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27 June 2017 • 16:58 AMT
Italy’s Lucky Red nabs Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World”

The potentially harrowing crime drama, which is currently shooting in Rome, stars Kevin Spacey as oil billionaire J. Paul Getty.

27 June 2017 • 16:45 AMT
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” graphic novel to be published soon

The IDW release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” comes in advance of “Star Wars Adventures,” a monthly series of original material for younger readers.

27 June 2017 • 14:30 AMT
Facebook explains how it finds and removes hate speech

Facebook lays out ambiguous scenarios that could flummox automated tools, including insulting terms that communities have reclaimed.

27 June 2017 • 14:26 AMT
Ukrainian banks, electricity firm hit by fresh cyber attack

The central bank said an “unknown virus” was to blame for the latest attacks, but did not give further details.

27 June 2017 • 14:04 AMT
Syria denies U.S. allegations of coming chemical attack

Ali Haidar, the Syrian minister for national reconciliation, said the charges foreshadowed a new diplomatic campaign against Syria at the U.N.

27 June 2017 • 13:40 AMT
Ranger Campus opens in Armenia’s Caucasus Wildlife Refuge

The Ranger Campus is entirely constructed with eco-friendly materials and equipped with state-of-the-art “green” technologies.

27 June 2017 • 13:13 AMT
President Sargsyan will become Armenian PM: former opposition MP

According to him, under the new Constitution, two thirds of the National Assembly can make amendments in the Constitution.

27 June 2017 • 12:52 AMT
U.S.-led strikes on IS Syria prison kill 57: monitor

Mayadeen lies in the Euphrates Valley some 45 kilometres (28 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor.

27 June 2017 • 12:47 AMT
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo drama from Dan Gilroy lands at Netflix

Gilroy has been directing a legal thriller with Denzel Washington for Sony, which recently changed the title from “Inner City” to “Roman Israel.”

27 June 2017 • 12:42 AMT
Iraqi PM predicts Mosul victory very soon

“The victory announcement will come in a very short time,” Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on his website on Monday evening.

27 June 2017 • 12:12 AMT
Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” to open Ischia Film Fest

Colin Trevorrow will be honored this year with the Breakout Director award for The Book of Henry.

27 June 2017 • 12:02 AMT
“Conjuring 3” in the works with David Leslie Johnson attached to pen script

The news comes two weeks after New Line launched development on “The Crooked Man,” based on the malevolent character in “The Conjuring 2”.

27 June 2017 • 11:16 AMT
Karabakh: Armenia NA speaker wants action from Azeri counterpart

“Taking the opportunity, I am calling on my Azerbaijani counterpart to help settle the conflict peacefully,” Babloyan said.

27 June 2017 • 10:48 AMT
China accuses India of incursion into its territory in border stand-off

Officials said Indian border guards had obstructed “normal activities” on the Chinese side, and called on India to immediately withdraw them.

27 June 2017 • 10:36 AMT
British Barclays bank seeks to bring bitcoin into service

Last year Barclays partnered with social payments app Circle which allows users to send money in messages and supports bitcoin.

27 June 2017 • 10:09 AMT
Hostages in Philippines siege forced to fight, become sex slaves: army

the military said some hostages were forced to convert to Islam, carry wounded fighters to mosques, and marry militants.

27 June 2017 • 09:47 AMT
Google hit with record €2.4 billion fine for manipulating search results

In a separate case, EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has been suing Android, Google’s operating system for smartphones, and its advertising business.

27 June 2017 • 09:43 AMT
Dutch govt. ‘partially liable’ for murder of 300 Muslim men in Srebrenica

The ruling largely upheld a civil court’s 2014 judgment that said the state was liable in the deaths of the Bosnian Muslim men.

27 June 2017 • 09:41 AMT
Russian submarine test-fires ICBM across Eurasia

The Yuri Dolgoruky, launched in 2008, is a fourth-generation Borey-class nuclear submarine serving with the Russian Northern Fleet.

27 June 2017 • 09:30 AMT
Armenia eyes 3 million tourists by 2022

The deputy minister said, in turn, that more than 20 programs are scheduled to be implemented in Armenia each year.

27 June 2017 • 09:11 AMT
Netflix nabs Jack Black’s “Polka King”

The feature follows Grammy-nominated polka sensation Jan Lewan, who ended up running a Soviet souvenir-based Ponzi scheme that landed him in jail.

27 June 2017 • 08:56 AMT
Warner Bros. readying “The Accountant” sequel with Ben Affleck

The 2016 feature followed a highly functioning autistic man who worked as an accountant for criminal organizations.

27 June 2017 • 08:40 AMT
May’s deal with DUP weakens United Kingdom: Wales, Scotland

Leaders of Scotland and Wales accused Prime Minister Theresa May of weakening the ties of the United Kingdom.

27 June 2017 • 08:29 AMT
“Remarkable Creatures” bestseller to get film treatment

“Remarkable Creatures” centers on two female 19th century fossil hunters who make significant discoveries that changed the scientific world forever.

27 June 2017 • 08:25 AMT
Israel strikes Hamas militant sites in Gaza after projectile fired

The strikes hit training sites but caused no injuries. The projectile on Israel fell in an open area and no one was hurt.

27 June 2017 • 08:17 AMT
Music Box Films purchases comedy-drama “Back to Burgundy”

The story focuses on a man who left his family and his native Burgundy 10 years ago to tour the world.

27 June 2017 • 08:08 AMT
Vimeo no longer pursuing subscription video service

Vimeo will dissolve its development team, which had been working to acquire programming for a subscription offering.

27 June 2017 • 08:01 AMT
Google kills Gchat in favor of Hangouts

In March, Google pushed new Hangouts features aimed at enterprise clients as it continues to aim its AI-powered chat services at non-commercial users.

27 June 2017 • 07:58 AMT
Apple releases first iOS 11 public beta

Initially made available to developers earlier this month, iOS 11 includes a bevy of user interface refinements and new features.

27 June 2017 • 07:47 AMT
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube partner to fight terrorism

The forum’s scope is supposed to evolve over time, but its core goals include improving technology for detecting terrorist material.