Mardom-e- Emrooz, a reformist daily from Iran was shut down in its first month of publication after depicting a picture of Hollywood Star George Clooney with the Golden Globe award alongside the headline 'I am Charlie too' on the front page.
Blogger Raif Badawi's sentence is set to be reviewed after the Saudi Arabian government referred the case to the Supreme Court on Friday.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin revoked R&B singer Chris Brown's probationary status for travelling without obtaining approval for a show. The singer was ordered to not leave Los Angeles County without permission but was seen performing at a night club in San Jose on Jan 11
Actor/ Director Woody Allen is all set to write and direct his first TV show for Amazon which will be available exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany. The half hour show has already received the order for an entire season
With Taken 3 doing well at the cinemas, there have been talks about the possibility of another sequel. Even as the just-released film was being savaged by the critics, it has managed to gross nearly $92 million worldwide during its opening weekend.
The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory this week received the approval from the Department of Energy to build the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The telescope will be equipped with a 3200 mega pixel camera which has the ability to produce the deepest, widest and fastest digital images of the night sky.
Over 143 fighters from Boko Haram's militant group were killed when they attacked the military base in the northern town of Kolofata on Monday. The attack lasted for more than 5 hours until the militants fled back across the border.
The ailing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is set to receive a financial reprieve of $1.2 million from the French government following the barbaric attack in their office that resulted in the death of 12 people.
Dublin Priest, Father Martin Dolan received a standing ovation when he urged his congregation to vote 'Yes' in this year's Irish referendum for same sex marriages. Father Dolan has been the priest at the Church of Myra on Francis Street for 15 years, when he revealed last Saturday during his sermon by adding, "I'm gay, myself". The unexpected statement was met by a round of applause followed by a standing ovation from his parishioners.
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is said to be seriously considering the possibility of adding the 'Dislike' option to the site.
