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26 September 2016 • 07:42 AMT
Google “looking to merge its Android and Chrome Operating Systems”

Combining Chrome OS and Android means Google can target even more devices with its mobile platform.

26 September 2016 • 07:38 AMT
Latvia selects “Dawn” for foreign-language Oscars category

Latvia first submitted a film to the Academy Awards in 1992 and has done so most years since 2008, but has never been shortlisted.

26 September 2016 • 07:36 AMT
Japan vows to closely monitor Chinese warplane activity

The aircraft, believed to be two fighter jets, four bombers and two reconnaissance aircraft, did not violate Japanese airspace.

26 September 2016 • 07:26 AMT
“Miss Peregrine’s Home” perfect match for Tim Burton: review

“It’s gotten to the point where the mere addition of Burton’s name to a movie title can justify an otherwise iffy prospect,” the review said.

26 September 2016 • 07:25 AMT
Forest of Hope opens in Canada to commemorate Armenian Genocide

The park was designed by Haig Seferian and consists of 100 different trees, with different blooming time throughout the year.

26 September 2016 • 07:12 AMT
AMC renews “Ride With Norman Reedus” for second season

The series features motorcycle enthusiast Reedus traveling the world with different guests each week.

26 September 2016 • 06:52 AMT
“I Am Not Madame Bovary” wins top prize at San Sebastian Festival

Chinese megastar Fan Bingbing, who plays a woman cafe proprietor who takes on the Chinese legal system, scored best actress.

26 September 2016 • 06:52 AMT
PKK blamed as bomb on train explodes in Turkey’s Van

“The train’s locomotive was damaged and burnt, while four railcars derailed,” a statement said, adding that a probe had been launched.

26 September 2016 • 06:46 AMT
Tokyo Festival: Six world premieres in competition

The previously announced opening film will be Stephen Frears’s “Florence Foster Jenkins”.

26 September 2016 • 06:42 AMT
Germany “doesn’t expect” UK to block EU reforms

The proposals include a joint and permanent EU headquarters for civilian and military missions, possibly in Brussels.

26 September 2016 • 06:35 AMT
Karabakh soldier killed in Azerbaijani shelling on Sept 25

Karabakh troops continue controlling the situation along the line of contact, retaliating only in case of extreme necessity.

26 September 2016 • 06:33 AMT
“Magnificent Seven” debuts strong on domestic box office

The solid debut gives star Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua one of the biggest opening weekends of their careers.

26 September 2016 • 06:25 AMT
Colombia, FARC rebels to sign historic peace deal to end long conflict

The government has committed itself to addressing unequal land distribution, which has been a longstanding FARC demand

26 September 2016 • 06:15 AMT
Trump pledges to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Trump told Netanyahu that the United States would “recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.”

26 September 2016 • 05:55 AMT
U.S. accuses Russia of “war crimes, barbarism” in Aleppo

“What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not counter-terrorism. It is barbarism,” U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said

24 September 2016 • 13:55 AMT
Manchester United crashes Leicester City 4:1

Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba both scored from corners, with Demarai Gray’s long-range strike the only consolation for Leicester.

24 September 2016 • 13:48 AMT
EU leaders discuss ways to solve refugee crisis

The summit will focus on how to keep closed the Balkans route that was used by hundreds of thousands of people to reach Europe.

24 September 2016 • 13:48 AMT
Gorillaz “back in business”

Damon Albarn told Rolling Stone last year that he wants to bring Gorillaz back with a new album for 2016.

24 September 2016 • 13:34 AMT
“Sand Storm” to represent Israel at foreign Oscars race

Israeli films have been nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film 10 times but have never won.

24 September 2016 • 13:13 AMT
Synergetic picks up Swiss drama “Amateur Teens”

“Amateur Teens” received its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival in 2015, winning the fest’s audience award.

24 September 2016 • 12:57 AMT
Violence leaves some 2 mln without running water in Aleppo

“Depriving children of water puts them at risk of outbreaks of waterborne diseases and adds to the suffering,” Hanaa Singer said.

24 September 2016 • 12:47 AMT
ITV orders second season of “Victoria”

The drama from screenwriter Daisy Goodwin stars Jenna Coleman as the young queen alongside Tom Hughes as Prince Albert.

24 September 2016 • 12:45 AMT
Apple bringing “Spoken Editions” of publishers’ content to iTunes

Podcasts branded “Spoken Edition” will be short-form programs that offer listeners an audio version of the written content.

24 September 2016 • 12:24 AMT
Nationalmuseum lends leading fin de siècle art to museum in France

The exhibition comprises some of the best examples of Scandinavian painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

24 September 2016 • 12:24 AMT
Hollande: Calais migrants to be dispersed across France

The migrants will be split into groups of 40 to 50 people for a limited period of three to four months, Francois Hollande said.

24 September 2016 • 12:12 AMT
Legendary art dealer Paul Rosenberg honored in Belgium exhibit

Rosenberg was a great proponent of the avant-garde movement and signed exclusive contracts with many of the era’s rising stars.

24 September 2016 • 11:53 AMT
Universal acquires Joe Hill’s horror novella “Snapshot 1988”

Hill’s novella hit the town earlier in the week and quickly generated buzz for its Stranger Things tone and 1980s Amblin movie vibe.

24 September 2016 • 11:34 AMT
Rebel-held eastern Aleppo reels from new wave of air strikes

The toll was expected to rise because people remained trapped under rubble, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

24 September 2016 • 11:31 AMT
Slovakia selects “Eva Nova” for foreign-language Oscars category

Emilia Vasaryova plays the title role where selfishness competes with compassion as the curtain comes down on her screen life.

24 September 2016 • 11:05 AMT
Celina Murga seeks foreign actress for Scorsese-inspired “Irene”

Murga’s 2014 Berlin competition player “The Third Side of the River” was exec produced by Martin Scorsese.