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Twitter targets ISIS with new anti-abuse rules; terror group found to have 46,000 Twitter accounts
Twitter has issued new guidelines to combat abuse and harassment after it was criticized for failing to stop the Islamic State (ISIS) from using the platform to advance its propaganda and recruit people to its fold.
Climate change threat: Latin Americans most concerned while Americans, Chinese are least concerned
People in Latin America consider global climate change as a serious problem but least among Americans, according to an online poll by Pew Research Center.
In New York City, you can be slapped with $125,000 fine if you use wrong pronoun on a transgender
New York City has toughened its anti-discrimination laws favouring transgenders and gender non-conforming communities that it would be a violation if a business owner, landlord or an employer fails to use a person's preferred name, pronoun or title.
Father of 19-year-old man shot dead by cop inside Chicago home says he's now the voice of his 'good son'
The father of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Chicago over the weekend burst into tears as he recalled his son.
Charges dropped against Baptist church leader accused of molesting disabled man in Missouri
Prosecutors dropped the charges against a deaf church official in Missouri who was accused of sexually molesting a church goer with disability.
Atheists, backed by Muslims, push for removal of huge cross at Bladensburg war memorial in Maryland
A group of atheists is appealing a Maryland court ruling last November 30 that declared the 90-year-old 40-foot cross at the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial is constitutional and did not violate the Establishment Clause under the First Amendment.
Bill Cosby could be ruined by civil lawsuits even if trial jury finds him innocent, lawyers say
Cosby was charged in suburban Philadelphia on Wednesday in the only criminal case he has faced.
Firefighters labour through the night to tackle Dubai hotel blaze
Plumes of white smoke still emanated from the charred, 63-storey Address Downtown hotel at daybreak.
Archbishop of Canterbury uses new year message to speak up for refugees
The Archbishop of Canterbury today speaks up for refugees, calling on Britain to welcome them today as this country has done in the past.
New York cop named Christian honoured for saving life of man about to kill self by giving him a hug
A 27-year-old New York police officer named Christian Campoverde has earned all the virtues associated with his first name. Five days before Christmas, Christian saved the life of a fellow man. And he did it simply by giving a hug.
Bill Cosby charged with aggravated indecent assault
Bill Cosby has been charged with aggravated indecent assault charges for an incident in 2004 when he plied a woman with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting her.
Bill Cosby charged with aggravated indecent assault
Bill Cosby was charged yesterday with aggravated indecent assault for an incident in 2004 when he plied a woman with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting her.
Pope accepts resignation of Australian bishop accused of cover-up over child sex abuse
The Pope has accepted the resignation of a bishop accused of covering up for the Catholic Church during the Australian Royal Commission on child sex abuse.
Angela Merkel: Influx of refugees in Germany offer an 'opportunity'
German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra "we can do this".
Two sentenced to death over Bangladeshi blogger killing
A fast-track court in Bangladesh sentenced two former students to death on Thursday for the 2013 murder of an online critic of religious militancy, lawyers said.
Leaked UN draft document asks the question - who is a terrorist in Syria?
A UN plan to suspend Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one of the toughest issues vexing diplomats trying to end the conflict.