United Kingdom And Facebook

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  UK 'Dine And Dash' Couple Leave Restaurant Without Paying Bill Worth 12,000, Post Pics On Facebook

  The couple, seen in a restaurant-released video, took an hour to eat their meal before leaving "for a cigarette," but they never came back.

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  Facebook's Marketplace Faces Antitrust Probe In European Union, UK

  The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes which could force it to change its business model on top of hefty fines.

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  Facebook's Giphy Deal Draws UK Competition Watchdog's Attention

  Facebook's acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by the United Kingdom's competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition.

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  British, Indian Soldiers Hurt as Troop Carriers Collide

  Around 20 British and Indian military personnel were wounded, at least four seriously, in a collision between three troop carriers in southwest England on Wednesday, officials said.

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  14-Year-Old UK Boy Expelled From School for Insulting Teacher on Facebook

  A 14-year-old boy in the UK has been expelled from school after he posted insults about his head teacher's hair colour, looks and weight on Facebook.

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  Facebook Addresses Privacy Fears While Ramping Ad Targeting

  Facebook on Thursday made it easier for people to understand and control how their information is used at the leading social network while expanding its quest to better target ads.

• UK Opens Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for 2015

  The UK today launched the 2015 Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for Leadership and Excellence Programme India for high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds who have displayed leadership talent.

• Brewery responds to Starbucks letter with $6 cheque

  A small Missouri brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by sending the coffee chain a cheque to cover what it calls the profit from use of the word "Frappicino" - a cheque for $6.

• Why there's a "Boycott Marks and Spencer" Facebook page

  British retailer Marks & Spencer faced criticism on Monday after it emerged that it allows Muslim staff to refuse to sell customers pork and alcohol.

• Separated by Saddam, reunited by Facebook

  August 2, 1990 is a date etched in the memories of a million Indians. It was a day that ruined many lives, uprooted many families and destroyed many households. It was the day that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny country of Kuwait.

• Nairobi mall attack: Australian-British architect and pregnant wife among killed

  A joint Australian-British architect and his heavily pregnant Dutch wife were named by friends and media today as among those killed in the attack on an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall.

• Baby no 17 on way for UK's biggest family

  Britain's biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home.

• Syria crisis: West struggles to cope with online recruitment for jihad

  "I am French," explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of Al Qaeda.

• Edward Snowden's leaks hurt national security, could expose spies: UK

  Leaks by a fugitive US intelligence contractor have damaged Britain's national security, and the data he gave journalists includes information that might expose the identities of British spies, a government official told the High Court in London.

• French agency spies on phone calls, email, web use: reports

  France's external intelligence agency spies on its citizen's phone calls, emails and social media activity in the country and abroad, the daily Le Monde said today.