New clashes rock ETimor capital
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Mobs armed with swords and axes rampaged through the capital of East Timor as another day of violence pushed one of the world&#039;s newest and poorest nations deeper into chaos.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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At least 20 people are hurt in clashes between government and opposition supporters in the Bolivian city Santa Cruz.
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Protesters erected burning barricades and set at least four cars on fire early Saturday as a new round of violent street clashes hit Copenhagen, sparked by the eviction of squatters from a downtown building.
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Fighting and looting erupted in East Timor&#039;s capital on Tuesday as its leaders held urgent meetings to find a way out of the worst crisis in the young nation&#039;s seven-year history.
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Rebels battled pro-government militia fighters in eastern Congo on Monday, the first fighting in the volatile region since warring parties signed a peace deal last week.
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Dozens of people were wounded in clashes between supporters of rival political parties in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday ahead of next weekend's presidential runoff in the war-battered African state.
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Shiite militants and US forces battled Saturday in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City slum, and a mortar barrage slammed into a busy eastern Baghdad neighborhood, marking a fresh round of violence in the capital.
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Some of the heaviest fighting in months hits Somalia's Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops battle local insurgents.
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In some of the worst violence in recent weeks in Baghdad, rebels launched attacks against Iraqi security forces in the capital today, killing at least 30 people.
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East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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Political standoff erupts into violence as police use live rounds and teargas to snuff out protest plans
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Gangs of youths allied to feuding East  Timor police or army units went on the rampage in parts of the  capital on Saturday, torching houses and vehicles as Australian  and Malaysian peacekeeping troops stepped up patrols.
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Youths with machetes, slingshots and spears rampaged across East Timor&#039;s capital Saturday, attacking people, burning houses and deepening a crisis that has sent thousands fleeing in terror despite the deployment of foreign troops.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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Fighting between rival militias intensified Thursday in the Somali capital, with battles spread across the city and at least 38 people dead, medical sources and a militia commander said.
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NAKURU, Kenya -- Street battles engulfed a western Kenyan city tense with ethnic rivalries on Friday, leaving bodies in the roadways with gashes in their heads and arrows lodged in their torsos in the latest fighting set off by the disputed presidential election.