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24 October 2016 • 07:41 AMT
Benedict Cumberbatch set to make “SNL” debut

The most recent episode of “SNL” was hosted by Tom Hanks with Lady GaGa as a performer.

24 October 2016 • 07:33 AMT
Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s “Clair-Obscur” wins big at Antalya Film Fest

Ustaoğlu’s sixth feature was the unanimous choice of an international jury headed by Hugh Hudson.

24 October 2016 • 07:24 AMT
Tom Cruise’s “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” tops foreign box office

Last week’s champion, “The Accountant”, and “The Girl on the Train (2016)” drop three slots to the fourth and fifth place respectively.

24 October 2016 • 06:43 AMT
Karabakh controls frontline situation as Azeri troops violate truce

The Karabakh frontline troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line and protecting their positions.

24 October 2016 • 06:25 AMT
Top U.S., Philippine diplomats to meet amid “separation” issue

The United States is one of the Philippine’s largest trading partners and its closest security ally for about 70 years.

24 October 2016 • 06:11 AMT
Venezuela assembly declares “coup d’etat” by Maduro government

The measure came during an emergency session on the economic and political crisis gripping the South American oil giant.

24 October 2016 • 05:42 AMT
Lewis Hamilton secures 50th win at United States Grand Prix

The Briton produced a flawless drive from pole position to finish almost five seconds ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.

24 October 2016 • 05:23 AMT
Russia signals cooperation with Saudis on oil price

Alexander Novak said the parties had discussed specific production limits for Russia and other nations that may join the agreement.

24 October 2016 • 05:13 AMT
Elon Musk: Mars colony will have a horde of mining robots

Dragon capsules would serve as scouts, helping find the “best way” to extract water for fuel reactions, Musk said.

24 October 2016 • 05:03 AMT
Kurds announce capture of town as Iraq advances on Mosul

Masoud Barzani told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that the Kurds had succeeded in liberating Bashiqa from Islamic State.

24 October 2016 • 04:50 AMT
Britain’s May seeks to unite first ministers over Brexit plans

While England and Wales voted to leave the EU, a majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the bloc.

22 October 2016 • 16:42 AMT
Russia accuses U.S., allies of “war crimes” in Iraq

“We have observed that deadly strikes have practically become a daily routine by the international coalition’s warplanes,” a ministry said.

22 October 2016 • 16:32 AMT
The saga of an Armenian family of Old Dhaka: The Daily Star

The Daily Star has published an article by Waqar A. Khan who has been writing a book about the saga of an Armenian family.

22 October 2016 • 16:03 AMT
Mkhitaryan “confused” as Mourinho leaves him out of key match

Mkhitaryan suffered a thigh injury playing for his country last month, but has been training with the United squad.

22 October 2016 • 15:56 AMT
Armenian, Karabakh Foreign Ministers talk Karabakh peace process

The Foreign policy chiefs dwelled upon regional developments and discussed mutual cooperation between the ministries.

22 October 2016 • 14:21 AMT
EU pledges to unblock Canada free-trade deal

Objections by a Belgian region, which opposes the deal, “are for us Europeans to solve”, Martin Schulz said.

22 October 2016 • 14:00 AMT
U.S. soldiers mask up against toxic fumes in the battle of Mosul

Meanwhile, advancing Iraqi forces entered the town of Qaraqosh, 32km (20 miles) south of Mosul, the IS capital.

22 October 2016 • 13:51 AMT
Donald Glover cast as young Lando Calrissian in “Han Solo” movie

The Cloud City cassanova was originally portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back”.

22 October 2016 • 13:13 AMT
Chris Pine to join Disney’s star-studded “A Wrinkle in Time”

He joins newcomer Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in the pic. Ava DuVernay is directing.

22 October 2016 • 13:00 AMT
Allison Janney to star in “6 Degrees of Separation” on Broadway

Trip Cullman will direct the new staging of John Guare’s critically acclaimed play, also starring John Benjamin Hickey.

22 October 2016 • 12:50 AMT
Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott join Netflix’s “House of Cards”

Details of their roles are being kept under wraps, though both will be featured heavily in the new season.

22 October 2016 • 12:24 AMT
Newly discovered Tintoretto painting at focus of Dorotheum’s auction

Exactly five hundred years after the death of Hieronymus Bosch, Dorotheum presented the “Inferno,” a painting by one of his followers.

22 October 2016 • 12:10 AMT
Afghan Taliban political envoys travel to Pakistan for serious talks

The main spokesman for the Islamist insurgency said the group routinely interacts with countries with which Afghanistan enjoys diplomatic ties.

22 October 2016 • 12:06 AMT
Edvard Munch’s “Girls on the Bridge” to lead Sotheby’s NY auction

The lyrical work ranks as one of the most powerful paintings of his career, and has twice set a new world auction record for the artist at Sotheby’s.

22 October 2016 • 11:55 AMT
Kremlin calls demands for Assad’s departure “thoughtless”

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Assad needs to stay in power to prevent the country from falling into the hands of jihadis.

22 October 2016 • 11:52 AMT
New NYC law, San Francisco lawsuit highlight global risks for Airbnb

Berlin passed a law banning most short-term rentals, and Barcelona and Amsterdam are imposing steep fines for listings that violate laws there.

22 October 2016 • 11:38 AMT
Mysterious Planet 9 might be tilting the whole solar system

The unusual orbit of the hypothetical “Planet 9” could explain one of the mysteries of the Solar System – why the Sun appears to be tilted.

22 October 2016 • 11:25 AMT
LG abandoning its modular phone strategy: report

Instead ET reports LG will be “applying demands from its customers and markets rather than being buried in creating innovations.”

22 October 2016 • 11:19 AMT
NBC rebooting computer hacker movie “Sneakers”

“Sneakers” arrives as USA Network has found success with hacker drama “Mr. Robot,” which scored leading man Rami Malek an Emmy.

22 October 2016 • 11:10 AMT
Iraqi forces say 48 IS attackers killed in Kirkuk

Special counter-terrorism and intelligence units were hunting down some of the dozens of IS fighters who stormed public buildings.