Twitter, championed as a tool of free expression during the Arab Spring, was facing censorship charges on Friday after announcing it can now block tweets on a country-by-country basis if legally required to do so.

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The Pentagon proposed taking some 100,000 troops off active duty as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war, but vowed new investments to exert power in Asia and the Middle East.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who faces a charge of spousal abuse, failed on Thursday to have a judge lift a protective order that prevents him from having contact with his 2-year-old son.

It is a rite that all followers of Islam are supposed to perform at least once in a lifetime, yet for the rest of the globe the hajj is veiled in mystery.