Enraged cabbies unite worldwide against Uber in 2015From London and Paris to New Delhi and Sao Paulo, traditional taxi drivers united worldwide against Uber in 2015, a year that saw riots, legal battles and even a kidnapping in protest against the startup.
21 December 2015
Curfew in Sri Lanka resorts as religious riots spreadSri Lanka's police extended a curfew across two popular coastal resorts Sunday to contain religious riots that left at least 41 people wounded and heightened tensions between Muslims and Buddhists.
16 June 2014
4,000 Chinese nationals await Vietnam evacuationThousands of Chinese nationals are awaiting evacuation from riot-hit Vietnam, state-run media said Monday, as Hanoi moved to stifle fresh protests over a territorial dispute between the two countries.
19 May 2014
Philippine, Vietnamese join anti-China street protestSeveral hundred Filipino and Vietnamese protesters united in a march in the Philippine capital on Friday, demanding that China stop oil drilling in disputed South China Sea waters.
17 May 2014
One dead, 100 hurt in anti-China riot in VietnamAnti-China riots at a steel plant in Vietnam left one Chinese worker dead and 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as unrest triggered by an escalating territorial dispute spreads across the communist country.
15 May 2014
Police, protesters wage 'war' in deadly Kiev clashesRiot police launched a fresh assault on protesters in central Kiev early Wednesday, escalating a bloody standoff that has already left at least 18 people dead in a dramatic turning point for Ukraine's three-month political crisis.
19 February 2014
Defiant Thai protesters besiege government headquartersThai opposition demonstrators besieged the seat of government Monday in defiance of authorities who have vowed to reclaim the zone this week so Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra can return to work at her headquarters.
17 February 2014
Anti-devaluation protest in AlmatyInitially around 50 people gathered in front of the Republic Palace in Almaty. As time went by the number was nearing 200 people.
Dozens wounded as Ukraine police break up rallyDozens of protesters were reported wounded in Ukraine's capital early Saturday when police brutally dispersed demonstrators calling for President Viktor Yanukovych's ouster after he failed to salvage an EU deal.
30 November 2013
Disabled former miner uses Molotov cocktail against ArcelorMittal in KaragandaOne of the disabled walked to the second floor of the building and cast a bottle of Molotov cocktail in the corridor soaking the carpet of the floor with the kerosene from the bottle. After that he put a match to it and started a fire.
17 October 2013
380 arrested in Moscow race riotMoscow police arrested more than 380 people Sunday during a race riot in which nationalists outraged by a murder blamed on a migrant smashed shop windows and assaulted security guards.
13 injured in concert disorders in AlmatyAt least 13 people have been injured in mass riots at the parking lot of Prime Plaza trade and entertainment center in Almaty Kazakhstan.
01 September 2013
Mob raging in Prime Plaza mall in AlmatyA disappointed mob is raging at Prime Plaza trade and entertainment center in Almaty at the crossing of Sain and Raymbek streets,
01 September 2013
Tight security after French riots sparked by veil row France's interior minister said Sunday security forces would remain in place "as long as necessary" after a second night of violence in the Paris suburbs sparked when police stopped a woman for wearing a veil.