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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in written testimony on Monday that he is "responsible for" not preventing the social media platform from being used for harm, including fake news, foreign interference in elections and hate speech. "We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake," Xinhua quoted Zuckerburg as saying in a prepared testimony released by

Islamabad, Apr 8: The Pakistan government is working on a draft bill to permanently ban Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa as well as other groups and individuals on the watch list of the interior ministry. The bill will replace the presidential ordinance that banned outfits and people already on the watch list of the interior ministry. Citing its sources in the law ministry

New York, Apr 8: A fire broke out on the 50th floor of Trump Tower here, leaving one person dead and six firefighters injured, the New York City Fire Department said today. It said a 67-year-old man, identified as Todd Brassner, was found "unconscious and unresponsive" when firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire. Brassner, a resident of the 50th floor of Trump Tower, was rushed to a

Seoul, Apr 6: A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over a scandal that landed the heads of two

Washington, Apr 6: The trajectory of the India-US defence ties in the fighter jet segment depends on New Delhi's decision on the F-16 and F-18 warplanes being offered by the US, a top Defence Department official has said. A positive decision by India could be a precursor to advanced fifth-generation fighter technology, Joe Felter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for South and Southeast Asia

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 6: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Friday announced the dissolution of parliament for a general election that will pose one of the sternest-ever tests for his ruling coalition, due to a massive financial scandal and a challenge from former leader Mahathir Mohamad. After laying out the Barisan Nasional coalition's recent achievements in a 25-minute speech on state television

Lahore, Apr 5: A Pakistani court today allowed Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's two organisations Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) to work under the ambit of law but did not set aside the government's ban on their 'social welfare activities'. Justice Ameenuddin Khan of the Lahore High Court issued a notice to the interior ministry to file its reply on April 23 on

Rio De Janeiro, Apr 5: A sharply divided top court voted early Thursday to reject an attempt by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction, delivering a hard blow to the front-running candidate in this year's presidential election in Latin America's largest nation. After nearly 11 hours of often heated debate, the Supreme Federal

China said it would levy an additional 25 percent tariff on imports of 106 US products including soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aircraft, in response to proposed American duties on its high-tech goods. Matching the scale of proposed US tariffs announced the previous day, the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing said the charges will apply to around $50 billion of US imports. Officials signaled

Islamabad, Apr 4: The UN Security Council's updated list of terrorists and militant groups has 139 entries from Pakistan alone, including outfits like Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafeez Saeed's Lashkar-e-Taiba, according to a media report. The list, headed by Osama bin Laden's heir apparent Ayman al-Zawahiri, identifies all those individuals who have lived in Pakistan, operated from there or have