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20 October 2016 • 13:56 AMT
Hungarian Master Béla Tarr to head Marrakech Film Fest jury

Béla Tarr’s body of work has been praised by Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Martin Scorsese, among others.

20 October 2016 • 13:48 AMT
UK to pardon thousands of gay men convicted under abolished laws

Lord John Sharkey said some 65,000 men had been convicted under the now-repealed laws, of which 15,000 were still alive.

20 October 2016 • 13:41 AMT
Cillian Murphy confirms “Peaky Blinders” season 4 film date

Fans will have to wait until the New Year until the cast are back on the set of the historical Birmingham crime drama.

20 October 2016 • 13:38 AMT
Philippines President declares “separation” from U.S.

The foreign ministry cited Xi as telling Duterte their emotional foundation of friendly good neighbourliness was unchanged.

20 October 2016 • 13:23 AMT
David Bowie’s final song “Killing A Little Time” unveiled

With a dark and jazzy mood, the song continues in a similar vein to “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”.

20 October 2016 • 13:10 AMT
Isle Of Wight Festival announces 2017 return, reveals dates

This year’s festival saw 58,000 attend to see headline sets from Status Quo, Faithless, Stereophonics, The Who among others.

20 October 2016 • 13:06 AMT
HayPost dedicates new stamp to first Armenian female writer, public figure

Designed by David Dovlatyan, the new stamp depicts Tyusab on the background of an extract from Srbuhi Tyusab’s poem.

20 October 2016 • 12:51 AMT
Cara Delevingne doc “The Cara Project” set for release

Delevingne will next be seen starring as Laureline in Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”

20 October 2016 • 12:47 AMT
OSCE monitors Karabakh frontline, registers no truce violations

From the Karabakh Defense Army positions, the monitoring was conducted by Jiri Aberle, Peter Svedberg, and Major Christian Hirsch.

20 October 2016 • 12:40 AMT
Russia holds missile drills near western border

The military said the exercise featured the deployment of missiles and preparations for firing them, but didn’t involve actual launches.

20 October 2016 • 12:33 AMT
Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce confirmed as stars of “The Wife”

“The Wife” charts the course of a famous marriage and what has brought them to this breaking point.

20 October 2016 • 12:17 AMT
Wikileaks: Clinton mulled using the term genocide ahead of 100th anniv.

Do you all agree that she should embrace the position she took as Senator and candidate, even though she did not take it as SecState?

20 October 2016 • 12:02 AMT
Former Brazil Congress speaker arrested in corruption probe

Cunha was accused of taking $5m in bribes from a company that won contracts with the state oil company, Petrobras.

20 October 2016 • 11:52 AMT
Thousands protest against gender violence in Latin America

Demonstrations were held in 80 cities in Argentina, and 58 others worldwide joined in, according to the state-run news agency.

20 October 2016 • 11:38 AMT
Mosul offensive progressing faster than planned: Iraqi PM

Mosul has been in the hands of IS since 2014 and is the militants’ last major Iraqi stronghold.

20 October 2016 • 11:28 AMT
Saudi Arabia borrows $17.5 bn in first international bond offering: HSBC

Saudi Arabia divided the issue into three tranches with maturities of five, 10 and 30 years respectively, HSBC said.

20 October 2016 • 11:26 AMT
Aleppo “humanitarian pause” comes into effect

Rebels have rejected the plan and there are reports of clashes at one of the corridors out of the east.

20 October 2016 • 11:19 AMT
Apple: 90% of “official” chargers sold on Amazon are fake

Apple is suing a company for trademark infringement, alleging that the firm has been passing off counterfeit Apple chargers as the real thing.

20 October 2016 • 11:03 AMT
Gravitas Ventures acquires supernatural thriller “The Summoning”

The film follows law student Rachel Iverson who places her life in danger while investigating the disappearance of another law student.

20 October 2016 • 10:28 AMT
“Hounds Of Love” helmer Ben Young to direct “Extinction” sci-fi

Young’s creepy kidnap tale “Hounds Of Love” made a big stir at its premiere at Venice Film Fest.

20 October 2016 • 10:08 AMT
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative donates $20,000 to Matenadaran

Ten guides will visit German museums to identify and learn the newest principles of museum management and presentation.

20 October 2016 • 09:44 AMT
Kevin Feige reveals Dan Harmon adds humor to “Doctor Strange”

Directed by Scott Derrickson from a script by Jon Spaihts, “Doctor Strange” is coming to U.S. theaters on November 4.

20 October 2016 • 09:40 AMT
Armenia parliament OKs amendments to Electoral Code

The bill envisages installing cameras at all polling stations, while the entire electoral process will be broadcast and videotaped.

20 October 2016 • 09:09 AMT
“GOT” behind-the-scenes footage confirms long-awaited meeting

Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) were recently spotted during the shooting set on the beach.

20 October 2016 • 09:06 AMT
Fresh PKK attack leaves 2 Turkish troops dead, 5 others wounded

A source said: “The clashes occurred in the Guvendagi neighborhood of the Cukurca district. The injured were rushed to a hospital nearby.”

20 October 2016 • 08:51 AMT
Kodak revives Ektra brand with a camera-centric smartphone

The company battled through bankruptcy in 2013, refusing to give up as its film business was superseded by digital.

20 October 2016 • 08:43 AMT
Int’l Microelectronics Olympiad attracts record number of contestants

Out of the 896 competitors, 71 were from Armenian universities and IT companies and 820 others represented universities abroad.

20 October 2016 • 08:29 AMT
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 “to steal Note 7 feature”

Sammy plans to install a dual-lens camera and an iris scanner on its only rumoured flagship of 2017.

20 October 2016 • 08:13 AMT
New Milky Way map could explain how galaxies form

The study used telescopes in Parkes, Australia and Effelsberg, Germany to map neutral hydrogen, the most abundant element in space.

20 October 2016 • 07:52 AMT
Actors Hall of Fame Foundation to host Inagural Shakespeare Film Fest

Approximately 400 films based on the plays of William Shakespeare have been made and released around the world.