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17 May 2017 • 07:12 AMT
Angelina Jolie-produced “The Breadwinner” unveils 1st teaser

The animated film follows Parvana, a young girl who decides to disguise as a boy to support her family after her father is imprisoned by Taliban.

17 May 2017 • 07:08 AMT
Documents link Azerbaijan’s Aliyevs to Malta bank accounts: publisher

Harut Sassounian in a fresh article published on Tuesday, May 16 dwelled upon another of Azerbaijan’s financial scandals.

17 May 2017 • 07:01 AMT
Sony Classics picks up Stanley Tucci’s drama “Final Portrait”

“Final Portrait” is the story of the friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti.

17 May 2017 • 06:53 AMT
Chelsea Manning doc “XY Chelsea” pitched at Cannes

The filmmakers say they are hoping to continue shooting Manning as she tries to adjust to being a free woman after years behind bars.

17 May 2017 • 06:50 AMT
Diamond earrings fetch record $57.4-million at auction in Geneva

“The Apollo Blue” fetched $42.087-million and the equally intensely luminescent “The Artemis Pink” went for $15.33-million.

17 May 2017 • 06:41 AMT
Michael Fassbender to return for “X-Men: Dark Phoenix”

“Dark Force” will follow Jean Grey who becomes threat after she gains power beyond all comprehension.

17 May 2017 • 06:34 AMT
China installs rocket launchers on South China Sea island: report

China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers.

17 May 2017 • 06:30 AMT
HBO orders Paolo Sorrentino’s “Young Pope” sequel “New Pope”

It’s unclear if any of the actors from the original series like Jude Law, Diane Keaton and James Cromwell will be back for the new one.

17 May 2017 • 06:25 AMT
60 ceasefire violations by Azeri army registered overnight

Azeri forces employed 60-, 82- and 120-mm mortars and a grenade launcher in various directions of the frontline.

17 May 2017 • 06:17 AMT
WikiLeaks’ Chelsea Manning set to be released

Without Obama’s parting gift, Manning, who served as an intelligence official in Iraq, would have remained behind bars until 2045

17 May 2017 • 06:09 AMT
Drug-testing authority on agenda at WADA board meeting

The IOC argues the present system has failed to ensure clean competition and creates obvious conflicts of interest for sports federations.

16 May 2017 • 20:14 AMT
PAN Photo’s Areg Balayan wins Aurora Photo competition

Following Balayan is Sargis Bulghadaryan (Armenia), who took the second place with “Everyday water issue in Tlik village” photo.

16 May 2017 • 14:23 AMT
EasyJet orders bigger planes to keep costs down

The company said it was seeing signs that revenue pressure was easing with rivals holding back on growth in some of its big markets.

16 May 2017 • 14:06 AMT
Google Assistant “to come to iPhones this week”

Reportedly, Photos will use Assistant to help you create coffee table books from your image library.

16 May 2017 • 13:54 AMT
Beta Cinema boards “The Invisibles” doc about German Jews during WWII

“The Invisibles” weaves dramatic re-enactments and interviews with four survivors who were at the time teenagers and young adults.

16 May 2017 • 13:51 AMT
Instagram adds augmented reality face filters

You can find the filters by opening up the camera interface in the app and tapping the new icon in the bottom right corner.

16 May 2017 • 13:43 AMT
Cannes: Cohen Media Group picks up French thriller “My Son”

The recently-completed film comes from the writer-director of Oscar-nominated “Joyeux Noel,” Christian Carion, and is screening in the Cannes market.

16 May 2017 • 13:35 AMT
Apple patent for cylindrical device hints at Siri home speaker

While the IP appears to cover existing products like the Mac Pro, embodiments contained within are more suitable to smaller devices.

16 May 2017 • 13:28 AMT
Blake Lively to star in Nick Cassavetes’ action-drama “Bruised”

The film centers on a single mother working two jobs and a former MMA fighter who must return to the cage in order to keep her son.

16 May 2017 • 13:21 AMT
FilmRise nabs Tribeca Film Fest darling “My Friend Dahmer”

Critics embraced the film when it screened in Tribeca, with Ross Lynch receiving particular praise for his eerie turn as a high-school age Jeffrey Dahmer.

16 May 2017 • 13:10 AMT
Noomi Rapace set to star in action thriller “Close”

“Close” sees the actress play a female bodyguard and counter-terrorist expert who is assigned the job of protecting a rich young heiress in Bangkok.

16 May 2017 • 12:38 AMT
Logic scores first No. 1 album on Billboard 200 with “Everybody”

At No. 2, Chris Stapleton scores his best sales week with “From a Room: Volume 1” which debuts with 219,000 units, including 202,000 in traditional album sales.

16 May 2017 • 12:37 AMT
Rocket Lab almost ready to ferry small payloads to space

The company’s 56-foot-tall Electron rocket has 3D-printed components and can carry up to around 330-pounds worth of cargo.

16 May 2017 • 12:29 AMT
Trump takes to Twitter to defend sharing of information with Russians

Trump weighed in personally the morning after his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and national security adviser, H.R. McMaster.

16 May 2017 • 12:27 AMT
Pvris American rock band announce major European tour

The band are gearing up to release their second album “All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell”, on August 4.

16 May 2017 • 12:19 AMT
ANC lawmaker slams violence against Armenian MP as ‘barbarism’

He added that Postanjyan’s parliamentary immunity deprives the police of any right to the use of physical force against her.

16 May 2017 • 12:08 AMT
Bonhams Russian Sale highlights Stelletsky works

The formal link between Stelletsky’s art and that of the Middle Ages earned him a place in Roger Fry’s Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition.

16 May 2017 • 11:55 AMT
Syria denies U.S. accusation of crematorium at prison

A foreign ministry statement said the U.S. administration had come out with “a new Hollywood story detached from reality.”

16 May 2017 • 11:55 AMT
Sotheby’s NY European Art sale includes Jean Béraud paintings

Many of the pieces on offer have emerged after decades spent in private collections, including newly-rediscovered paintings by John William Godward.

16 May 2017 • 11:40 AMT
Ukraine blocks access to popular Russian social networks

It also cut access to the Mail.ru email provider as well as the Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity and anti-virus provider.