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01 December 2016 • 13:29 AMT
Lavrov: Neither Russia, nor Syria behind attack on Turkish soldiers

Sergey Lavrov said through a translator that Russia was ready to speak with all parties in the Syrian conflict.

01 December 2016 • 13:23 AMT
Europe, Armenia to start talks on Common Aviation Area agreement

The deal will take the form of a Common Aviation Area Agreement, since Armenia is creating closer ties under its neighbourhood policy.

01 December 2016 • 13:09 AMT
Nokia eyes 2017 to sell mobile phones again

The range is limited to some pretty basic models, but that should change when Android-powered smartphones and tablets are added soon.

01 December 2016 • 12:54 AMT
New study of Oscar contenders reveals levels of historical accuracy

Of the 14 films, the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic Selma (2014) came out on top with a score of 100% historical accuracy.

01 December 2016 • 12:43 AMT
Biffy Clyro roll out new video for their song “Re-Arrange”

The band have already been confirmed to headline Download Festival 2017 – with System of a Down and Aerosmith also set to headline.

01 December 2016 • 12:39 AMT
YouTube adds support to 4K live-streaming for 360-degree video

As more devices with 4K live-streaming support come onto market, here’s hoping it’ll be the new standard for live-streaming just about anything.

01 December 2016 • 12:34 AMT
Ukraine launches missile drills near Crimea

The two-day military drills near the Black Sea peninsula are a sign that it is regaining assertiveness in the face of its arch-foe Russia.

01 December 2016 • 12:33 AMT
Muse announced to headline Reading & Leeds festival 2017

Reading & Leeds festival takes place from 25-27 August over the Bank Holiday weekend.

01 December 2016 • 12:00 AMT
Armenia airline will fly to Barcelona, London, Brussels in 2017

“All the services are considerably expensive for us compared to the prices offered to our Russian competitors,” the CEO said.

01 December 2016 • 11:52 AMT
Disney to open an Avatar theme park in 2017

“Avatar 2” is set for a December 2018 release, with “Avatar 3” coming in 2020, “Avatar 4” in 2022 and “Avatar 5” in 2023.

01 December 2016 • 11:27 AMT
New Justice video for single “Fire” features Susan Sarandon

The French duo made their name through their remixes of tracks by the likes of Klaxons, U2, MGMT among others.

01 December 2016 • 11:15 AMT
Taylor Swift tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid musicians

One Direction boys follow at the runner-up place with an estimated $110 million and Adele rounds up the top 3 with $80.5 million in her pocket.

01 December 2016 • 10:37 AMT
Jamie Foxx to exec produce legendary singer Marvin Gaye series

The soul singer became one of Motown’s most successful artists before he was fatally shot in 1984 at age 44 by his father.

01 December 2016 • 10:29 AMT
New “Alien: Covenant” BTS pic hints at the return of the “space jockey”

Scott directed “Alien: Covenant” from a screenplay written by Jack Paglen and Michael Green.

01 December 2016 • 10:07 AMT
The Moto Z series “to get Google’s world-sensing Tango tech”

“Augmented reality on a phone is a technology that’s likely to stick,” Motorola Mobility president said.

01 December 2016 • 09:57 AMT
iPhone owners are less honest, than Android users, study finds

The researchers found that iPhone users are also more likely to see their phone as a status symbol than Android users.

01 December 2016 • 09:51 AMT
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft begins “ring grazing” orbits around Saturn

Cassini’s ring-grazing orbits will offer “unprecedented opportunities” to observe the small moons that orbit the planet near the edges of Saturn’s rings.

01 December 2016 • 09:42 AMT
Armenia to play a friendly match in Turkey

Armenia’s national football team will play a friendly match against Kazakhstan in February, the official website of the football federation said

01 December 2016 • 09:35 AMT
Kyrgyzstan says Russian base must withdraw once contract expires

Kyrgyzstan must rely only on its own power in the future, he said, adding that the decision also concerns the Russian base.

01 December 2016 • 09:33 AMT
Fitbit “to acquire smartwatch maker Pebble for $40 million”

A source close to the company told TechCrunch that watch maker Citizen was interested in purchasing Pebble for $740 million in 2015.

01 December 2016 • 09:24 AMT
EU plans to slash 30 percent of its energy usage by 2030

If passed, the binding 30% energy efficiency target is expected to kickstart “up to 177 billion euros of public and private investment per year”.

01 December 2016 • 09:08 AMT
Charlie Hebdo mocks Merkel in first-ever foreign-language edition

The no-holds-barred publication launched in Germany with a poster showing Merkel sitting on a porcelain throne and reading the weekly.

01 December 2016 • 09:03 AMT
UN Security Council hits North Korea with toughest-ever sanctions

A resolution demands that North Korea “abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs” and takes aim at the state’s exports of coal.

01 December 2016 • 08:58 AMT
Pope Francis welcomes Martin Scorsese to the Vatican

The Oscar-winning director was in Rome to present his new film “Silence,” about 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit missionaries in Japan.

01 December 2016 • 08:53 AMT
Armenia government creating strategic initiatives center

“We have used that platform on a number of occasions, the center will be created to start operations by yearend,” the PM said.

01 December 2016 • 08:38 AMT
Arcade Fire, The xx among Barcelona’s Primavera Sound lineup

Primavera Sound 2017 takes place from 31 May – 4 May at the Parc Del Forum in Barcelona.

01 December 2016 • 08:31 AMT
Beyoncé rolls out standalone music video for “All Night”

Beyoncé is one of three huge headliners who have reportedly been booked for next year’s Coachella festival.

01 December 2016 • 08:22 AMT
Netflix unveils downloading feature

Netflix subscribers wishing to download a video on their smartphone or tablet need to update the app on their Apple or Android device.

01 December 2016 • 08:08 AMT
U.S. seeks new committee to counteract Russian “covert influence”

The measure would create a powerful new committee across the security services to oppose Russian destabilization measures and propaganda.

01 December 2016 • 08:04 AMT
Sundance Film Festival 2017 lineups announced

Among movies making their world premieres at the festival are Matt Spicer’s “Ingrid Goes West” and Marti Noxon’s “To the Bone”.