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Twitter considering 10,000-character limit for tweets: report
Twitter has come under increasing pressure to boost user growth and ad revenue
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Ford will expand self-driving test car fleet to 30
Ford said it will be the first automaker to use Velodyne’s new solid state "hybrid Ultra PUCK Auto" sensor
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Sanjay Dutt to be released from jail on February 27
Reports say Bollywood actor has been provided reprieve in the duration of his punishment
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MPs to debate petition seeking ban on Trump, no vote planned
The British government responds to all petitions that gain more than 10,000 signatures
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Four armed men set Saudi Aramco bus on fire in oil province
State oil company says none of its employees were injured but gave no further details
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Mounting pressure: US ‘expects’ Pakistan to act against attackers
John Kirby urges Pakistan to target militant groups
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Pathankot attack: India to interrogate abducted SP
Punjab Police SP Salwinder Singh was kidnapped along with his cook and a jeweller friend by armed gunmen
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Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad, says US president
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Bomb blast hits Afghan capital Kabul
A group of unidentified insurgents also targeted the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday
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US special operations forces killed or wounded in Afghanistan - NBC
Special operations troops came under heavy mortar and small-arms fire
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Iran unveils second underground missile, likely to irk US
US officials say Washington will respond to the Emad tests with fresh sanctions
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German police investigating mass sexual assaults during New Year's Eve
Police quoted witnesses as saying that the attackers "appeared to be of Arab origin"
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Al Qaeda militant arrested in Yemen raids: officials
'Homes in Tawahi and Mualla districts are being searched one by one to hunt down terrorists' Official
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Despite ceasefire, Syrians starve in besieged town
'We've forgotten what bread tastes like' 27-year-old Mohamed
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Militant in Islamic State video believed to be British 'bouncy castle' salesman
The video also features a young boy identified as London-born four-year-old Isa
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Turkey's Pegasus Airlines cancels Russian flights after failing to obtain visas
A spokesperson for state-run carrier Turkish Airlines told Reuters it has obtained visas for crew
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Giant statue for China's Chairman Mao
The statue towers some 37 metres (121 feet) over empty fields in the central province of Henan
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'Cutting off heads' no response to criticism: Iran's Rouhani
Rouhani expresses "hope that European countries who always react on human rights matters will meet their duties"
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Co-pilot wounded by passenger on KLM flight to China
The attacker was taken off the flight by about 15 policemen who were waiting for the plane to land in Beijing
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Palestinian Authority adrift after three months of unrest
There is even speculation of an eventual collapse of the PA, the governing authority set up under the 1990s
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What if the Oregon protesters were black or Muslim? Debate ensues
Social media predicted the authorities would have been more forceful, if they were Muslim or black
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Turkey finds bodies of 36 drowned migrants
Tragedies come as EU seeks to push Turkey to halt flow of migrants across its borders in exchange for financial help
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Kuwait recalls envoy to Iran after attacks on Saudi missions
The action comes after Gulf Arab allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed relations with Tehran
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What to expect from the Saudi-Iran standoff?
Severing of ties with Iran puts the Kingdom’s gulf neighbours in a quagmire
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India's Mumbai to get 'world's first slum museum'
Museum to open in February for two months and display everything from pottery and textiles to recycled items
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Why the real King Kong became extinct
Study shows King Kong lived only in the forest, was a strict vegetarian, and probably wasn't crazy about bamboo
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Blast near Pakistan consulate building in eastern Afghan city: official
There have been been no reports of casualties thus far
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Indian policeman: Militants abducted me before base attack
A police officer says he was abducted by a group of heavily armed men speaking Urdu on his reutrn from a temple
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Japan sushi boss pays $117,000 for endangered tuna
The price was three times higher than last year but still far below a record 155.4 million yen paid in 2013
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Gayle fined $7,000 for 'out of line' TV chat-up
Ten Network reporter found herself being asked out for a drink during an interview with the burly West Indian
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Iran-Saudi crisis deepens as diplomatic ties cut
Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran after protesters set fire to its embassy in Tehran
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'We are not natural-born enemies of Iran,' Saudi UN envoy says
Saudi Arabia cut all ties with Iran on Sunday following the kingdom's execution of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr
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Oregon sheriff demands anti-government miltiamen leave community
It's time for you to leave our community, sheriff says
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Saudi Arabia sees 'no effect' from break with Iran on Syria, Yemen
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran after protesters ransacked and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran
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Police search for vandal who left bacon at Florida mosque
Footage shows the man entering the carport of the Masjid Al-Munin mosque in Titusville and vandalising it
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UN Security Council condemns attack on Saudi embassy in Iran
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran after protesters ransacked and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran
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Oculus to start taking virtual reality headset orders
After video, the next logical step is fully immersive virtual reality
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Accidental hero: the Muslim who saved Jews in Paris attack
The 25-year-old became the one positive story to emerge from the three days of violence in January
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Trump unveils first TV campaign ad, urges ban on Muslims
The commercial spotlights a ban on Muslims entering the US, pledge to crush IS and end illegal immigration from Mexico
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Six militants who attacked Indian air base now dead - minister
Missed clues and lax security in runup to Pathankot air base attack
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'No reason' for Russia to view US as threat: Pentagon
Russia's new national security document names as threats both the United States and the expansion of the NATO alliance
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The ‘marriage of convenience’ between Saddam Hussein’s men and Islamic State
For decades, Iraq’s landscape was dotted with heroic portraits of Saddam Hussein
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Syria regime bastion welcomes Russian 'friends'
Russia has stood firmly by its longtime ally, Assad since an uprising against his regime began in March 2011
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Hoverboard sparks house fire in Australia
The family were able to escape after a smoke alarm alerted them to the danger but the house was severely damaged
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A year after attack, France's Jews learn to live under armed guard
Anti-Semitic acts have soared in recent years for France's 500,000 Jews
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Obama to force through gun control measures
The family were able to escape after a smoke alarm alerted them to the danger but the house was severely damaged
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Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict
Pakistan cannot get drawn into Arab-Persian conflict despite the fact that we have good relations with Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia to halt flights, trade with Iran - minister
Saudi foreign minister says Tehran is responsible for rising tensions after the kingdom executed Shia cleric
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Pakistan urges Saudi Arabia, Iran to resolve difference through peaceful means
Expresses concerns over escalating tensions between the two gulf-states
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UK grants asylum to Sudanese man who walked through Channel Tunnel
The migrant made global headlines in August when he walked 50 km (31 miles) from France to England