Children from low income families spend more time online and watching TV
Less-affluent youngsters spend nearly three-and-a-half hours daily watching TV and using varied devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops and video game players.
Uganda police kill two at protest against President Yoweri Museveni
Opposition leaders are trying to mobilize against efforts to remove an age barrier in the constitution that prevents 73-year-old President Yoweri Museveni from extending his rule when his current term expires in 2021.
US Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney says team doctor Larry Nassar molested her from age 13
The 21-year-old posted a lengthy statement on Twitter that detailed the allegations of abuse.
Donald Trump warns John McCain 'I fight back' after senator slams 'half-baked nationalism'
McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent 5½ years in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp and is battling brain cancer, offered a simple response to Trump: "I have faced tougher adversaries."
Twitter details new anti-hate speech and sexual harassment policies - but is it enough?
'Creep shots', hate symbols and 'tweets that glorify or condone violence' all come under scrutiny in Twitter's revised guidelines.
North Korea wants to 'peacefully develop' outer space with use of 'many more' satellites
As a party to several space treaties, North Korea's space development activities are "all ground on legal basis in all aspects," Kim claimed.
Xi Jinping urges rejuvenation of China on road to being a 'great modern socialist country'
Xi addressed hundreds of delegates at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Is it a meteor? Is it a ballistic missile? No, it's a Russian spaceship crashing to the earth
Rockets and stages earlier fell harmlessly and largely unnoticed into the atmosphere, said Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, the CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group.
Greenpeace takes Samsung, Amazon and Huawei to task over clean energy failings
Greenpeace USA's Guide to Greener Electronics names and shames tech giants that failed to deliver on clean energy commitments.
Netflix's latest financials show it has millions of new subscribers - and billions in debt
The big burden that Netflix is shouldering hasn't been a major concern on Wall Street so far, as CEO Reed Hastings' strategy has been paying off.
Daimler plans new legal structure for Mercedes, truck business
Automaker's car division, and trucks and heavy vehicles unit would become legally independent entities under one corporate umbrella.
Facts vs fiction: Donald Trump's US tax plan is far from the biggest ever
A look at the veracity of claims by the US President and his close-knit team.
Police shootings: Will gun cameras improve civil rights in America?
Departments being testing gun cameras as alternative to body cameras - but law enforcement officials and civil rights groups are skeptical.
Kurds claim Iraqi soldiers 'burnt lots of houses and killed many people' in assault on Kirkuk
Kurdish forces, called the peshmerga, had driven Isis out of Kirkuk. Now their positions in the city are under attack from the Iraqi army, its former ally against Islamic State.
'We were saying goodbye to each other': AirAsia passengers recall terror of plane plunging 20,000ft
Passengers on board an AirAsia flight have spoken of the moment when their plane plunged 20,000 feet just after takeoff.
'Happy Death Day' horror overtakes Blade Runner 2049 at the box office
The new horror film is released in the UK on Friday 20 October, just in time for Halloween.
'Nazis out': Violence at Frankfurt Book Fair over far-right presence
Clashes between left and right-wring groups over AfD member Bjoern Hoecke's appearance see three people arrested.
Hurricane Ophelia is heading for Ireland before hitting the UK
Met Office warned there is the potential for danger to life as sustained winds hit speeds of 105 mph
Mogadishu truck bomb attack leaves over 300 dead in 'Somalia's deadliest attack'
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo declared three days of national mourning following twin attack in capital city.
Rohingya mother and her three children killed by elephants in refugee camp
It was the third attack by wild elephants on the refugees in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, which borders Myanmar.
Pope Francis has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints
The latest saints were proclaimed Sunday during a Mass celebrated by Francis in St. Peter's Square.
Duterte rejects UK aid money for the Philippines: 'I'd use it for guns and extrajudicial killings'
The Philippines president Duterte also said he is declaring a "revolutionary government" and would be happy to cut all ties with the EU.
Student suspended for fighting goes on 'revenge shooting' rampage at Kenya high school
The shooting occurred at dawn at the Lokichogio Mixed Secondary School when a suspended student and other gunmen, thought to be from South Sudan, attacked pupils.
Mogadishu explosion: Devastating truck bomb kills at least 20 in Somalia as gunshots heard
Mogadishu residents say it's the most powerful explosion they've heard in years. Nobody has claimed responsibility, though it bears hallmarks of attack by terror group al-Shabab.
'Only suicide bombers left' in Raqqa as Isis runs out of weapons and civilians evacuated
Final battle for Raqqa underway as Isis left isolated and with dwindling supplies in its last enclaves within the Syrian city, once the Islamic caliphate's de facto capital.
Brain of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had 'no abnormalities' as his motive remains a mystery
Investigators say Stephen Paddock, who massacred 58 people from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, before turning a gun on himself, targeted jet fuel tanks.
Released Canadian hostage says Taliban-linked extremists raped his wife and killed baby daughter
Joshua Boyle and his family from Canada were held by the Haqqani network, which is connected to the Taliban, for five years in Afghanistan.
Oil-rich South Sudan faces fuel shortage as 'people suffer'
Its a cruel irony that an economy which gets 98% of its revenue from oil faces one of its worst fuel crises following years of conflict.
Anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Timol was tortured and killed by South African police
The court found that Timol did not kill himself by jumping from a 10th-floor window, as authorities said at the time in 1971.
Man sues city for free speech violation after escaping charges over 'fake police' Facebook page
Ohio resident goes to court after parody Facebook account is deemed "satire" and protected under US law.