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01 May 2017 • 08:26 AMT
Iraqi commander says expects to complete Mosul capture in May

A U.S.-led international coalition is providing air and ground support for the offensive in Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq.

01 May 2017 • 08:18 AMT
South Korea says U.S. reaffirms it will shoulder THAAD costs

South Korea and the United States say the sole purpose of THAAD is to guard against North Korean missiles.

29 April 2017 • 14:31 AMT
Islamic State kills top Afghan Taliban official in Pakistan

Islamic State does not control any territory inside Pakistan but the group has claimed responsibility for several large-scale bomb attacks.

29 April 2017 • 14:25 AMT
French Armenians to support Macron at presidential elections

CCAF expressed confidence in Macron’s courage and adherence to the principles of humanity and democracy.

29 April 2017 • 13:52 AMT
Lebanese Minister visits Genocide memorial, urges recognition

The Lebanese official was accompanied by Armenian Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan.

29 April 2017 • 13:07 AMT
Syrian rebel groups fight each other in besieged Damascus enclave

Fighting between the groups killed hundreds of people last April before a ceasefire was agreed in Qatar in May.

29 April 2017 • 12:36 AMT
Yura Movsisyan hosts RSL at private screening of “The Promise”

“It’s been 102 years that half of the world hasn’t recognized the genocide. We’re still fighting for it,” Movsisyan said.

29 April 2017 • 12:20 AMT
Bjork to release a career-spanning songbook

The book was made in collaboration with pianist Jonas Sen, design house M/M Paris and engraver Werner Wolff.

29 April 2017 • 12:06 AMT
Muse, Biffy Clyro announced for Vital festival

Muse last played in Belfast in 2016 as part of their Drones world tour, which also saw them headline a night at Glastonbury.

29 April 2017 • 11:50 AMT
Japan’s Abe says wants to resolve territorial row with Russia

Russia and Japan did not sign a formal peace treaty at the end of World War Two because of a dispute over islands in the Western Pacific.

29 April 2017 • 11:32 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan lands in the Worst Team of the Week list

The April 27 match put Manchester United 5th in the Premier League table, with Manchester City coming in 4th.

29 April 2017 • 11:19 AMT
Hamas to amend controversial charter in bid to ease international isolation

In a sop to hardliners within the movement, the original 1988 charter will not be dropped just supplemented, and there will be no recognition of Israel.

29 April 2017 • 10:50 AMT
Armenian village of Baghanis under intensive Azeri shelling

Recent days saw increased cases of Azerbaijan shelling Armenia’s settlements, with Baghanis interstate road targeted on April 25.

29 April 2017 • 10:38 AMT
Presidential hopeful Le Pen says would appoint Dupont-Aignan PM

Polls showed centrist Emmanuel Macron winning the French presidential runoff with 59-60 percent of votes.

29 April 2017 • 10:32 AMT
Turkish military kills 14 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Turkey has stepped up attacks against the PKK in northern Iraq and its Syrian-Kurdish affiliate, the YPG, in recent weeks.

29 April 2017 • 10:20 AMT
Pope Francis leads mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics

The 80-year-old pontiff denounced violence and “demagogic” populism in an address to a Muslim-Christian conference.

29 April 2017 • 10:12 AMT
“The Mummy” star Sofia Boutella to join Jodie Foster in “Hotel Artemis”

Boutella’s star has been on the rise since breaking out as Samuel Jackson’s henchman in Fox’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”

29 April 2017 • 09:46 AMT
“Toni Erdmann” dominates German Film Awards

“Toni Erdmann” picked up a total of six awards, including Lolas for Ade for best director and screenwriter and a best actor honor for Peter Simonischek.

29 April 2017 • 09:32 AMT
Elon Musk wants to build a traffic-skipping tunnel utopia

Earlier this week, a SpaceX employee posted a photo of The Boring Company’s first digging machine.

29 April 2017 • 09:20 AMT
Hackers steal a copy of “Orange is the New Black” season 5

TheDarkOverlord tweeted about content belonging to ABC, FOX, IFC and National Geographic, saying “We’re not playing any games anymore.”

29 April 2017 • 09:04 AMT
Philippine’s Duterte opens ASEAN summit with swipe at Western govts

The summit is the first major international event Duterte has hosted since taking office 10 months ago.

29 April 2017 • 08:49 AMT
Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia

The government has in the past denied that it blocks the internet, blaming outages on spikes in usage after major events.

29 April 2017 • 08:38 AMT
Mexico’s lower house approves medical uses of marijuana

The bill passed by a 374-7 vote with 11 abstentions allows growing marijuana for medicinal or scientific purposes.

29 April 2017 • 08:23 AMT
Artur Aleksanyan confirmed for European Wrestling Championships

The European Wrestling Championships are scheduled on May 2-7, with the Greco-Roman wrestlers competing on May 5-7.

29 April 2017 • 08:10 AMT
J.K. Rowling hints at major spoiler for “Fantastic Beasts 2”

Recently, Jude Law was announced to play young Albus Dumbledore in “Fantastic Beast 2”. The movie will also bring back Johnny Depp.

29 April 2017 • 07:58 AMT
Highly-anticipated “Twin Peaks” unveils new eerie promo

“Twin Peaks” is directed, written and executive produced by Lynch. Mark Frost co-writes as well as executive produces the new Showtime series.

29 April 2017 • 07:34 AMT
Airbnb makes it easier for business travelers to find a room

To qualify to use this search function, business users must register their work email address with their Airbnb account.

29 April 2017 • 07:23 AMT
NASA delays first launch of its Mars rocket until 2019

While planning for an unmanned debut launch was already strenuous, NASA announced in February that it would consider adding humans to the initial test flight.

29 April 2017 • 07:14 AMT
Brazil protests turn violent as police tear-gasses demonstrators

The ugly scenes came at the close of a day in which unions and leftwing groups managed to paralyze much of Brazil in protest at the reforms.

29 April 2017 • 06:54 AMT
Over 350 shots fired in Azeri ceasefire violations

Also, a 60-mm mortar and a grenade launcher were employed by Azeri forces in the southern direction of the line of contact.