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02 March 2017 • 07:39 AMT
May’s Brexit plan suffers defeat in parliament

The defeat will push back the date she can formally launch the process of Britain’s departure from the European Union to around March 13.

02 March 2017 • 07:30 AMT
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels capture villages from Kurds

Syrian rebels “captured the villages of Tal Turin and Qara east of Al-Bab after violent clashes with the separatist YPG militia.”

02 March 2017 • 07:29 AMT
Rebels take over factories, mines in Ukraine

President Petro Poroshenko’s government has spoken against the blockade, saying it hurts ordinary Ukrainians in the rest of the country.

02 March 2017 • 07:18 AMT
Thousands flee Boko Haram attacks in northeast Nigeria: IOM

Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in northeast Nigeria since it began in 2009.

02 March 2017 • 07:17 AMT
100 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani units registered

The Karabakh Defense Army forces continue controlling the situation on the contact line, retaliating in case of necessity.

02 March 2017 • 07:02 AMT
Malaysia to cancel visa-free travel for North Koreans: agency

Malaysia is considering expelling North Korea’s envoy to the Southeast Asian nation or shutting its embassy in Pyongyang.

02 March 2017 • 06:54 AMT
Oprah Winfrey doesn’t rule out 2020 run for president

Winfrey says before Trump’s election she thought that she didn’t have the necessary government experience to run the country

02 March 2017 • 06:54 AMT
North Korea “developing sophisticated tools to digitally spy on citizens”

The report says N. Korea has allowed the growing use of mobile phones in return for the detailed information the network feeds Pyongyang’s surveillance state.

02 March 2017 • 06:40 AMT
Civilians, IS fighters killed in west Mosul mosque attack

The Omar al-Aswad mosque, in the al-Faruq district of the old city center, was hit by an airstrike.

02 March 2017 • 06:18 AMT
Trump administration has found only $20 mln in funds for wall: Reuters

Many Republican lawmakers have said they would vote against a plan that does not offset the cost of the wall with spending cuts.

01 March 2017 • 15:10 AMT
Both sides in Aleppo committed war crimes, UN says

Cluster munitions were “pervasively used” and air-dropped into densely-populated areas, amounting to the war crime of indiscriminate attacks.

01 March 2017 • 15:04 AMT
Lorde expected to release new album March 3

Back in November, Lorde shared an emotional message on Facebook discussing her coming of age, her past, and her future.

01 March 2017 • 15:01 AMT
Norway court rules again mass murderer Breivik

A Norwegian appeals court says the country didn’t violate the human rights of mass murderer Breivik by isolating him in jail.

01 March 2017 • 15:00 AMT
Royal Blood to join Depeche Mode & more on Nos Alive 2017 line-up

The Brighton rock duo are currently gearing up to release their hotly-anticipated second album – which they describe as “sexy” and “more confident”.

01 March 2017 • 14:53 AMT
Ubisoft building a game in the “Avatar” universe

Four sequels and several Disney thrill rides are in the works for James Cameron’s sprawling sci-fi fantasy epic.

01 March 2017 • 14:49 AMT
Twitter adds more safety tools, says will curb abusive accounts

For example, tweets from such accounts will be visible only to followers or other users who deliberately search them out.

01 March 2017 • 14:49 AMT
Google allows developers to offer sales on Android apps

The one customers will notice most starting is strikethrough pricing, which makes it more obvious when apps are being sold at a reduced rate.

01 March 2017 • 14:37 AMT
EU’s Juncker unveils plan for “new chapter” after Brexit

Juncker laid out five “pathways to unity” for European Union leaders to consider at a special summit in Rome on March 25.

01 March 2017 • 13:58 AMT
Armenian church to serve as library in Turkey

Surb Astvatsatsin (Saint Holy Mother of God) Armenian church in the Turkish city of Kayseri will come to serve as a library.

01 March 2017 • 13:42 AMT
“The Dinner” drama trailer features Richard Gere, Steve Coogan

“The Dinner,” directed by Oren Moverman, is based on Herman Koch’s novel. It premiered to mixed reviews at the Berlin Film Fest.

01 March 2017 • 13:33 AMT
IFC Films nabs Nicholas Hoult’s J. D. Salinger drama “Rebel in the Rye”

The cast includes Kevin Spacey as a Columbia University professor and Sarah Paulson as Salinger’s first literary agent.

01 March 2017 • 13:26 AMT
Ethiopia schools linked to Turkish cleric Gulen are sold

Cecil Aydin this week described the sale of the school network to a group of German educators as a “business decision.”

01 March 2017 • 13:21 AMT
Taliban claim attacks in Kabul, at least three dead

A resounding explosion was heard across the city as a car bomb was detonated near a police headquarters in the west of the city.

01 March 2017 • 13:02 AMT
Turkey to cut U.S. access to airbase if Washington teams with Kurds

The United States, along with several other countries, uses the Incirlik base for aircraft involved in the anti-IS campaign in Syria.

01 March 2017 • 12:53 AMT
U.S. calls on UN rights body to “drop its obsession with Israel”

Erin Barclay cited ongoing abuses in Syria and North Korea, and noted in particular the rights body’s long-standing focus on Israel.

01 March 2017 • 12:47 AMT
Snapchat parent Snap set for its market debut this week

After a dearth of technology listings in 2016, Snapchat parent Snap is set for its market debut as early as this week.

01 March 2017 • 12:20 AMT
Amazon server meltdown knocks websites offline

As well as sites that went down, other services, such as workplace collaboration tool Slack, also lost some key functionality.

01 March 2017 • 12:17 AMT
Armenia exports grew by a third in January

Russia-bound exports surged by 80%, while those to the EU countries and Iraq increased by 21.5% and 24.4%, respectively.

01 March 2017 • 12:03 AMT
French presidential hopeful Fillon faces charges

For weeks, he has fought allegations that his wife was paid for years for work she did not do.

01 March 2017 • 11:54 AMT
Samsung Galaxy S8 leak shows a huge display

Evleaks, who has a good track record when it comes to rumors and leaks, didn’t tweet more details with the image.