Facebook's safety head was questioned by lawmakers on Thursday over what the company knew about the potential for Instagram to be harmful to young users' mental health. The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety…
This is not Mars: Sky in Indonesia turns…
Image copyright Eka Wulandari Image caption Conditions in Indonesia's Jambi province looked straight out of a post-apocalyptic movie Skies over an Indonesian province turned red over the weekend, thanks to the widespread forest fires which…
Race on to restore supply after Saudi oil…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTake a look at how much damage the attacks did to the Khurais facility in Saudi ArabiaA week on, it's still not known who launched the attack…
Criminal charges for Brazil dam disaster firms
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe moment the dam collapsedBrazilian federal police have proposed criminal charges against mining giant Vale and German safety firm Tüv Süd and 13 of their employees over…
US airline sabotage mechanic may have IS links
Image copyright Reuters An American Airlines mechanic charged with sabotaging an aircraft in July has possible links to the Islamic State (IS) group, US prosecutors say. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, has a brother in…
Did we just get first glimpse of Trump…
Image copyright Getty Images/Reuters One doesn't have to squint too hard to see Monday night as a possible preview of a presidential general election campaign that will be at a frenzied pitch in just a…
The brown girls out to conquer Instagram
Image copyright Sanjana Nagesh Image caption Sanjana Nagesh believes it's time for "brown girls" to rise up and take ownership of their identities There's a sisterhood emerging on Instagram and it's one made up of…
India announces ban on e-cigarettes
Image copyright Getty Images India's cabinet has announced a ban on the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes, saying they pose a risk to health. An executive order had been approved banning vaping products…
Worlds biggest amphibian discovered in museum
Image copyright Ben Tapley/ZSL Image caption Giant salamander: Not one species but three A newly-identified amphibian is possibly the largest on the planet, according to DNA from museum specimens. Reaching nearly two metres in length,…