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VIOLENCE

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 24, 2019
Deadly Jakarta riots revive specter of religion-fueled violence in Indonesia
Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, was eerily calm on Thursday morning after two nights of deadly clashes between protesters and police that left seven dead and hundreds injured.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2019
Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops
Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said Monday following attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants.
WORLD
May 13, 2019
Gunmen kill six in second recent attack on church in Burkina Faso
Gunmen killed six people, including a priest, outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said, the second attack on Christians in two weeks in a nation increasingly overrun by jihadis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2019
Man hospitalized after lighting jacket on fire outside White House
A man in a wheelchair-type electric scooter lit his jacket on fire outside the White House fence on Friday and was hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, the U.S. Secret Service said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2019
Another wrongful conviction is reversed
It is not enough to overturn a wrongful conviction of innocent persons. The process that result in falsely convicting them of crimes they did not commit must be scrutinized.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2019
Indian cities rush to ban 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' game over fear of creating 'psychopaths'
India doesn't have much of a history with popular computer games, unlike the U.S. or Japan. But now one of the industry's kill-or-be-killed titles has become a smash hit — and the backlash from the country's traditionalists is ferocious.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2019
As violence escalates, attack by ethnic militia on central Mali villages leaves 115 dead
An attack by members of an ethnic militia on three villages in central Mali claimed 115 lives, the latest clash in an increasingly violent conflict that is fueled by Islamist extremism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2019
U.S.-backed forces in Syria declare Islamic State defeated and 'caliphate' eliminated
The Islamic State group has been defeated at its final shred of territory of Baghouz in Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday, announcing the end of its self-declared "caliphate" that once spanned a third of Iraq and Syria.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2019
Tokyo residents mourn victims of New Zealand mosque shootings
About two dozen Muslim residents of Japan huddled together Tuesday afternoon outside the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward at a vigil for the victims of last week's mosque shootings in Christchurch.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 27, 2019
U.K. actress Helena Bonham Carter joins rally protesting violence against women
British actress Helena Bonham Carter called on Tuesday for women globally to unite against sexual harassment, the latest in a group of U.K. celebrities and campaigners to join a rally pushing for a global law to end abuse in the workplace.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2019
'I was like a prisoner': Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong recall beatings
Two sisters from Saudi Arabia who fled the conservative kingdom and have been hiding out in Hong Kong for nearly six months said they did so to escape beatings at the hands of their brothers and father.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2019
Climate change an 'imminent' security threat fueling violence and terrorism, risk experts say
Climate change threats — from worsening water shortages in Iraq and Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean — are a growing security risk and require concerted action to ensure they don't spark new violence, security experts warned Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2019
Rohingya refugee women take on new roles as workers and learners amid 'forced societal change'
On a blue mat in their mud-and-bamboo home in the middle of the world's largest refugee settlement, Mohammad Selim is pacing his 9-year-old daughter Nasima Akter on her taekwondo drill.

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