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Do you trust Facebook? /Al Bawaba

April 4th, 2018 - 12:46 GMT

After Cambridge Analytica, Do You Trust Facebook to Police the News?

Facebook is under fire for dissemination of allegedly wrongful news and information. That is why it is employing "fact-checkers" in different countries but will that do?

Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Basindawa survived coming under fire from gunmen in Sanaa on Saturday. (AFP)

September 1st, 2013 - 08:45 GMT

Yemeni PM survives assassination attempt

Egyptian security are set to beef up their presence on the Suez canal following a failed 'terrorist' attack on Saturday. (AFP)

September 1st, 2013 - 06:23 GMT

Egyptian army to boost Suez security after failed attack

EGYPT, Cairo : Representatives of Arab countries hold an extra-ordinary meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, August 27, 2013, to discuss the latest political and military crisis in Syria. AFP PHOTO/STR

August 31st, 2013 - 01:49 GMT

Arab League to meet Sunday over Syria

A picture distributed by the Egyptian Interior Ministry on August 29, 2013, shows senior Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohammed al-Beltagi (C) standing between two hooded policemen after his arrest in Cairo. (AFP)

August 29th, 2013 - 06:16 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed Beltagi arrested

A convoy of United Nations (UN) vehicles leave a hotel in Damascus on August 26, 2013 carrying UN inspectors travelling to the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapon attack the previous week in Ghouta, east of the capital. (AFP)

August 26th, 2013 - 11:33 GMT

UN team suspends mission after being targeted by snipers

IRAN, Tehran : Iranian President Hassan Rowhani is seen on a TV screen as he speaks during a parliament session to elect the cabinet members on August 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI

August 24th, 2013 - 10:07 GMT

Iran acknowledges chemical weapons use in Syria

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards

August 24th, 2013 - 07:04 GMT

U.S. forces potentially preparing to move into Syria

King Abdullah II of Jordan (Wikimedia Commons/European People's Party)

August 20th, 2013 - 04:51 GMT

Jordanian king warns of Muslim world "destruction"

A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi stands in a blood-stained shirt as demonstrators gather in Cairo's Abbassiya neighbourhood (AFP/MOHAMMED ABDEL MONEIM)

August 18th, 2013 - 09:03 GMT

Morsi supporters plan new protests as tensions climb

EGYPT, Cairo : Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi throw stones as they clash with security officers in Cairo's Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / VIRGNIE NGUYEN HOANG

August 17th, 2013 - 09:32 GMT

Over 1000 arrests in Egypt

EGYPT, Cairo : Local residents (front) throw stones towards supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi during clashes in downtown Cairo on August 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

August 13th, 2013 - 03:30 GMT

Clashes erupt in Cairo

Map of the Sinai peninsula. (Image courtesy of notgoodenough.com)

August 13th, 2013 - 06:31 GMT

Israel intercepts rockets over Eilat