Tag: Twitter

  People from across the globe denounced the vile attack on Peshawar's military-run school on Tuesday that has, till now, led to a loss of...

Indian police on Saturday arrested a 24-year-old executive believed to be the handler of an influential Twitter account supporting the Islamic State group, officials...

SYDNEY- Cricket bats were pictured leaning against front doors, stadiums and statues on Friday as the spontaneous #putoutyourbats tribute to fallen batsman Phillip Hughes...

KABUL- An apparently errant tweet by the Taliban's spokesman in Afghanistan gave his location as being in neighboring Pakistan. On Friday, a tweet by Taliban spokesman...

LONDON— Queen Elizabeth II has sent her first tweet — and she's signed it "Elizabeth R." The 88-year-old monarch tried her hand at Twitter as...

RIYADH- The microblogging site Twitter popular among both men and women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia is nothing more than "a source of lies" and evil,...

  Twitter said Friday it would start reconfiguring users  timelines with "relevant" messages from people they haven’t bothered to follow at the service. Based on a...

SAN FRANCISCO- Twitter began letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular messaging service. The new Twitter...

PARIS- Money is now only a tweet away for French people, after a bank in the country on Tuesday launched a novel way to transfer...

On Friday, a tweet by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claiming an attack included geolocation information that suggested he sent the message from Sindh, Pakistan

Women face online threats globally, but they run a unique risk in Pakistan, where there is a tradition of men killing women seen as having injured a family’s honour, besides punitive laws against blasphemy.

ISLAMABAD- Angry Pakistani airline passengers have forced two lawmakers off a plane for delaying its departure by almost two hours, sparking a passionate debate about...

NEW DELHI- Social media is playing a key role in linking up families and friends hit by the most devastating flooding in more than half...

  Micro-blogging service Twitter will soon start testing a "buy" button as it seeks to generate more cash from users.   The button will sit inside a...

  People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline. That's according...

The study followed up on previous research which showed similar impacts for Facebook. WASHINGTON- Heavy Twitter use can lead to conflicts and other damaging effects on...

ISLAMABAD- Twitter has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about “blasphemous” content, in...