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24 September 2016 • 06:15 AMT
British warplanes pound IS to support Iraqi push on Mosul

The eight Tornado and six Typhoon aircraft flying out of RAF Akrotiri have in recent days destroyed numerous IS targets.

23 September 2016 • 14:33 AMT
Boko Haram displaced return to ruins, destruction, insecurity

Although driven from the city, the heavily-armed insurgents are still marauding on the far side of mountains flanking Gwoza.

23 September 2016 • 14:08 AMT
Iran warns away American U2 spy plane, army general says

Gen. Farzad Esmaili said the plane flew away, without elaborating on where the aircraft attempted to enter Iranian airspace.

23 September 2016 • 13:58 AMT
Hong Kong picks “Port of Call” for foreign-language Oscars race

The Aaron Kwok-starrer is about the investigation of the murder of a young female immigrant from Mainland China.

23 September 2016 • 13:53 AMT
Pakistan, Russia to hold first-ever military drills

Pakistan’s top military spokesman said a “contingent of Russian ground forces” arrived in Pakistan for a two-week exercise.

23 September 2016 • 13:35 AMT
1st look at Martin Freeman in Australian zombie thriller Cargo

Freeman stars as Andy, a father infected with a killer virus in the aftermath of a zombie pandemic.

23 September 2016 • 13:30 AMT
Russia’s Putin names Vyacheslav Volodin as new Duma speaker

Vyacheslav Volodin has been widely seen as the main architect of the Kremlin’s domestic policies over the past five years.

23 September 2016 • 13:20 AMT
Bill Hader to get robotic for “Power Rangers” reboot

Hader joins a cast that also includes Elizabeth Banks as the villain Rita Repulsa and Bryan Cranston as playing Zordon.

23 September 2016 • 13:13 AMT
OSCE Minsk Group ready to organize next Karabakh summit

“We paid special attention to implementation of decisions taken at the recent summits in Vienna and St. Petersburg,” the Co-chairs said.

23 September 2016 • 13:06 AMT
Netflix’s “The Punisher” might already be in production

“The Punisher” isn’t going to premiere until after “The Defenders”, which is slated for a 2017 debut.

23 September 2016 • 12:52 AMT
Italy quake caused at least 4 billion euros of damage: PM

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said he expects earthquake-related costs to be excluded from the EU’s budget deficit limits.

23 September 2016 • 12:47 AMT
“Aftermath” star Levi Meaden joins the cast of “Pacific Rim 2”

The sequel is directed by Steven S. DeKnight with Guillermo del Toro, Jon Jashni, Femi Oguns, Mary Parent, and Thomas Tull producing.

23 September 2016 • 12:40 AMT
“The Ring” threequel delayed for the 3rd time by Paramount

The studio is also delaying another horror franchise “Friday the 13th” by nine months from Jan. 13 to Oct. 13, 2017.

23 September 2016 • 12:29 AMT
First-ever ICT courses for autistic people to be organized in Armenia

The project Technologies without Borders helps persons diagnosed with autism discover new professional opportunities.

23 September 2016 • 12:09 AMT
Brazil’s former finance minister arrested in Petrobras probe

His arrest came two days after Moro decided to put former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on trial.

23 September 2016 • 11:58 AMT
Ice Cube challenges Charlie Day to “Fist Fight” in 1st trailer

The comedy follows mild-mannered high school English teacher who is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks.

23 September 2016 • 11:53 AMT
Germany says fight against IS “far from over”

Germany has been supplying Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with weapons and other equipment to fight the extremist group.

23 September 2016 • 11:52 AMT
Director Antoine Fuqua to return for Denzel Washington’s “Equalizer 2”

“The script is done,” producer Todd Black said after a screening of “The Magnificent Seven”.

23 September 2016 • 11:46 AMT
Singapore named top expat destination in HCBS report

New Zealand was rated 41st for personal finances in the survey, far behind Singapore’s eighth place under this metric.

23 September 2016 • 11:34 AMT
UN says 180 civilians killed in 1 month of Yemen conflict

Cecile Pouilly at the UN agency said that August marked an increase in the number of attacks against civilian facilities.

23 September 2016 • 11:31 AMT
England’s financial sector job vacancies drop after Brexit vote

The fall in vacancies after the Brexit vote was “striking as it is the only year in the past four where this trend has occurred”, the IPPR said.

23 September 2016 • 11:06 AMT
8 firefighters killed in Moscow warehouse blaze

In January, 12 people including three children died in a huge fire at a textile factory in the east of the city.

23 September 2016 • 10:51 AMT
Erdogan accuses U.S. of sending weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria

The Turkish border town of Kilis was struck on September 22 by three rockets, fired from Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria.

23 September 2016 • 10:42 AMT
South Korea says time to reconsider North’s UN membership

“North Korea is totally ridiculing the authority of the General Assembly and the Security Council,” South Korean Foreign Minister said.

23 September 2016 • 10:19 AMT
Armenian Genocide awaits discussion at Hungarian parliament next month

Former head of Turkey-Hungary parliamentary friendship group Tamas Hegedus expressed confidence that the bill won’t be put to vote.

23 September 2016 • 10:07 AMT
Iraqi army “recaptures key town south of Mosul”

Brigadier-General Yahya Rasool said in a statement broadcast on state television that the district had been liberated from “the desecration of terrorism”.

23 September 2016 • 09:58 AMT
Freedom House responds to Aliyev’s hysteria over “pro-Armenian stance”

“President Aliyev is the person most responsible for Azerbaijan’s appalling human rights record of the last decade,” the watchdog said.

23 September 2016 • 09:49 AMT
Dangerous cell phones

In mid-September 2016, Samsung Electronics has recalled Some 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide, replacing or refunding the flagship phones, whose susceptibility to catching fire has damaged the image of the Korean powerhouse.

23 September 2016 • 09:45 AMT
Book on Turkey’s Armenian cities published in Istanbul

The book provides detailed information about Mus, Bitlis, Van, Tigranakert, Erzurum, Kars, Ani, as well as a number of Cilician towns.

23 September 2016 • 09:39 AMT
“Dark Tower” TV series confirmed, Idris Elba to return as Gunslinger

The TV show is based on “Wizard and Glass”, the fourth book in Stephen King’s Roland Deschain saga to give a backstory to the film.