Riots

1/3 A shop window was vandalized with spray paint reading 'Justice for Nahel' after a night of clashes, in the center of Marseille, France, on Sunday. Violence broke out across France over the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old teenager by a police officer during a traffic stop in Nanterre. Photo…

Updated 9 hours ago · Published on 2 Jul 2023 11:30PM · Swiss police are investigating unrest in Lausanne inspired by French riots sparked by police killing a teenager during a traffic stop. – AFP pic, July 2, 2023. SIX teenagers were arrested following unrest in the Swiss city of…

French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a trip to Germany due to begin on Sunday after a fourth night of rioting in cities across France, as family and friends prepared to bury the teenager whose killing by police unleashed the unrest. Several hundred people lined up on Sunday to enter Nanterre’s grand…

In France‘s fourth night of unrest brought on by the fatal police shooting of a youngster, young rioters battled with police and looted stores. The incidents put President Emmanuel Macron under even more pressure after he pleaded with parents to keep their kids off the streets and accused social media…

President Macron was last night facing calls to impose a state of emergency after  marauding gangs of rioters - some armed with stolen rifles - clashed with police in a fourth night of mayhem.  Thousands of looters ransacked some of France's major cities as local police declared they were now…

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is demanding answers from the FBI regarding agents who knelt before Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in Washington during riots in 2020. On June 27, Gaetz sent a letter (pdf) to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for information related to the conduct of FBI agents on duty…

ABUJA- The Nigerian Union of Traders Associations in Ghana (NUTAG) has urged compatriots to always pray for sustainable peace to reign in their fatherland. President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, gave the advice in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He spoke…

Riots that raged across Paris on Monday continued into Tuesday after a 17-year-old French-Algerian teenager was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer. Police and rioters clashed in the cities of Lille and Toulouse. Violence also erupted in Amiens, Dijone and the Essonne. Cars were torched in the Parisian…

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett has died at the age of 35 following what seemed to be a drowning incident. Former NFL player Mallett, who was vacationing in Florida with his fiance when the incident happened, had played for the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, and New England Patriots. From 2011…

Tom Hollander says he does not open fan mail sent following his performance in the West End play Patriots in case it has been poisoned by “overzealous” Russian agents. The British actor plays the lead role in the production, which follows the life of billionaire Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky through…