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Police hunt Berlin truck attack accomplice
Amri messaged the man from the stolen truck while heading to the site of the Christmas market terror strike in Berlin.
Iran's president condemns Telegram ban
No social network has been blocked "by this government," said the Iranian president.
Iran blocks encrypted messaging app Telegram
Officials had previously pledged to block the app for national security reasons.
Russia's messaging app Telegram is being blocked
Russia's hugely popular messaging app Telegram is being blocked until gives police access to private texts.
Russia: Court blocks Telegram messaging app
Millions of Russian Telegram users need not panic yet, as the company has promised a way around the ban.
Russia threatens to block Telegram app
If it doesn't hand over its encryption keys to Russian intelligence, Telegram may have to say bye-bye to Russian users.
Iran unblocks Telegram messenger service
Hardliners demanded the block after Telegram refused to shut down channels allegedly used by anti-government protesters.
French, Swiss police detain ten in anti-terror raids
A 23-year-old Colombian woman and 27-year-old Swiss man were among those detained in French and Swiss anti-terror raids.
UK's Rudd launches attack on messaging encryption
Rudd condemned encryption just days after a London terrorist attack, before which the offender reportedly used Whatsapp.
Paris, Berlin want access to encrypted apps
Interior ministers of France and Germany have called for new regulations to let police read encrypted messages.
6 of the top scoring encrypted messaging apps
Whatsapp may have secured valuable publicity by adding end-to-end encryption, but they have been slow to join the pack.
WhatsApp ban in Brazil sends users scrambling
After a Brazilian court briefly banned WhatsApp, millions of users were left searching for alternatives.
Nazi document sold
A telegram sent to Hitler on the eve of his downfall was sold for over twice the expected price.
From Kakao Talk to Telegram
German app Telegram is rapidly gaining popularity in South Korea following surveillance reports.
End of an era
Millions of people relied on it for decades. But now India's telegram service has come to an end.
Latvian telegraph
While many countries around the world have given up the telegraph, it's still in use in the Baltics.
Revenge of the Telegram
Nobody sends more SMS’s than the Germans, whose youngest generation is getting used to sending telegram-style notes like the ones their grandparents once sent.
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