Two 14-year-old boys were accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The charges were read to the teenagers via a Romanian interpreter, the BBC reported. Police are investigating attacks on four houses as racially-motivated hate crimes.

PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -Rioters attacked police with petrol bombs, rocks and fireworks in the Northern Irish town of Portadown on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, as a fourth night of anti-immigrant violence moved to a different part of the British-run province.

Hundreds of masked rioters launched attacks on police, setting fire to homes and cars in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena during a second night of civil unrest. According to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI),