The social networking site faces more scrutiny over its privacy policies and the way it collects user data.
Beijing deflects U.S. State Department criticism over the yearlong detention of civil rights activist Pu Zhiqiang.
Colombia's former U.S. ambassador, Gabriel Silva, defended Hillary Clinton's State Department. He also benefited from her department's policy.
Ahead of Bahrain's biggest sporting event, an Amnesty International report says the country's security forces still use torture and violence regularly.
A report from the Belgian Privacy Commission alleged that Facebook is illegally tracking the browsing history of all its users and visitors.
Despite concerns the U.S. or the U.K. would block the move, the two accepted the resolution, and it was passed by consensus.
Privacy concerns stalled a similar Senate-sponsored bill.
The Sunni jihadist group said the pair must face "God's judgment."
The suitcase-sized technology also intercepts sensitive details about a cellphone without the owner's knowledge, or a warrant.
Samsung sought to clarify its position after a privacy outcry, though consumer advocates have now called on the government to intervene.
U.S. tech giants such as Apple and Amazon are rushing to build data centers on the Continent to allay Europe's privacy concerns post-Snowden.
The number of displaced people across the globe topped 50 million for the first time since the end of World War II, Amnesty said in a report.
India's experiment to bring social benefits to a billion people with a unique ID is moving fast, according to Nandan Nilekani.
Range-R surveillance technology is only the latest military device to be used by domestic police agencies.
The number of people killed by ISIS has more than doubled in recent months.
President Nicolás Maduro, lashing out over U.S. sanctions, announced a committee to investigate U.S. war crimes abroad and civil rights violations at home.
Female candidates for the Indonesian National Police force are required to undergo virginity tests before they can become recruits.
The "Hunger Games" star was a victim of a nude photo leak in August and September, and had called the hack “a sex crime” at the time.
North Korea, shaken by a damning U.N. report on its human rights abuses, is employing Cuban diplomatic proxies to try and quash charges.
Testimonies and data from human rights organizations point to many leaders likely to be indicted for atrocities, IBTimes has learned.
Touch ID fingerprints are like DNA, a judge ruled, meaning police can take them without consent.
Iran's leader is seen as a moderate, but has presided over more executions so far in 2014 than in the same period last year.
