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Facebook is rolling out what could be called an aspirational redesign known as FB5 a move meant to focus on what the company actually wants the app to be and not just polishing what it already is. CEO of the company Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at Facebooks F8 conference.

Refusal to remove video shows Facebook enabled Russian election...

Attacks like those on Facebook also made it more difficult to recruit candidates for public office.

31 May 2019 7:10 AM IST

Members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are seeking a close balance between supply and demand, Khalid al-Falih said.

Saudi's Falih says oil stocks still building, but OPEC to act if...

OPEC, Russia and other non-OPEC producers have agreed to reduce output by 1.2 bpd from Jan 1 for six months.

18 May 2019 1:46 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Putin Signs Controversial Internet Law For 'Centralised Traffic...

This control will pass to the Russian FSB security service and media monitoring agency Roskomnadzor, which is known to...

2 May 2019 5:35 PM IST

Dramatic video footage of the incident shot by witnesses and posted on social media showed the helicopter spinning seemingly out of control over the Hudson near 30th Street, before plummeting into the water. (Photo: Screengrab)

India-Russia sign Rs 200 crore anti-tank missile deal

India has been trying to acquire the Russian missiles for a long time but the deal has been signed under the emergency...

30 Jun 2019 3:29 PM IST

The kind and the scale of these cyber weapons was such that even the CIA lost control of majority of its hacking arsenal which includes state of the art malware, viruses, Trojans and weaponised zero day exploits which can be worth millions of dollars each in dark web.

Western intelligence hacked 'Russia's Google' Yandex to spy on...

Western cyberattacks against Russia are seldom acknowledged or spoken about in public.

28 Jun 2019 8:14 AM IST

The plane belonged to regional Angara airline and was on a regular flight. (Photo: Instagram/ buryatiaofficial)

2 killed as Russian plane crashes into building during emergency...

Investigators launched a probe into possible violation of air safety regulations, said a statement.

27 Jun 2019 2:31 PM IST

The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone was shot down by the IRGC after it entered the Iranian airspace near the Kouhmobarak district, according to a report by Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). (Representational Image)

Moscow says downed US drone was in Iranian airspace

Iran insists the drone violated Iranian airspace near the Strait of Hormuz, but the Pentagon denies it entered Iranian...

25 Jun 2019 5:41 PM IST

In December 2017, Moscow and Ankara signed a loan agreement for the delivery of S-400 air defence systems to Turkey. (Photo:ANI)

'Can't wish away' Russia defence ties: Indian diplomats before Pompeo...

India will tell the US that its law allows sanctions waiver to India on the purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia.

25 Jun 2019 3:11 PM IST

PM Modi, Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the recently held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at Kirgiz capital Bishkek. (Photo: Twitter/ @PIB_India)

Xi, PM Modi, Putin to discuss protectionism amid US tariffs: China

They will also discuss plans for the successful holding this year's BRICS Summit in Brazil, Zhang said.

24 Jun 2019 4:39 PM IST

On the domestic front, Air India is introducing new flights on BhopalPuneBhopal route and Varanasi-Chennai-Varanasi from June 5, 2019.

As tensions mount in gulf, Indian carriers expect turbulence

Various airlines' regulators have banned their airlines to fly over Iran.

22 Jun 2019 3:59 PM IST

MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with the death of all 298 on board. (Photo: AP)

3 Russians and 1 Ukrainian to go on trial for murder over Malaysian...

The court case over the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane will start in the Netherlands in March 2020.

19 Jun 2019 5:51 PM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)

Trump refutes newspaper's claim of US ramping up cyber attacks on...

New York Times article claimed that US has placed malware inside Russian systems operating the nation's power grid to...

16 Jun 2019 4:38 PM IST