The riots which tore through London and other major English cities for four days had nothing to do with politics or protest but were motivated by theft, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday.

Prime Minister David Cameron said a 'fightback' was underway on Wednesday after four nights of violent riots as he authorised police to use water cannon for the first time in mainland Britain.

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Britain will set up extra courts to quickly prosecute 'thugs' who indulged in looting and rioting in English cities as Prime Minister David Cameron today warned of more arrests as police worked throug

Three Pakistanis were killed in Birmingham on Wednesday while protecting a mosque from rioters, police said.

The three were hit by a car when they were guarding the shrine in Wilson Green area, Onlin

Defiant Londoners took to the streets in their hundreds to defend their communities against the looting and arson which have consumed the British capital over the last four days.

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Violence and arson spread across central and northern England for the fourth night as hooded youths ransacked stores, torched cars, smashed windows and looted shops in the worst riots in Britain in several decades.

Thousands of extra police officers flooded into London Wednesday in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation. An eerie calm prevailed in the capital, but unrest spread across England on a

Three Asian men died Wednesday after being hit by a car during riots in the central English city of Birmingham, officials said, as witnesses said they died while trying to protect their community fro

Armed with swords and hockey sticks, over 700 Sikhs took to the streets to protect the Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara in Southall as the police in the UK were stretched to maintain law and order in London.

Rioting and arson on Tuesday spread from London to other cities in Britain, including Birmingham and Manchester, with 450 people arrested for the spiralling violence in the last three days and Prime M