AP, Tehran Iran’s Supreme Leader said Sunday that Washington has continued its animosity toward Tehran, despite a friendly message by President Barack Obama marking Persian New Year. State TV broadcast Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s New Year’s speech on Sunday live from the northern city of Mashhad. He said of the U.S., “From one hand they send…
Russia Today: Facebook has officially lost its cool. Snapchat is set to overtake it as the digital hangout of choice for teens and twentysomethings this year, as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media site struggles to remain relevant to the youth generation. By the end of this year Snapchat, which with its disappearing messages and funky photograph…
Whatsapp is one of the most famous media platforms; including its parent company Facebook which was able to escape the observation of Chinese officials. Their radar is firmly looking at it. Many Whatsapp users reported a problem that they were unable to send image, video and other documents on Tuesday. On Wednesday, cyber experts said…
Desk Report: Filming has begun on the sequel to It, the Stephen King adaptation directed by Andy Muschietti, with an all-new cast on board. Unfortunately, one of the actors – James McAvoy, who plays the adult version of Jaeden Lieberher’s Bill Denbrough – has already had some trouble on set. While battling Pennywise, McAvoy managed…
Express.UK WhatsApp fans look set to see a big change coming to the Facebook-owned Android and iOS chat app. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with over 1.5billion users each month. The messaging app is owned by Facebook, and was purchased by the social networking giant back in 2014 for $1.5 billion. Unlike…
Shashi Kei/Dorje Shugden The Dalai Lama is in Sweden on a visit that from the beginning has been marked by controversy. Even before he touched down in Malmo, a group of distressed people were already waiting to meet him, seeking restitution for the sexual violations inflicted upon them by Tibetan personages close to the Dalai…
Markar Esayan, Turkish writer/Daily Sabah, Turkey With the West-Russia rapprochement looking uncertain, Moscow moves to warm ties with Asian powers A debate about a cease-fire in Syria in front of the world’s press defined the recent summit in Tehran on Sept. 7. The whole world saw there how Turkey prioritizes the humanitarian situation in Idlib….
Reuters More than 100 people have died in clashes between rival ethnic groups in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo this week, local activists said on Wednesday. The fighting in Mai-Ndombe province is some of the worst to hit the normally peaceful area in years and comes days before Sunday’s long-delayed presidential, legislative and provincial elections,…
M Humayun Kabir US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat said the United States has encouraged the government to consider changes to the recently passed Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018. She said the US thinks the changes in the law would bring it into conformity with the Bangladesh Constitution and with Bangladesh’s international commitments on human,…
BBC: Venezuela’s president has said its subsidised fuel prices should rise, to stop smugglers cheating the country out of billions of dollars. “Gasoline must be sold at an international price to stop smuggling to Colombia and the Caribbean,” Nicolás Maduro said in a televised address. Like many oil producing nations, Venezuela offers its citizens heavily…