Riots

Governor's Ball just can't seem to escape its weather curse: this year, like many other years, the festival was forced to shut down its third day due to inclement weather. You've probably seen what happened next through social media: a haphazard evacuation, a…

From headphones grown from fungus to a new understanding of procrastination, our round-up of the internet this week LGBTQ+ Activists Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to Get NYC Monument A statue planned for Greenwich Village’s Ruth Wittenberg Triangle will …

Its almost Pride Month, which means soon enough, banks and $15 salad stores will bombard us all with rainbow-colored ads in an effort to market mortgage loans and acai bowls as essential to gay rights. But the city of New York, at least, is starting the month…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that sparked the gay liberation movement and allowed the LGBTQ community to get equal rights. The movement has been dubbed as the Pride movement and has gained traction in recent years. To celebrate…

The Special Investigation Team formed by the state government probed 510 riot cases in Muzaffarnagar and filed chargesheet in 175 cases. A local court in Muzaffarnagar has acquitted 11 persons accused of setting a house on fire and robbing valuables during t…

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Next Tuesday, June 4, marks 30 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people. Here are some landmark dates followin…

Indonesia Ends Four-Day Curbs on Social Media After Deadly Riots

Early results from Indias election, which was carried out in seven stages from mid-April, showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi would remain in power. During the campaign, Mr Modi had stressed Hindu nationalism more than economic develop…

At least six people were killed as Indonesias capital erupted in violence on Wednesday when police clashed with protesters opposed to the re-election of President Joko Widodo. Dozens were arrested and parts of Jakarta were littered with debris and burned-out…