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23 November 2016 • 06:46 AMT
Colombia, FARC rebels to sign new peace deal on November 27

Critics said the referendum went too easy on the rebels, who have been waging what is now Latin America’s last major insurgency.

23 November 2016 • 06:43 AMT
Samsung Group raided in growing South Korea scandal

The raids signaled that prosecutors are expanding their investigation into allegations of influence-peddling in the corruption scandal.

23 November 2016 • 06:41 AMT
Lara Croft to search for her father in Alicia Vikander’s “Tomb Raider” reboot

Alicia Vikander will play the heroine originally played by Angelina Jolie in the two previous movie installments.

23 November 2016 • 06:31 AMT
Next “Star Wars” films eyed as stand-alone projects after “Episode IX”

“Star Wars Episode IX will arrive on May 24, 2019 after “Star Wars Episode VIII” opens on December 15, 2017.

23 November 2016 • 06:31 AMT
30 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan registered overnight

In the reporting period, Azeri troops used various caliber firearms to fire some 530 shots towards the Armenian positions.

23 November 2016 • 06:21 AMT
Exiled Dalai Lama says will visit Trump

“I think there are some problems to go to United States, so I will go to see the new president,” he told reporters, without elaborating.

23 November 2016 • 06:16 AMT
America’s newest warship breaks down in Panama Canal

USS Zumwalt is roughly 180 meters long and weighs nearly 15,000 tons, making it the largest destroyer in the U.S. fleet.

22 November 2016 • 23:06 AMT
Tom Hiddleston eyeing adaptation of Frank Miller’s “Hard Boiled”

“Hard Boiled” follows insurance investigator Carl Seltz, who learns that he’s actually a homicidal cyborg tax collector codenamed Nixon.

22 November 2016 • 23:00 AMT
“Highlander” remake gets “John Wick” helmer Chad Stahelski

“Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds was once in talks to play the titular hero originated by Christopher Lambert.

22 November 2016 • 14:29 AMT
Google Play services to drop support for Android 2.3 Gingerbread in 2017

Starting in early 2017 with version 10.2.0, the minimum supported API level will increase from 9 to 14 (Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich).

22 November 2016 • 14:24 AMT
Aleppo strikes kill 141 in east, 16 in west in a week: monitor

The Britain-based war monitor said it had documented hundreds of injuries as a result of Russian and Syrian air strikes.

22 November 2016 • 13:41 AMT
U.S. names Syrian generals who will face trial for attacks on civilian

“The U.S. will not let those who have commanded units involved in these actions hide behind the facade of the Assad regime,” Power said.

22 November 2016 • 13:16 AMT
Iran dismantles terrorist cell in country’s east

“A terrorist team was dismantled last night by the Intelligence Ministry in the country’s east,” a deputy interior minister said.

22 November 2016 • 13:08 AMT
Rape and marry

The Turkish government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have overturned the convictions of thousands of male sex offenders after protests and widespread outcry. The bill proposed by the ruling AK party would allow the release from jail of men convicted of raping an underage girl if they married their victim, was approved earlier in an initial reading in the county’s parliament.

22 November 2016 • 13:07 AMT
“American Horror Story” star Angela Bassett joins “Black Panther”

Michael B. Jordan, Forest Whitaker, Lupita Nyong’o and “The Walking Dead’s” Danai Gurira are also part of the ensemble cast.

22 November 2016 • 12:52 AMT
More than 18 million receive HIV treatment: UNAIDS

The strong scale-up of treatment has seen annual AIDS-related deaths drop by 45% to 1.1 mln in 2015 from a peak of about 2 mln in 2005.

22 November 2016 • 12:49 AMT
“Mr. Robot” star cast as Harry Houdini on NBC’s “Timeless”

“Timeless” is a science fiction drama series that begins as an experimental time machine is stolen by ex-NSA asset, Garcia Flynn.

22 November 2016 • 12:46 AMT
Armenia’s Hripsime Khurshudyan stripped of London Olympics bronze

Khurshudyan has thus been disqualified from the event in which she participated and subsequently will have the medal withdrawn.

22 November 2016 • 12:42 AMT
GKids nabs upcoming French animation “The Guardian of the Moon”

A new, English-language version of the movie — from the producers of “The Little Prince” — will be released theatrically in early 2017.

22 November 2016 • 12:19 AMT
“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” cult comedy unveils season 12 trailer

“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” is now among the longest-running live-action comedy shows ever.

22 November 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Armenia Ombudsman talks Baku violence at OMCT meeting

Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan on Monday, November 21 met with chief of the World Organization Against Torture Gerald Staberock.

22 November 2016 • 12:11 AMT
Microsoft “offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions”

The EU is now seeking feedback from rivals and customers before deciding whether to accept the concessions.

22 November 2016 • 11:54 AMT
Almost half the world will be online by yearend, report suggests

Only about 40 percent in developing countries and less than 15 percent in less-developed countries are online.

22 November 2016 • 11:46 AMT
Chinese action film star Zhang Jin joins for “Pacific Rim 2”

Steven S. DeKnight is directing, based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham.

22 November 2016 • 11:07 AMT
Arcade Fire join Radiohead, Foo Fighters at Belgium’s Rock Werchter

Rock Werchter takes place in Werchter in Rotselaar, Belgium, running next year from June 29 to July 2.

22 November 2016 • 10:56 AMT
Metallica battling it out with Little Mix for UK No. 1 album

The metal veterans’ first LP in eight years ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’, is currently 64,000 combined sales behind the all girl group’s ‘Glory Days’.

22 November 2016 • 10:31 AMT
“Kim & Kim” interstellar bounty hunters cult comic getting a sequel

The first comic out of the deal will be Quantum Teens Are Go, a high-octane crime adventure drawn by Eryk Donovan (Constantine).

22 November 2016 • 10:14 AMT
California independence campaign seeks spring 2019 vote

The campaign hopes to put a question on the November 2018 ballot authorizing a vote on independence in spring 2019.

22 November 2016 • 10:10 AMT
Matthew McConaughey’s “Gold” shifts wide release to 2017

The Stephen Gaghan-helmed pic stars McConaughey as a modern-day prospector searching for gold in the jungles of Indonesia.

22 November 2016 • 10:01 AMT
Amazon pursues premium sports package for Prime membership

With some leagues, Amazon has floated the idea of creating an exclusive premium sports package available with its Amazon Prime program.