At least 16 inmates in a central Mexico prison were killed and five more were wounded in a riot that closed out a violent 2019 for the country, authorities said.

Nearly 70 people have died after fire swept through the cell area inside a police station in Venezuela.

A teenager was arrested after a near-riot involving several groups of young people in Cork City at the weekend.

Latest: Several hundred refugees have disappeared after they were evacuated from a camp in northern France that was ravaged by a fire that left 10 injured, according to authorities and aid workers.

At least 56 inmates have been killed after fighting started a riot at a prison in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil.

At least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern state of Amazonas in Brazil, according to officials.

A brutal fight between rival factions has killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico, the state governor said.

Riot police have released several rounds of tear gas at protesters outside the Greek parliament.

Dozens of people are protesting the opening of Milan’s Expo 2015, torching parked cars, smashing bank and shop windows and clashing with riot police.