A Tunisian court has sentenced a British DJ to a year in jail after he played a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer. London-born Dax J, was charged with public indecency and offending public...
The missile strike against a Syrian air base marks the first time the United States has directly attacked the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Here is what we know so far about the target and the...
International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after rejecting Hong Kong over concerns that China poses the "biggest threat" to press...
When Pakistani social media starlet Qandeel Baloch was found strangled, a crime to which her brother proudly confessed, thousands of women posted messages denouncing her murder -- only to face abuse...
Tanzanian Bongo Fleva artist Ibrahim Musa aka Roma Mkatoliki is missing after allegedly being arrested this morning in the commercial capital Dar es salaam. He was reportedly picked up at a recording...
A martial arts bout in Afghanistan was billed as a bare-knuckle duel for supremacy, but it has become a lightning rod for long-simmering ethnic rivalries that threaten to tear the country apart....
New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English defended his love of pizza topped with tinned spaghetti and pineapple on Friday after the recipe sent fans of the Italian treat into an outraged frenzy....
A fruitful funding round has bumped Lyft's value to $7.5 billion, as the ride-hailing company drives to gain ground on scandal-rocked rival Uber, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Lyft is...
Twitter filed suit Thursday against the US government, asking a court to back its refusal to hand over the identities of users claiming to be dissenting federal employees. The lawsuit revealed that...
Facebook has launched its digital assistant named 'M' for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence. For users of the messaging...
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah believes that addressing the menace of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey is the first major test for...
Facebook on Thursday launched its digital assistant named "M" for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence. For users of the messaging...
Facebook on Thursday ramped up its fight against "fake news" by adding tips on how to tell when shared stories are bogus. An initiative being launched in the US, France and a dozen other countries...
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media...
Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is making his name on a pitch of a different kind - hitting all the right notes in his singing debut. The cricketing icon has released his first single...
Rape has nothing to do with the way girls dress, celebrated Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo has said in direct response to an admonishing to schoolgirls by Minister of Gender, Children and Social...
A Deputy Minister nominee for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admonished Ministries, Departments and Agencies to embrace the use of Social Media in their work. According to him, social media...
Bayern Munich's top scorer insists he's OK after apparently suffering hamstring discomfort in training Robert Lewandowski allayed fears over an injury scare suffered in training as Bundesliga...
Police in a California county warns, "You can lose your life and none of that is worth a selfie!" Police in a California county have a warning for camera-toting thrill seekers: "You can lose your...
Twitter on Thursday unveiled a low-data usage version of the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive mobile networks. The California group...
