Some mobile users are also unable to read or post tweets to the network, which has over 300 million active members. Twitter chose to communicate the problem via a tweet, in which the firm said it was aware of the problem. A spokesman for Twitter...
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has said it carried out the attack, which began on Friday night. Six of those killed were from Canada, the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Burkina Faso is to observe 72 hours of national mourning...
The US expressed its gratitude to Iran for freeing the sailors one day after they were detained when their vessel broke down in the Gulf. Iranian state media said the group was released after apologising. It comes at a sensitive time, as the US and...
Playboy Magazine's parent company put the West Los Angeles estate on the market on Monday for $200m (£138m). The five-acre property has appeared in numerous films and TV shows as a luxurious bachelor pad. As a condition of the sale, Mr Hefner, 89,...
Foreign tourists are reportedly among those hurt in the blast, which occurred in the city's historic Sultanahmet district, near the Blue Mosque. Fifteen people were also wounded in the blast, the Istanbul Governor's Office said in a statement on its...
What are North Korea's motives? The North Korean leadership is trying to do two things: Firstly, to strengthen Kim Jong-un's authority by demonstrating that the North is moving forward in its goal to enhance the country's military capabilities and...
On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year's revellers on Durban's beach because of the mess she said they made. She was condemned by many on social media and the hashtag #RacistsMustFall was trending on Twitter. The South...
The proposal was approved by the AU's Peace and Security Council but will need to be approved by the UN. On Thursday the AU said it would not allow genocide to take place in Burundi. Unrest began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced...
The 52-year-old Portuguese had been in his second spell at the club, taking charge in June 2013. Chelsea finished eight points clear last season and won the League Cup, but have lost nine of their 16 league games so far and are 16th in the table,...
The latest protests are a reaction to him sacking two finance ministers last week, further damaging confidence in the economy. This comes on top of claims of widespread corruption, recent student protests and a succession battle in the governing...
A millionaire property developer has been cleared of raping a teenager after claiming he accidently tripped and fell on her. Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, was accused of forcing himself on an 18 year-old-girl who had slept on his sofa in his Maida Vale...
Justice Wadyajena was accused of using "abusive language" against a fellow Zanu-PF party member, who had a portrait of Mrs Mugabe on his car. The incident is being seen as part of internal party wrangling over who should succeed President Robert...
Mr Cosby, 78, is seeking unspecified monetary damages and said the women inflicted emotional distress. He called their accusations "nothing more than an opportunistic attempt to extract financial gain from him". He filed the countersuit after seven...
On Wednesday, the president sacked Nhlanhla Nene in a move that sent the rand to record lows and sparked a sell-off in bank shares. His replacement for less than a week, Mr van Rooyen, is a little-known MP. The latest move sent the rand up almost...
Most of the bodies found on the streets of Bujumbura appear to be young men killed by gunfire, some with their hands tied behind their backs. The bodies were found a day after attacks on military sites. Residents accuse police of taking revenge. At...
Mr Magufuli swept and picked up rubbish from the street as part of the scheme, which he had ordered to replace Independence Day celebrations. The move is being seen as symbolic of the president's promise to tackle corruption, our correspondent...
The red alert is the highest possible, and has not been used in the city before, the state-run Xinhua news agency says. Authorities expect more than three consecutive days of severe smog. Cars with odd and even number plates will be banned from...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) initially said the $5.2bn fine had been reduced to $3.4bn. But NCC spokesman Tony Ojobo says the correct amount is $3.9bn. The original sanction was imposed in October for failing to cut off unregistered...
The new indictment, released by the Department of Justice in Washington, came hours after the arrest of two Fifa vice-presidents in Zurich on Thursday. Former Brazil football federation chief Ricardo Teixeira was among those accused of being...
He killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 after shooting her four times through a locked toilet door. He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail. Pistorius will have to...
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