Responding to criticism from all quarters over the spread of fake news, Facebook has asked its users to flag fake news stories which will be verified by third party fact-checkers. ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May wants an early deal on Britons living in the European Union countries, the media reported on Friday....
India has called for the adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to prevent terrorists getting weapons of mass destruction (WMD)....
DMK President M. Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital again on Thursday night due to throat and lung infection, said the hospital. ...
In a short video message posted online, Assad said that the word "congratulations" is not enough to describe his army's victory in the Aleppo city, which has seen the evacuation of the last remaining rebels inside on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported....
The United Kingdom's fertility regulator gave a cautious go-ahead on Thursday to the in-vitro fertilisation of human eggs carrying genetic material from three parents in a bid to avoid children inheriting terrible diseases and also to protect future generations....
Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh and former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal are among the 61 candidates announced by the party on Thursday in its first list for the upcoming assembly elections....
Expressing serious concern over alleged political discrimination among states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to RBI Governor Urjit Patel to know "the nature of allocation of new currency" to each state....
Parliament's winter session -- which ends on December 16 -- is headed for a virtual washout as chaos reigned in both houses on Thursday, the penultimate day of the month-long session....
The Union government on Thursday said that it has no intention of printing new notes worth the entire Rs 15.44 lakh crore, that was in circulation in high denomination notes before demonetisation. ...
