BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- British army engineers on Sunday began heightening a barricade between Catholic and Protestant communities in east Belfast in hopes of deterring more riots in the area.

The rise of vigilante groups in Belfast is putting women at “greater risk”, according to a leading campaign group. It comes ...

FOUR hundred extra UK police are being deployed to Belfast after a night of loyalist rioting left over 30 officers injured and an MP hospitalised. More than 600 mutual aid officers from England, ...

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police said on Wednesday they fear rioting in Belfast could escalate to the point where someone gets killed, threatening to upset a delicate peace between Catholics ...

In Belfast, Northern Ireland, Judge Francis Rafferty says he will deny bail to everyone arrested near a riot, even if they did not take part in violence or property damage and were there only as a ...

A Crown Court judge today (Monday) warned that anyone who involved themselves in religious or race-related rioting “can expect an immediate custodial sentence”. Judge Patrick Lynch KC issued the ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Protestant extremists rioted for a second straight night Sunday, attacking police and burning cars in some of the most widespread street mayhem that Belfast has experienced ...