The Netherlands reported a total of 8,400 incidents during the New Year celebrations, up 23 percent compared to last year, officials said Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that he was "appalled" by the ongoing inter-communal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on the authorities to "rein in those fomenting and perpetrating the violence."
Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour on Sunday ordered to form a fact-finding committee to investigate violent events following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, state-run Ahram website reported.
Australians between the ages of 18 and 24 were the most likely group to have experienced some form of violence last year
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is shocked and saddened by the latest acts of violence in Tripoli, which resulted in the death of dozens of people, said an AU statement on Sunday. The chairperson is deeply concerned at the increasing violence and lawlessness in the country, including a series of similar incidents in Benghazi and other cities in recent weeks, said the statement.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday started a two-day visit to the violence-hit southern port city of Karachi where targeted attacks claimed the lives of nearly 1800 people in the first six months of this year.
Egyptian prosecutors referred Sunday ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other people to a criminal court over the killing of a journalist and the violence that erupted over his controversial presidential declaration last year, official news agency MENA reported.
The Pakistani government Wednesday hinted a "targeted operation" against the miscreants in the violence-hit port city of Karachi where businesses are now demanding deployment of the army to restore peace.
UN organizations in Haiti on Tuesday voiced concerns over an increase in homophobic violence in the country and called on political, religious and community leaders to inspire respect for human rights and encourage restraint from expressions of hatred and contempt.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday had a phone conversation with Egypt's Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying military relations with Egypt will continue, even after President Barack Obama cancelled a joint military exercises as violence rages in that country.
Countries and international organizations around the world condemned or expressed concern over the deadly violence in Egypt, urging Egyptian political parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation.
Global warming will probably trigger more human conflict and violence worldwide, according to a study published Thursday in the U.S. journal Science.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he remains concerned about the communal violence and humanitarian situation in Myanmar .
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday called on all leaders at the highest political level to voice their unequivocal support in preventing sexual violence.
The Philippine midterm elections commenced at polling locations across the country early on Monday morning.
Curfew has been imposed in one of Thailand's violence-plagued southern-most provinces after an attack at a Thai marine base which resulted in the death of 16 militants Wednesday morning.
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