Riot police were deployed in Myanmar today as thousands of protesters flooded the streets to demand the end of the military junta which seized power this week. Heavily-armoured officers blocked off roads with water-cannon trucks and barbed-wire bamboo barricades as the crowds yelled: ‘Down with the military dictatorship’ in Yangon (Rangoon). In the largest display … Read more
A charity boss has been jailed for three months after she and her daughter started a mid-air ‘riot’ on board a passenger jet after being told off for drunkenly swearing as they were flying out on holiday to Morocco. Karin Parkes, 57, and former civil servant Carrie Parkes, 35, triggered a ‘full on fight’ involving up … Read more
Moment police take down synagogue ‘Molotov cocktail attacker’: Riot officers chase stab vest-wearing man around garden trampoline as they hunt suspect who threw petrol bomb Video shows a man running into a garden as he is pursued by dozen riot officers Footage shows the officers tackling the man to the ground after using tear gas Police … Read more
The main donor behind the Washintgon D.C. ‘Stop the Steal’ rally that sparked a riot on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 has been revealed as the heiress to the Publix Super Markets Inc. chain. Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a prominent Trump donor, pledged $300,000 to the MAGA rally in an arrangement set up by far-right show … Read more
Five men have been arrested over the riot at an ex-army barracks that was torched by asylum seekers in a row over conditions. Priti Patel strongly condemned the unrest at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, and police launched a probe after the disturbance. The riot reportedly broke out when migrants were told they would no … Read more
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews have clashed with riot police during anti-lockdown protests in Jerusalem. Protesters threw rocks at vehicles, used large bins to block roads and damaged a bus during the Tuesday morning demonstration in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Sharim neighbourhood, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing police. Police responded with water cannon, dispersing the crowds and arresting … Read more
Megyn Kelly says media outlets like CNN are partially to blame for the harrowing Capitol riot earlier this month because they ‘checked their objectivity’ when covering Donald Trump and the public ‘lost trust’ in their coverage. The former Fox News show host blamed the media for sharing biased reporting on Trump, claiming it led to … Read more
GOP lawmakers involved in the pre-riot rally sought pardons from Trump. It is unclear who these lawmakers are, but the president’s legal advisors warned granting clemency who be admitting guilt.
Mitch McConnell denounced Donald Trump Tuesday, saying that the president was responsible for ‘provoking’ the MAGA mob who stormed the Capitol and murdered a police officer. ‘The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,’ the majority leader said on the Senate floor. ‘They tried to use fear and … Read more
Riley June Williams, of Harrisburg, was charged Sunday with entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct after she was videoed rioting inside the Capitol last week. She is now being investigated by the FBI A Pennsylvania woman charged in the January 6 riots at the US Capitol is also being investigated by the FBI amid … Read more