Riots erupt after Aboriginal man dies in custody
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An angry mob of nearly 300 Aborigines who went on the rampage on an island off the Queensland coast today burnt down a police station and threatened to kill its officers as well as several local council officials.
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The Queensland Government is calling for better leadership on Palm Island in the wake of a riot that has destroyed the police station.
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78 protesters died of suffocation or from convulsions after they were arrested and herded into military trucks for detention following a riot on Monday in Muslim-dominated Narathiwat province, it was disclosed Tuesday.
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angry villagers burned down houses of ethnic minority people they blame for separatist violence, police say. Settlers in the area attacked Bodo people and burned down at
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Police clashed with rioting tribesmen yesterday in the Red Sea coastal city of Port Sudan, leaving at least 14 people dead and 16 injured, a government official said.
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An angry mob of Australian Aborigines burned a police station and court house Friday on a remote island that has been rocked by unrest since an indigenous man died in police custody, police said.
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Hundreds of Bahraini Shiites clashed with riot police Tuesday after the funeral of a protester who died after a similar confrontation a day earlier.
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Australian indigenous leaders protest as PM insists measure is needed to stop child sexual abuse in Northern Territory.
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Three people are killed and almost 200 arrested as tribal violence hits the Pacific Island of Vanuatu.
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More than 80 people died after being either suffocated or crushed while in police custody in south Thailand. The deaths followed the breaking up of a demonstration outside a police station in Narathiwat province.
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Police launch a murder inquiry after a man who was seriously assaulted dies in hospital in Belfast.
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A man was killed and two people wounded in a shooting in the centre of Australia&#39;s second biggest city Melbourne during rush-hour on Monday, police said.
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A man was killed and two people were seriously injured in a shooting in the centre of Australia&#39;s second biggest city Melbourne Monday, police said.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Almost two months after a man died in Vancouver police custody following a jolt from a Taser, the force announced Monday they had no choice because a fire forced them to move quickly.
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A riot at a Guatemala jail ends after four police held there over the murder of three politicians are shot dead.
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Four imprisoned Guatemalan policemen were killed Sunday during a riot by inmates, days after the officers were arrested in connection with the deaths of three Salvadoran politicians, police said. The warden and other prison officials were being held hostage.
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Protests erupted in this city in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as anger mounted over the death of a teenager killed when police fired on a crowd protesting alleged human rights violations, officials said.