Police fanned out across Hong Kong on Tuesday in a bid to deter pro-democracy protests as the city marked communist China's 70th birthday, with local officials watching a flag-raising ceremony behind closed doors because of security concerns. Authorities ramped up security checks ahead of...

Twitter on Monday said it is rolling out a filter that will hide away unwanted direct messages, providing a new tool to stymie abuse. Twitter users who receive direct messages from people they don't follow on the platform will be able to have such missives automatically routed to a...

A bridge collapsed in northeastern Taiwan on Tuesday injuring at least 14 people as it smashed down on to fishing vessels moored underneath and sent a petrol tanker plummeting into the water. Dramatic CCTV images captured the moment the 140-metre long single-arch bridge came crashing down...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ‘Homs Und Ich’, a film by Syrian director Sulaiman Tadmori, participated in the Hamburg Film Festival, which takes place from September 26 to October 5. The documentary tells of steadfastness, hunger and fear during the siege of Homs by the regime army between 2012...