All news on the topic: Violence

The government has announced it will launch a "major" new examination into the security of prisons in England and Wales.

An Edinburgh street has reportedly been left "covered in blood" following a suspected crossbow attack.

A member of the ‘cult’ group known as Zizians has been charged with murdering her parents.

A bare-knuckle boxer has died after being restrained on a flight to the UK.

At least one person has died and five others are injured after a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage in Germany, according to local media.

A 66-year-old man says he no longer feels safe in Liverpool city centre and is considering moving away after a brutal late-night attack shattered his confidence.

Tributes have been paid to a man found dead after a summer solstice rave at a stone circle.

Former British rugby league player Ricky Bibey was found dead in Italy after allegedly beating up his girlfriend while high.

As Mexico struggles with a cartel-driven methamphetamine crisis, even makeshift rehab centers have become vulnerable to gang infiltration and attacks.

At least one person is dead and nine were in the hospital following a shooting in Texas, officials said on Friday.

The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.

Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.

Twelve police officers have been injured and 16 people have been arrested in Northern Ireland following a second night of disorder in the wake of the Belfast knife attack.

Two firefighters putting out fires started during the Belfast riots were caught fighting one another yesterday.

On Tuesday hundreds of masked men spread across Belfast, pulling migrants and non-white people onto the street and setting their homes on fire.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have condemned violent riots that saw houses torched, forcing families to flee, as “not welcome”.

Six people were stabbed, three were sexually assaulted, and 10 officers were attacked after Arsenal’s victory parade descended into violence, police said.

The men of my tribe [extended family] threw my relative Kawthar Bashar al-Husayjawi, 15, into a pit and covered her body with a bit of dirt.

One person has died, another is seriously injured, and hundreds have been detained across France after thousands of supporters took to the streets following PSG’s win over Arsenal in the Champions League final.

Victims of sexual offenses committed by children are being asked to "suck it up" for the sake of their attackers’ rehabilitation, the former safeguarding minister has said following the Fordingbridge rapes.

Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission has recommended sweeping legal action and a five-year political ban against former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, two of his ministers, and top security officials.

The 67-year-old had been on the run since the 90s when the gang, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, disbanded.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a doctor was attacked while at work at Hillingdon Hospital yesterday.

In a landmark case that horrified France, Gisele Pelicot’s husband was in 2024 sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting strangers to sexually abuse her while drugged unconscious in their home. Dozens of the men who raped her were also jailed.