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Following whistleblower Frances Haugen's Sunday night allegation that Facebook's refusal to combat dangerous lies and hateful content on its platforms is driven by profit, social media experts denounced the corporation for embracing a business model that encourages violence and endangers democracy—and urged the federal government to take action.

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, all three apps are owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure, have gone down in several parts for the world, users reported on Monday evening.

The bombshell revelations known as the Pandora Papers were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday, exposing the financial secrets of the super-riches. It includes private...

"Jamal was not just a journalist. He was not just a prominent champion for the rights of Saudi people and the broader Arab world. He was my Jamal and he was taken from me," said Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi on the third anniversary of the journalist's murder.

Qatari voters began to cast ballot on Saturday in the country's first legislative elections.

The infamous experiments by the French republic include former presidents and prime ministers demanding the re-edition of the Quran, the ban on the veil, and Niqab in public places.

ANDREA GERMANOS A Monday announcement from the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor saying his office is seeking approval to resume its investigation into potential war crimes in Afghanistan committed by the...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called for a prompt, thorough, and effective investigation into the killing of a veteran Rohingya refugee activist at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. 

“People aged 60 and older make up 12.3 per cent of the global population, and by 2050, that number will rise to almost 22 per cent,” read a statement by UN’s Population Fund.

Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming a “major risk”.

The world needs a new approach to allow as many people as possible to access digital data across borders, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Wednesday.

Legendary batter and former Pakistan team captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been hospitalised in Lahore after suffering a heart attack on Monday night.