Palestinians fear Israeli violence in Jerusalem during Ramadan | Israel War on Gaza News
Occupied East Jerusalem – The mood in occupied East Jerusalem is tense as the city’s Palestinians prepare for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. From dawn…
UN warns surge in gang violence puts pregnant women at risk in Haiti | Politics News
‘Too many women and young women in Haiti are victims of indiscriminate violence committed by armed gangs,’ UN says. The United Nations has warned that…
Charity football match pits MPs against retired pro to highlight Women’s Aid’s work stamping out domestic violence
A CHARITY football match pitted MPs against a retired pro to highlight Women’s Aid’s incredible work in stamping out domestic violence. The organisation picked a…
Indigenous Bolivian women take up taekwondo against gender-based violence | Women
A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women…
Haiti declares state of emergency after thousands escape prison amid surge in gang violence
A person rides a motorcycle through street fires in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, a day after gang violence erupted. Photo by Johnson Sabin/EPA-EFE March 4…
Thousands of inmates escape prison amid deepening Haiti violence | Politics News
At least 12 people reported dead as gangs pushing for prime minister’s removal attack two prisons. At least 12 people have been killed as thousands…
Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja to lead South Australia’s domestic violence royal commission
Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja has been appointed to head South Australia's Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.The South Australian government announced plans…
Fury as Britain’s ‘tallest’ magnolia tree is suddenly slashed to the ground in ‘act of violence’ by council
FURIOUS neighbours have hit out at their local council after a famous magnolia tree was suddenly slashed. The tree, based in the Lilliput suburb of Poole,…
‘Call it by its name’: How hateful rhetoric feeds anti-Palestinian violence | Israel War on Gaza News
Burlington, Vermont – With Israel waging war in the Gaza Strip and violence reaching new heights in the occupied West Bank, Hisham Awartani’s family thought…
Northern Ireland judge rules ‘Troubles’ violence amnesty breaches rights | Human Rights News
A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offences committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights,…
UN Security Council sanctions rebels in DR Congo as violence escalates
The United Nations Security Council has sanctioned the leaders of six armed groups fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid escalating violence in…
Elite ‘SAS-style’ prison squad scrambled nearly 800 times last year as violence behind bars soars
AN SAS-style squad was called to halt violence in jails almost 800 times last year as trouble behind bars soared, figures show. The National Tactical…
UN Security Council sanctions rebels in DR Congo as violence escalates | United Nations News
A committee imposes an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze on leaders of six armed groups fighting in the mineral-rich region. The United Nations…
WFP halts food deliveries to north Gaza amid ‘complete chaos, violence’ | United Nations News
The UN food agency pauses deliveries amid Israeli gunfire and a ‘collapse of civil order’ in northern Gaza. The United Nations food agency has paused…
Dozens killed in ‘largest’ tribal clashes in Papua New Guinea | Gun Violence News
Police retrieve 64 bodies after fighting breaks out between rival tribes in Papua New Guinea’s northern highlands. At least 64 people have been killed in…
US ‘strongly condemns’ violence in DR Congo after alleged drone attack | Conflict News
State Department says escalating violence poses risk to millions of people facing displacement and deprivation. The United States has condemned growing violence in the Democratic…
Ecuador: Under Fire | Gun Violence
People & Power investigates the causes of Ecuador’s deepening violence. Ecuador is currently experiencing an unprecedented wave of unrest. The dramatic takeover of a public…
One person killed in shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl victory parade | Gun Violence News
One person was killed and children were among the 21 injured after a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade triggered…
‘Multiple people’ hit in shooting during Kansas City Superbowl celebrations | Gun Violence News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Police take two armed people into custody for investigation after shooting during parade. Shots have been fired at a parade to celebrate…
No ‘clear way out’: How Ecuador descended into gang violence | Crime News
Paulina Guaman’s life is no longer the same. The young Ecuadorian dentist has been obliged to make changes to her daily routine, in the hope…