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Facebook Live, the social media giants live video broadcasting platform, has been used to film grisly crimes that include suicides, murders, and rapes (Photo: AFP)

Facebook slammed for analysing, cashing in on teens' feelings

Facebook has denied the allegations.

4 May 2017 1:32 AM IST

The Law Commission has proposed certain penal actions against advocates on the grounds of misconduct and abstaining from court work for any reason.

Australia: Indian-origin man slashes colleagues with cleaver; gets...

Judge Simon Stone during the trial in court said that the victims' provocation was minor compared to Chaudhary's...

3 May 2017 3:34 PM IST

The Sheikh, who belongs to the Nabi Akram Islamic Centre in Granville, said to his followers that he needed to hold his prayer beads to control himself. (Photo: Facebook)

I swear to Allah, no bra: Muslim cleric shames random woman at Sydney...

Sheikh, also being a video blogger, had made a viral video for his Facebook page, which instructs both young men and...

1 May 2017 6:05 PM IST

Uber has developed an algorithm that sends drivers their next fare opportunity before their current ride is over in an attempt to tempt them to work long.

I was part of ISIS, want to blow up Parliament: Uber driver tells...

Despite the driver boasting about his association with ISIS, she drove along with him.

1 May 2017 3:12 PM IST

Go f*** yourself: Indian couple in Australia request seat on park bench, abused

Go f*** yourself: Indian couple in Australia request seat on park...

Patel told the woman this wasn't the right way to treat people, to which she tried to mimic him with his Indian accent.

29 April 2017 4:15 PM IST

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: AP)

After tense phone call, Australian PM Turnbull looks forward to meet...

PM Malcolm Turnbull announced the May 4 visit in a statement after meeting in Afghanistan with Defense Secretary James...

26 April 2017 10:03 AM IST

North Korea threatens Australia with nuclear strike if it follows US line

North Korea threatens Australia with nuclear strike if it follows US...

A media report said that Australia was shielding a hostile US policy of nuclear threats and blackmail against North...

23 April 2017 8:05 AM IST

United States Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. (Photo: AP)

US armada to be in Sea of Japan

The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days.

23 April 2017 3:46 AM IST

According to the Gannavaram airport director G. Madhusudan Rao, a Spicejet flight was about to land at the time but considering the situation, they cleared the landing request for the Trujet plane. (Representational image)

MH370 likely' lies north of search area

The Australian-led undersea search operated on the assumption that MH370 went down somewhere in the southern Indian...

22 April 2017 3:25 AM IST

When the girls elder brother Sheikh Raju met Mojam on the road on Monday, he protested against those threats and an infuriated Mojam stabbed him with a fruit cutting knife. (Photo: Representational Image)

Australian teen stabs man 70 times after boyfriend threatens, drugs...

The girl, Thompson was charged with murder but pleaded guilty since she feared her family's safety.

21 April 2017 1:10 PM IST

Airbus is maker of A320 series of planes.

You say Austria, I say Australia: Airbus trips up on tricky typo

The Airbus accounts did indeed say Australia, but a company spokesman said that was, in fact, a typographical error.

20 April 2017 1:28 PM IST

The new airport is the centrepiece of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbulls A$30 billion national public works drive designed to keep Australias economy ticking over. (Photo: AFP)

Australia tightens rules for citizenship after scrapping visa popular...

Unveiling the changes, Australian PM Turnbull stressed that Australian citizenship was a privilege' that should be...

20 April 2017 10:07 AM IST