly district; section 144 CrPC imposed

The death toll in violence in the Indian capital Delhi has risen to 32. The Anti-CAA protests have now turned into violent riots. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to maintain harmony and peace.

India: Death toll in Delhi violence rises to 32

A Hong Kong seller of luxury wristwatches stands guarded by surveillance cameras to ward off burglars seemingly exploiting policing vacuums caused, in part, by officers sent to riot-control duties.

Months of riots leave Hong Kong police stretched

As many as a million Chileans protested peacefully late into the evening on Friday in the capital Santiago in the biggest rallies yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation.

One million Chileans march in Santiago, city grinds to halt

At least two migrants died on Sunday in a fire at a Greek island refugee camp, with the blaze triggering rioting by angry residents. Athens News Agency, quoting police sources, reported that a woman and a child had died in the blaze at the overcrowded Moira camp on the island of Lesbos.

Riots at Greek migrant camp after two die in a fire

Hong Kong police and protesters clashed in cat-and-mouse encounters across the city on Sunday, marking a shift in tactics during a tenth straight weekend of unrest in the former British colony where people are chafing at Chinese rule.

Hong Kong police and protesters refine battle tactics

Hong Kong: A timeline of anti-government protests since China handover

Renewed clashes broke out between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong on Tuesday night after dozens of demonstrators were charged with rioting -- an offence that carries a jail term of up to ten years.

Clashes in Hong Kong after police charge protesters with rioting

At least six people are dead and 200 injured in civil unrest in the Indonesian capital, its governor, Anies Baswedan, said on Wednesday after the election commission confirmed President Joko Widodo had won last month's election.

At least six dead, 200 injured after unrest following Indonesia election result

Four inmates lost their lives while 33 others, including 20 police officers, were injured after riots broke out at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul on Tuesday (local time).

Afghanistan: Prison riot kills 4 inmates, 33 injured including police

Sri Lankan authorities said they have arrested 60 people linked to the communal riots as a nationwide curfew was lifted on Wednesday in the island nation, which witnessed Sinhalese mob attacks on Muslim-owned shops and businesses in the aftermath of the deadly Easter blasts.

Sri Lanka police lifts nationwide curfew, arrests 60 people over riots

A court here has ordered to attach the property of all six accused in a Muzaffarnagar riots case as they failed to surrender before it despite repeated arrest warrants.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Court orders to attach property of six accused

Pakistan's Supreme Court has directed the federal and provincial governments to compensate within a month all those who suffered losses during the violent protests by radical Islamist parties following the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi in a blasphemy case.

Pakistan Supreme Court gives govt one month's time to compensate riot victims

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