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Riots erupt in Belfast and Newtownards, Northern Ireland due to yesterday’s knife attack.
2026-06-9

A Sudanese man is arrested by police after attempting to behead a man on a public street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police have declared a "critical incident" in response to the attack.
2026-06-8

A 66-year-old man is charged with several offences, including terrorism, following a car bombing outside of a police station in Dunmurry, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2026-05-1

Protests and riots erupt across Bangladesh after the assassination of activist Osman Hadi by two members of the banned Awami League party.
2025-12-19

BBC World Service says that the Georgian police used water cannons laced with the chemical agent camite against protesters in Tbilisi in 2024. The ruling Georgian Dream party denies the accusation, threatening to sue the BBC in an international court.
2025-12-1

A court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, finds a British soldier not guilty over killings on Bloody Sunday in 1972 in Derry.
2025-10-23

Rioting takes place in Dublin, Ireland, with several thousand anti-immigration protesters attempting to storm a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city after the alleged rape of a 10-year-old Irish girl by an asylum seeker. A police vehicle is set on fire during the unrest.
2025-10-21

Anti-immigration protestors use fireworks and Molotov cocktails against riot police across Northern Ireland, injuring at least 63 police officers. Police deploy water cannons in return to control the protestors.
2025-06-14

The second consecutive night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, sees 17 police officers injured and five people arrested as protests spread to Belfast, Carrickfergus, and Newtownabbey.
2025-06-10

Mass rioting takes place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid public outrage over the loss of Goma to Rwandan-backed rebels. Multiple embassies are stormed and attacked by anti-government protesters, including the embassies of France, Rwanda, and Uganda. Widespread looting is also reported in the capital.
2025-01-28