The code war: Russia plans to free itself from iOS and Android

Finland’s Sailfish operating system is the platform for Russia’s latest fight for independence from US technology The cold war may...

Email mishaps: 12 tales of mistaken identity

There's some guy living in the Pacific NW who has apparently spent the last three years thinking his email...

Xiaomi starts selling accessories in the UK, US, France and Germany

‘China’s Apple’ launches low-cost headphones, fitness bands and portable battery packs to test the waters for a full smartphone...

Egypt executes six men convicted of killing soldiers after ‘grossly unfair’ trial

Military court ignores appeals to spare men, with two said to be in custody at time of crime, in...

US ‘deeply concerned’ by Egypt’s death penalty decision for Mohamed Morsi

US joins Amnesty International and Turkey’s president in criticising mass death sentence handed to more than 100 Muslim Brotherhood...

Islamists warn of backlash over Mohamed Morsi death sentence

Muslim Brotherhood say prison break sentences are act of revenge by Egyptian regime as crackdown intensifies Egyptian Islamists have warned...

Egypt legend Mohamed Aboutrika denies supporting the Muslim Brotherhood

The three-times African player of the year Mohamed Aboutrika has denied that the tourism company he co-owns in Egypt...

Have Qatar’s work conditions improved? Migrant labourers tell their stories

Better accommodation for some, new payment rules for everyone. But despite the reforms, many workers still complain of low...

Jailed Al-Jazeera English journalist sues his employers for negligence

Mohamed Fahmy claims Qatar broadcaster supported Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Fahmy, the Al-Jazeera English journalist who spent more than a...

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