Action replay: Zvominir Boban becomes a national hero
This week’s retrospective looks back at the day when a riot at a football match came to symbolise a nation on the verge of disintegration
View ArticleRiot clean-up gets underway in London
A shocking video has emerged that appears to show people robbing a bleeding young man in London during the riots – while pretending to help him.
View ArticleIn pictures: Riots spread to new cities
Videos and photographs of last night’s violence have emerged, showing the full scale of the disorder.
View ArticleWhy do people riot?
Various experts and journalists have been giving their verdict on why the UK riots started. And we take a look at how the rioters are communicating.
View ArticleITV reprimanded for mistakenly showing ‘IRA’ video game footage
The UK media regulator said ITV “breached audience trust” by showing footage purporting to be of an IRA attack – but which actually came from a video game.
View ArticleUpdate: At least 73 killed in clashes after Egyptian football match
Some of the dead in this evening’s clashes were security officers, officials said.
View ArticleThree days of mourning after at least 74 killed in Egyptian soccer clashes
Fans invaded the pitch after a match between two of the country’s biggest football clubs Al-Masry and Al-Ahly.There are conflicting reports as to what caused the violence.
View ArticleTwo shot dead as soccer riot sparks new round of violence in Egypt
They were the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74 on Wednesday as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt.
View ArticleGenoa protests inspire security clampdown
A demonstration by club “ultras” during yesterday’s fixture with Siena has triggered calls for a review of Serie A stadium policy.
View ArticleAdams: Orange Order should contribute to peace process
The Sinn Féin leader said today that the order needs to “step forward”, which means dialogue with residents and dialogue with Sinn Féin.
View ArticleAfrica Cup of Nations match abandoned after fans riot
As Senegal trailed 2-0 at home to the Ivory coast, fans in the Dakar stadium turned to violence.
View Article200 arrested in Dortmund riot, eight police hurt
A group of 600 Schalke fans were attacked by masked Dortmund supporters this evening.
View ArticleSri Lanka deploys troops as prison riot kills 27
The deaths occurred as a shoot-out raged between inmates and prison officers.
View ArticleVIDEO: Players and fans attack a referee during a football game in Tajikistan
It blew up after a couple of red cards.
View ArticleViolent clashes in Belfast as flag protests enter fifth night
Police officers were attacked with missiles while vehicles were damaged with hatchets and sledge hammers.
View ArticleAt least 50 dead in Venezuela prison riot
The government said the riot was set off after inmates at the Uribana prison rebelled against prison authorities who had launched a sweep of the facility in search of illicit weapons.
View ArticleStrikes shut down Egyptian port city for second day
The protesters are angry over the killing of some 50 people during demonstrations last month.
View ArticleEgypt court confirms 21 death sentences over football riot
Five other defendants received life sentences over the deadly football riot in Port Said last year.
View ArticleSnapshot: Chaos in Egypt as protesters torch FA building
This police officers’ club nearby the Egyptian FA was also targeted.
View ArticleSchools torched in fifth night of Sweden riots over ‘police brutality’
The troubles are believed to have been triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 69-year-old man last week.
View ArticleFirefighters vs police in Spain austerity protest
Riot police charged at firefighters during the protest, which took place in front of the Catalunya Parliament in Barcelona.
View Article57 people arrested in London as police clash with G8 protesters
A large group of protesters occupied a former police station in Soho and had to be removed by police.
View ArticleVietnam police investigate riot at Samsung factory
Thirteen people have been injured in the incident, four critically.
View ArticleMajor police operation in Belfast as anti-internment march hits the city
Dozens of officers were injured last year in loyalist rioting after the march.
View ArticleTwo wounded by gunfire as violence ramps up in Ferguson protests
Riot police fired tear gas into the crowd and seven people have been arrested overnight.
View ArticleInmates in Brazilian prison take guards hostage in latest riot
The riot was the fifth in Parana this month and the 21st this year.
View ArticleObama: “There are police departments that have to do some soul searching”
Several police officers were injured tonight.
View ArticleFour Irish people have still not contacted home after Nepal earthquake
One Nepalese man was removed from the rubble after 82 hours. He said he survived by drinking his own urine.
View Article‘These guys were morons… They didn’t come to watch football’
Ger Canning tells The42 about his recollection of reporting at the infamous 1995 friendly between England and Ireland.
View ArticleWhere are they now? The English team that played Ireland on that infamous night
What became of the side that faced Jack Charlton’s men 20 years ago.
View ArticlePrisoner found cut nearly in half with organs missing after riot
The grisly discovery raises obvious questions about the prison’s security.
View ArticleAsylum seeker horribly beaten in Cloverhill is the Afghan man found at side...
21-year-old Walli Ullah Safi had no idea what country he was in when he first arrived in Ireland two weeks ago.
View ArticleGroup of as many as 30 youths fight with knives and sticks
One police officer received minor injuries in the altercation.
View ArticleGovernor warned of potential ‘bloodbath’ among IRA prisoners if rubber...
The government wanted to stop using them as part of efforts to rid them from Northern Ireland.
View ArticleGunshot fired and 100 petrol bombs thrown at PSNI
No police officers or members of the public were injured, however a number of police vehicles were damaged.
View Article‘Friendly’ Argentina derby turns into brutal no-holds-barred brawl
Nobody does schemozzles like Argentina do schemozzles.
View ArticleAnti-Trump protesters hurl rocks and bottles outside rally
The protesters, several of whom waved Mexican flags, also chanted expletives about Trump.
View Article26 dead as gangs behead inmates in Brazilian prison massacre
Officials said members of two drug gangs clashed violently after coming out of different parts of the prison.
View ArticleActivist shot dead as protesters storm government building in Paraguay
Offices were ransacked and 30 people were injured as a demonstration turned violent.
View ArticleProtesters hurl cans of Pepsi at police during US May Day riots
There were violent scenes in many US states.
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