Non Violent News

People protesting in the streets of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil bus fares protest turn violent
Al Jazeera Demonstrators protesting against Sao Paulo bus fares vandalised turnstiles and ATMs and set buses on fire at the city's main station, after a peaceful protest turned violent. The protests, organised... (photo: ABr / Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil)

File - President Barack Obama talks with Michael Froman at the Working Dinner at the G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka, Canada, June 25, 2010.

'Accurate' Social Mapping of Islam and Americans Could Reap Benefits
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In Kenya, popular Muslim clerics were just gunned down by fundamental Islamists. In Somalia and Sudan, Al-Shabab, consisting of young Muslim jihadists,... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)

US spying, immigration dominate EU summit
The Siasat Daily Brussels, October 25: Top leaders of the European Union (EU) mainly focused on the US spying scandal and growing immigration concerns in the Mediterranean during a two-day summit that ended here... (photo: European Community / EC)

Car bomb kills 40 as fears mount for trapped Syrians
New Straits/Business Times DAMASCUS: A car bomb outside a mosque near Damascus killed at least 40 people on Friday, an NGO said, as a top UN official expressed mounting concern over hundreds of thousands of trapped civilians.... (photo: AP / SANA)

Top Stories

more Headlines »

Salou Djibo, left, leader of the military junta which overthrew the nation's strongman president days earlier, greets ECOWAS President Mohammed Ibn Chambas, as the ruling junta meets with envoys from the U.N., African Union., and ECOWAS, in central Niamey, Niger Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010.

West Africa calls for more troops to secure peace in Mali
The Siasat Daily October 25: Leaders of the 15-nation west African bloc ECOWAS met in Senegal to call for "urgent steps" from the international community to secure peace in Mali and... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.

Obama says shutdown shows contrast of parties' visions
Swissinfo Reuters October 26, 2013 - 02:12 By Mark Felsenthal NEW YORK (Reuters) - With an eye to 2014 elections, President Barack Obama held up the government shutdown this... (photo: AP / Nati Harnik)

Assembly Debates Inequality Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening of the General Assembly’s thematic debate on inequality.

Ban notes ‘generally peaceful’ elections in Madagascar
United Nations 25 October 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today noted the generally peaceful conduct of the first round of presidential elections in Madagascar,... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)

West African bloc approves single customs regime from 2015
Swissinfo Reuters October 25, 2013 - 21:33 DAKAR (Reuters) - Leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on Friday to implement a... (photo: European Community / EC)

Civil Society Organisations, a key role to play in Africa-EU relation (European Commission)
noodls (Source: European Commission) European Commission Andris Piebalgs EU Commissioner for Development Civil Society Organisations, a key role to play in Africa-EU relation... (photo: European Community / EC)

Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, presenting former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C, the "Defender of the Constitution Award."

Dick Cheney: Obama Lost Some Opportunities With His Handling Of Osama Bin Laden Raid
Huffington Post If former Vice President Dick Cheney was at the helm when Osama bin Laden was killed, some things would have been done differently. In a Thursday radio interview with... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)