Virginia McLaurin, 106 year-old, has waited her whole life to see an African-American in the White House. So when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, she could barely contain her excitement.

A 12-year-old boy is tortured in Mymensingh and its video is leaked in the social media, giving rise to public outrage.

For the last 48 hours Twitter has been… well, all of a Twitter. An article in Buzzfeed suggesting that the social network was about to introduce what is known as an algorithmic timeline - promoting tweets deemed most relevant rather than publishing them in reverse chronological order - sparked a wave of what can only be described as furious panic.

A mother-daughter selfie posted by Kaylan Mahomes is baffling the internet! A recent car selfie by Kaylen with her twin and Kyla, their mother sent the social media world into confusion as everyone was trying to figure out which one is the mom.

Private individuals will no longer be allowed to advertise guns on Facebook and Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.

Facebook expands its offering for streaming live video at the leading social network.

Do you ever "like" something on Facebook? If so, life is about to get a bit more complex.

Facebook quarterly profit more than doubles as its ranks swelled during the past year to a mammoth user base of nearly 1.6 billion, the social media giant says.

Four key Twitter executives are to leave the company as the social network continues its attempt to turn around its fortunes.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the most followed Indian on Twitter, scores a fan following of 19 million on the micro-blogging platform.

Vietnam mourn the shocking death of an ancient turtle revered as a symbol of auspiciousness.

India's telecom regulator strongly criticises Facebook over its campaign to drum up support for its Free Basics internet plan.

Malik First Born Allah Farrad, will be spending the next 15 and half years of his life in a federal penitentiary because of a single Facebook post.

Mark Zuckerberg is feeling the force of critics who believe his effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services hurts India's democracy and violates net neutrality.

Having one of the most demanding jobs in the country doesn't stop Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from managing his social media accounts on his own.

The year 2015 is marked with many significant incidents that changed Bangladesh's course of history forever.

A deputy governor in Afghanistan sends a highly unusual public Facebook message to the president to plead for assistance in fighting the Taliban.

By the end of this week it could be illegal for any European child under the age of 16 to use social media without the consent of their parents.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reassures Muslim Facebook users that they are “always welcome” on the popular social media platform.

American teens think Facebook has definitely lost its cool factor, but use it as much as ever.