Israel made history Wednesday when it began live-tweeting its own strike on the Gaza Strip. Now that the initial shock is over, the questions are setting in: Are governments allowed to use Twitter that way? And even if they can, should they? A rumor widely circulated Thursday morning claimed that the Israel Defense Forces’ Twitter account, @IDFSpokesperson, went down for a 40-minute period, but neither Twit ...

The number of Africa's mobile subscriptions will reach 761 million this year, making the continent once again the fastest growing market in the world, a research group has claimed. Pushed on by the continent's robust economic growth and an increasingly competitive marketplace the number of subscriptions in Africa is set to hit one billion by 2015, London-based Informa Telecoms & Media said Monday. The g ...

The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday of a "growing humanitarian emergency" in western Myanmar, calling on neighbouring countries to open their borders to people fleeing the sectarian bloodshed. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement that it was "gravely concerned over recent boat tragedies in the Bay of Bengal" that have left dozens of people missing after two vessels ...

The negotiations, expected to be heated, will attempt to balance the U.S. goal of denying terrorists a base of operations and Afghanistan's demands for sovereignty. By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan — In talks that are likely to be confrontational, the United States and Afghanistan are scheduled to begin negotiations Thursday on a new security arrangement after U.S. combat troops withd ...

The safety review of units 3 and 4 of the atomic power station at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has ended with the inspection team identifying certain deficiencies in the operations of the units reflecting concerns of Indian Nuclear Safety. The team has found problems in the maintenance of the fire doors and electrical cables and has flagged a need for improvements ...

Israel on Wednesday launched the most ferocious & brutal assault on Gaza in four years, hitting at least 20 targets in aerial attacks that killed many innocent including children and women, damaged Israel’s fragile relations with Egypt and escalated the risks of a new war in the Middle East. The Israel Defense Forces coupled the intensity of the airstrikes with the threat of a ground invasion of Gaza, r ...

The position of director of central intelligence had a long history of scandal well before David Petraeus's resignation. The DCI position is also not nearly as powerful as it once was. But it's still a critical job and President Obama needs to pick the right successor to the war hero who resigned. Many DCIs have left under a shadow. Allen Dulles, who was in command of the agency when it put the shah back in ...

Posted by Zaheerul Hassan After spending couple of Months political discussions of seniors top brass has announced a new Chinese leadership that almost regardless of its makeup is likely to be much like the one it replaces: divided, deliberative and weak. Probably, there will not be any glaring will come in Chinese ongoing polices. It was announced officially that  Xi Jinping is expected to head the new lea ...