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A single Celtic fan’s expletive tweet turned into a social media battle with the Scottish club’s Europa League rivals Fenerbahçe when a Turkish fan responded by wielding a knife. Here are the remarkable tweets of the epic social media clash that turned anger into fun via sarcasm.

US astronaut Scott Kelly seems to have a special spot in his heart for Greece. The astronaut tweeted once more on his ‘beloved’ Greece, this time posting ‘To my good friends in Greece. Thinking about you. Hope you are having a great evening’. Who knows, it could be the perfect bird’s eye view of the Greek islands. In any case, thank you Scott.

The BBC apologised on Wednesday for accidentally setting off Twitter rumours that Queen Elizabeth had been hospitalized.

BBC made an incalculable gaffe this morning, through its Twitter account, where it presented Queen Elizabeth II as dead.

A Turkish singer, known for her animal rights activism, has raised some eyebrows by suggesting the devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal was punishment for Hindu animal sacrifices.

A Tweet by Hugo Dixon assigning blame earned a response by none other than Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, when the former criticised statements by the latter:

His hectic schedule of meetings and visits to Paris, London, Rome, Frankfurt and Berlin may have kept the prolific social media-using Greek FinMin off the TL for a few days, however, on Wednesday afternoon Yanis Varoufakis squeezed in a tweet.

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch?s controversial tweet suggesting that all Muslims are responsible for the massacre at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is reminiscent of the collective punishment imposed during Nazi rule, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.

Referring to Murdoch?s tweet, Davuto?lu said he did not even want to utter the media mogul?s name.

Russian official's New Year's greeting depicts missiles

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has posted a New Year's greeting on Twitter that shows Father Frost releasing missiles from his bag.

Nestle, one of the world's top food companies, apologized on Monday for an offensive tweet about 43 missing trainee teachers apparently massacred in southwest Mexico, saying it was "unauthorized".