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13 February 2017 • 07:20 AMT
Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line tenser than usual over weekend

Around 80 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered on the contact line with Karabakh in the reporting period.

13 February 2017 • 07:17 AMT
“The Grandmaster” scribe honored at Asian Brilliant Stars event

Other winners included Jerry Ye who was named as best producer for “The Wasted Times,” and screenwriter Liu Zhenyun for “Someone to Talk To.”

13 February 2017 • 07:10 AMT
Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected Germany’s president

Steinmeier’s election was widely expected because of the coalition’s broad majority. He received 931 of the 1,253 votes.

13 February 2017 • 07:08 AMT
Long-awaited “Other Side of Hope” sells worldwide ahead of Berlinale

The film tells two stories that by chance intersect: One about Khaled, a young Syrian refugee and the other about Wikström, a former traveling salesman.

13 February 2017 • 07:00 AMT
Erdogan: Turkish army close to taking IS-held town of Al-Bab

“Our forces entered the centre,” Erdogan said, adding that it was “only a matter of time” before the alliance took control of the town.

13 February 2017 • 06:57 AMT
Jazz legend Al Jarreau dies at 76

A rare artist to have won a Grammy in jazz, pop and R&B categories, Jarreau was famed for writing the theme to hit television show Moonlighting.

13 February 2017 • 06:53 AMT
“Saturday Night Live” surges to its highest ratings in six years

The February 11 episode featured Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon mocking Donald Trump and his cabinet.

13 February 2017 • 06:50 AMT
North Korea says ballistic missile test a success

Leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of the Pukguksong-2, a new type of strategic weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

13 February 2017 • 06:38 AMT
Adele Wins Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards

David Bowie, meanwhile, won five awards, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.

13 February 2017 • 06:38 AMT
Israel endorses bill to mute mosques: justice ministry

An earlier draft was rejected because it might have silenced the siren sounded in Jewish areas at sunset on Friday to mark the start of the sabbath.

11 February 2017 • 13:48 AMT
Film Factory acquires Diego Lerman’s “A Sort of Family”

“A Sort of Family” stars Goya-winning actress Barbara Lennie as a successful doctor, Malena, who’s adopting a child.

11 February 2017 • 13:30 AMT
Prominent Ukrainian author seized in Belarus, ordered to leave

In a posting on a social media website, Serhiy Zhadan said on February 11 that police confronted him in his hotel room in Minsk about 2 a.m.

11 February 2017 • 13:27 AMT
MGM nabs Dwayne Johnson drama “Fighting With My Family”

Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Lena Headey and Nick Frost are starring in the drama, which is based on the true personal story of WWE Superstar Paige.

11 February 2017 • 13:16 AMT
22 train cars derail, plunge into river in California

The Union Pacific train was headed from Tracy to Roseville when it derailed about 12:45 p.m. near Dillard Road.

11 February 2017 • 13:01 AMT
Suicide bomber kills seven, wounds 20 in Afghanistan

The bomber detonated an explosives-packed car next to an Afghan army vehicle as soldiers arrived at a bank in Lashkar Gah to collect their pay.

11 February 2017 • 12:23 AMT
Greece’s Tsipras warns IMF, Germany to stop “playing with fire” over debt

Tsipras said he was confident a solution would be found, a day after talks between Greece and its creditors ended in Brussels

11 February 2017 • 12:00 AMT
Oscars 2017 musical performers announced

Oscar nominees Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sting and Justin Timberlake, and 2014 Oscar winner John Legend, will perform at the 89th annual Academy Awards.

11 February 2017 • 12:00 AMT
Russia delivers medicine to Latakia amid U.S.-led sanctions

A spokeswoman emphasized that there is a critical shortage of medicine in Syria because of US-led sanctions on the country.

11 February 2017 • 11:48 AMT
Jake Gyllenhaal joins Joaquin Phoenix in “The Sisters Brothers”

Jacques Audiard is directing the indie feature, based on Patrick deWitt’s novel of the same name.

11 February 2017 • 11:43 AMT
Lars von Trier’s serial-killer thriller “The House” welcomes distributors

The film follows the highly intelligent Jack over the course of 12 years and introduces the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer.

11 February 2017 • 11:37 AMT
Greece evacuating 70,000 in Thessaloniki as WWII bomb defused

Thessaloniki residents were facing disruption on the bus and train networks, with facilities set up to host evacuees in need of shelter.

11 February 2017 • 11:24 AMT
“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall joins royal drama “The Crown”

The drama, produced by Sony Pictures Television, scored two Golden Globes this year – for best drama and series star Claire Foy, who plays the Queen.

11 February 2017 • 11:16 AMT
Alexander Skarsgard to star in Netflix thriller “Hold the Dark”

“Dark” adapts the book by William Giraldi and is set in a remote Alaskan wilderness in which wolves have taken and killed children.

11 February 2017 • 11:08 AMT
China expels S. Korean missionaries amid U.S. missile defense tension

The ministry advised the groups on the importance of complying with the laws and customs of the areas where they work, it said.

11 February 2017 • 11:08 AMT
Liverpool squad vs Tottenham revealed ahead of PL clash

Tottenham are still without defensive duo Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen as the pair continue to recover from knee and ankle problems.

11 February 2017 • 11:01 AMT
Turkey to hold referendum on presidency April 16

Erdogan’s supporters see the plans as a guarantee of stability at a time of turmoil in the NATO member state and European Union candidate country.

11 February 2017 • 10:47 AMT
Oscar Isaac to topline World War II thriller “The Garbo Network”

The film is based on the true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, an eccentric double-agent who persuaded both the Germans and the British to hire him as a spy.

11 February 2017 • 10:46 AMT
Kazakhstan detains 15 suspected of plotting terrorist attacks

In searches, the forces found five grenades, attributes of international terrorist organizations, books and data carriers with religious contents.

11 February 2017 • 10:40 AMT
“Maleficent” director to helm noir thriller “Carnival”

The film centers on a knife-throwing master in a traveling circus, who uses his deadly skills to avenge the brutal murder of his sister.

11 February 2017 • 10:26 AMT
Germany’s Melt Festival 2017 announces second batch of artists

Melt Festival 2017 takes place at Ferropolis in Gräfenhainichen, Germany, from July 14-16.