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The highest court in Brazil sentenced two of the first defendants implicated in the January 8 riot to 17 years in prison on Thursday.

Riots erupted in New York City on Friday afternoon after popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat instructed his millions of followers to meet him at Union Square Park for a giveaway.

Emmanuel Macron continued his push for censorship in France, arguing for the ability to impose “digital public order” amid riots or unrest.

Massive riots that saw thousands of cars and buildings burnt out sees over 1,200 convictions and 600 people sent to prison.

Ironically for a national holiday celebrating a rebellion against authority, France is marking Bastille day with a huge police deployment.

As was the case for the governor of the Bastille prison 234 years ago, the Macron government is — at least metaphorically — under siege.

The riots that recently swept across France were a result of “failures of migration policy” according to six in ten in the country.

Military investigates whether a group of well-disciplined young men in balaclavas zip-tying suspected looters were actually their own people. 

Two-thirds of the people of France would support ending the ‘Fifth Republic’, as President Emmanuel Macron continues to fail to restore order.

Masked gang of young men tying up rioters and putting out fires discussed in French papers, but the mayor denies vigilante gang exists at all.

A murder investigation was launched after French rioters rammed a flaming car into a mayor’s home and injuring his wife and child as they fled.

The grandmother of the French teenager whose fatal shooting by police has sparked several nights of unrest issued a plea for calm Sunday.

Seven people were detained after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed, in an “echo” of riots in neighboring France,

President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday scrapped an official trip to Germany after a fourth straight night of rioting and looting across France.

Rioting raged across France for a fourth night despite a huge police deployment and 1,311 arrests, with cars and buildings set on fire.

Images of French President Macron partying with pop star Elton John as he country experienced urban violence have been cited by his critics.

France considers state of emergency after hundreds of arrests and injured police officers, and thousands of fires including town halls.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was turned back by police when he tried to enter the violence-torn state of Manipur by truck.

Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s opposition Indian National Congress (INC) party, announced on Tuesday that he will visit the conflict-torn state of Manipur on Thursday and Friday.

Paris struck by major violence overnight as residents protest the shooting of a teenager by police, with major deployment expected tonight.

The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an urgent plea to dispatch troops to the province of Manipur, where Christian mountain-dwelling tribes are clashing with lowland Hindus.

Senegal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that its consulates overseas will be temporarily closed following “a series of aggressions that caused serious damage.”

Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have reportedly attacked a large number of NATO troops in the country, spray-painting pro-Russian ‘Z’ symbols on military vehicles.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that his government is considering a ban on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the political party of Imran Khan.

Mayhem broke out in a Cardiff suburb as rioters attacked police and torched cars following the death of two local teenage boys.

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been clashing with the government of his successor, Shehbaz Sharif, as he tries to return to power while dodging about a hundred corruption investigations, said on Wednesday he expects to be arrested again.

Julio Rosas, a senior writer for Townhall news who provided front-line coverage of the Black Lives Matter riots, slammed Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) in Congress on Tuesday after the latter mocked his journalism credentials.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his country’s diversity as “the nation’s real strength” and celebrated the nation’s northeast in a letter published Monday amid ongoing anti-Christian riots that have displaced tens of thousands of people in northeast Manipur.

Riots in northeastern India’s state of Manipur have killed 62 people over the past week and driven some 35,000 from their homes.

Journalists in Pakistan reported at least six deaths and ongoing, massive destruction of property nationwide on Wednesday in nearly every major city following the arrest of radical Islamist former Prime Minister Imran Khan the day before.

In a sign that the protests against Macron do not appear to be going away, some 782,000 people poured onto the streets of France on Monday.

A disturbing video shows a mob of teenagers beating a helpless woman in Chicago during the riots that occurred in the Loop over the weekend. 

The mayor-elect of Chicago, Illinois, said that while he does not condone violence, “it is not constructive to demonize” the teens who participated in four nights of violent rioting.

French protesters reportedly piled trash outside France’s Constitutional Court on Thursday as anti-Macron riots in the country continue.

Northern Ireland saw youths pelt police vehicles with petrol bombs during sectarian disorder on the 25th anniversary of the peace agreement.

France remains in a state of chaos on Tuesday as the 10th straight day of union strikes is marked by fuel-pump shortages and government infighting.