The organisers of Notting Hill carnival have said they “deplore all acts of violence” after a number of stabbings at the festival on its final day.

Eight stabbed after Notting Hill carnival concludes

India's Northern State of Haryana where security has been tightened in several districts including a new area that was the epicenter of violence just a few weeks ago. Security Arrangements have been amped up and section 144 has been imposed in new and other districts of Haryana this after organizations announced that a religious rally would be carried out in the state.

Haryana: Security amped up, section 144 imposed in Nuh District

A white man driven by racial hatred shot dead three Black people in a Florida discount store Saturday before taking his own life after a standoff with police, authorities said.

US: 3 people killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting in Florida

Florida gunman targeted black people, killed 3 in a case of racial hatred

Security was tightened in Haryana's Nuh on Sunday (August 27) following a maha-panchayat's call for a procession on Monday. The Haryana government denied permission for the "Shobha Yatra" and section 144 was imposed in Nuh after the district saw incidents of violence last month.

India: Security tightened in Haryana`s Nuh after govt denies permission for procession

At least seven people were killed in Haiti on Saturday, local rights group CARDH said, after a gang that controls a northern suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince opened fire with machine guns on a protest organised by a Christian church leader.

At least 7 killed after Haiti gang opens fire with machine guns on church-led protest: Rights group

A 21-year-old college student in the United States was killed while trying to protect her mother after a horrifying fight where her enraged stepfather allegedly stabbed her over 100 times.

US: College student stabbed more than 100 times trying to protect her mother

Ecuador was once perceived as a haven of peace sandwiched between cocaine-producing Colombia and Peru. The small South American nation was renowned as the world's top exporter of bananas and home to the biodiverse Galapagos islands, where British naturalist, Charles Darwin, developed his theory of evolution. However, in the past five years, things have taken a turn for the worse. Large ports, lax security and endemic corruption have lured foreign drug cartels to its shore. These drug cartels have increasingly felt the heat of the war on drugs in countries like Mexico and Colombia, thereby turning their attention to a nation like Ecuador. Ecuadorian prisons have turned into veritable battlegrounds between these narco-gangs. On the 12th of August, the Ecuadorian army and the national police raided prison number 4 in Guayaquil. Cocaine, marijuana, ammunition, mobile phones and unauthorized electrical appliances were seized in the raid. Mohammed Saleh brings you this report.

Prisons turned into battlegrounds between narco-gangs

Five Burkinabe police officers have died in an attack in the centre-east of Burkina Faso, with at least 40 of the attackers "neutralised" when the authorities launched a counter-attack, the army said Sunday.

Five Burkina Faso police officers, 40 'terrorists' die in clashes

Law enforcement officials arrested multiple people after confrontations between officers and young people on Oxford Street in London on Wednesday (August 9), after rumours of a planned disorder in the West End spread on social media.

Oxford street chaos: Police arrest 9 after rumours of planned disorder on social media

India's Supreme Court resumed hearing pleas related to the ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur earlier this afternoon. In its efforts to restore a sense of confidence in the rule of law in the state, the Chief Justice-headed bench has decided to constitute a three-committee bench of three High Court judges.

Manipur Violence: Three-member judges' committee to look after relief and remedy measures

In new acts of violence reported late on Friday in Manipur's Bishnupur district, at least three persons died. The Meitei village in the Kwakta region is said to be the home of the deceased. In the recent violent occurrences, numerous Kuki community homes were also destroyed by fire.

Manipur: Fresh spate of violence in the state, three killed and several houses burnt

A disturbing footage showing a group of students lying face down in a puddle amid rain, and an unidentified senior NCC (National Cadet Corps) trainer ruthlessly hitting them with a thick stick is doing the rounds on social media.

Watch: Indian college students held face down in puddle and brutally thrashed by senior

India's national capital has ties and security and deployed drones to monitor incoming traffic after Monday's clashes in the neighbouring state of Haryana where the situation has been tense. After two days of clashes after a religious procession in the region, the Supreme Court has now issued a slew of directives to de-escalate the unrest.

Haryana violence: Supreme Court issues disciplinary directives

Communal violence in Nuh district of India’s northern state of Haryana has set alarm bells ringing in neighbouring states and areas including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, the National Capital Region (NCR) and Rajasthan.

Nuh violence: Delhi, Rajasthan, UP on high alert; key meeting to be held in Manesar

What triggered violence in Haryana's Nuh district? What steps are the authorities taking? Could the clashes have been averted? Molly Gambhir tells you all you need to know.

Gravitas: Haryana unrest: What triggered violence in the Nuh district?

Following deadly communal riots that expanded to Gurugram, a city not far from the nation's capital, New Delhi, Indian authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew, shut down the internet, and sent thousands of paramilitary police to some areas of the northern Haryana state.

India: Deadly violence breaks out in Haryana

Fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Haryana’s city of Gurugram, on Tuesday (August 1), after a mob of nearly 200 people rampaged across Badshahpur. This comes a day after at least five people, including two police personnel, were killed in clashes between two groups following a religious procession in the Nuh district of the same northern state.

India: Fresh violence erupts in Gurugram as mob of at least 200 vandalises, sets shops on fire

Against the backdrop of the violence in Manipur, Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, leading a Supreme Court bench, expressed strong disapproval of the heinous acts perpetrated against women during the communal and sectarian violence in the northeastern state.

India Supreme Court demands answers over delayed FIR in shocking Manipur viral video case

A group of coup supporters in Niger launched a violent attack on the headquarters of the deposed president's party, setting it ablaze and damaging vehicles nearby.

Niger Coup: President Bazoum ousted, ruling party headquarters set on fire

Days after a horrifying video showing two women being paraded in public naked by dozens of men surfaced, a sixth arrest has been made in the Indian state of Manipur.

Manipur Violence: Sixth accused arrested in viral video case showing two women being paraded naked

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da silva has now signed an executive order that tightens civilian access to firearms. This move slows down the surge in gun ownership that skyrocketed during the presidency of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazilian president signs executive order to curb firearm access

The Caribbean nation of Haiti has been ravaged by heavily-armed criminal gangs. United Nations estimates that 80% of Haitian capital, Port-Au-Prince, is now under the control of gangs. Word on the street though, is that all of Port-Au-Prince is veritably controlled by gangs. Killings, rapes and kidnappings have surged leading to a violent uprising by civilian vigilante groups. Since April, at least 264 suspected gang members have been killed by vigilante groups. The resulting humanitarian crisis has internally displaced 165,000 people. Mohammed Saleh brings you this report.

Vigilante violence on the rise in Haiti

US is marking one of its grimmest milestones. 28 mass killings and 140 victims of gun violence in 6 months. This is higher than 2022 which recorded 27 killings in the second half. Experts have attributed the rising bloodshed to a growing population with an increased number of guns in the US.

Gravitas: 28 mass killings in US from 1st January to 30th June 2023

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