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31 August 2016 • 06:30 AMT
Syria: U.S. welcomes pause in Turkish-Kurdish clashes

Kurdish sources say a ceasefire is in place but a Turkish-backed Syrian rebel commander rejected the term.

31 August 2016 • 06:28 AMT
Karabakh troops control situation as Azerbaijan violates ceasefire

Karabakh Defense Army troops continue controlling the situation along the entire line of contact and protecting their positions.

31 August 2016 • 06:19 AMT
Trump to visit Mexico ahead of immigration speech

Enrique Peña Nieto last Friday invited both Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to visit Mexico.

31 August 2016 • 06:19 AMT
Prominent IS leader killed in apparent U.S. air strike in Syria

Adnani was one of the last living senior members, along with self-appointed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

30 August 2016 • 14:20 AMT
Putin to meet Turkey’s Erdogan in China Sept 3: Kremlin

Putin will hold talks with Erdogan as the “process of normalization of relations between the two countries is under way,” the Kremlin said.

30 August 2016 • 14:12 AMT
Israel slams UN envoy’s settlement remarks as “distortion of history”

“Jews have been in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria for thousands of years and their presence there is not an obstacle to peace,” Keyes said.

30 August 2016 • 13:54 AMT
Iran presidential aide welcomes Russia’s use of airbase

“I consider this military cooperation which is carried out to counter terrorism important, strategic and essential,” Younesi said.

30 August 2016 • 13:49 AMT
Suicide bomb attack near Somalia presidential compound kills 12

Somalia’s Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has claimed the responsibility for the blast, according to the rebels’ Andalus radio station.

30 August 2016 • 13:27 AMT
Still Moving nabs Venice Film Fest feature “The Last of Us”

With no dialogue, “The Last of Us” tracks a Sub-Saharan man through the desert to North Africa where he steals a boat.

30 August 2016 • 13:25 AMT
EU commissioner: Turkey won’t join bloc until Erdogan leaves power

Turkish accession would ” be an issue for the period after Erdogan”, he said, adding that it was “not realistic until well into the next decade.”

30 August 2016 • 13:07 AMT
“Age of Shadows” selected as Korea’s Oscar contender

The film is a 1920s set espionage drama involving resistance fighters trying to smuggle explosives from Shanghai into Japanese-occupied Korea.

30 August 2016 • 13:06 AMT
Armenia 20th safest country globally, study finds

Armenia’s crime and safety indices stand at 29.02 and 70.98, respectively, placing it on the 20th spot in a list of 118 countries.

30 August 2016 • 12:53 AMT
Matt Bomer, John Carroll Lynch star in transgender drama “Anything”

The movie also stars Maura Tierney, Micah Hauptman, Margot Bingham, and Melora Hardin.

30 August 2016 • 12:34 AMT
U.S.-led coalition planes hit IS in north Syria, Turkish military says

Two A-10 planes hit and destroyed two Islamic State targets, the military said in a statement, without elaborating.

30 August 2016 • 12:20 AMT
TTIP trade deal dealt another blow as Hollande questions timing

TTIP aims to reduce or remove a wide range of barriers to transatlantic trade and investment.

30 August 2016 • 12:03 AMT
Frans Hals Museum to host biennial Frans Hals Lecture

The evening will start with a scholarly analysis of Frans Hals’s work and importance put forward by a renowned academic.

30 August 2016 • 11:51 AMT
Getty announces intention to acquire Renaissance painting by Parmigianino

Extremely well-preserved, the painting is a supreme example of the artist’s mature Mannerist style.

30 August 2016 • 11:25 AMT
EU orders Apple pay record $13 bn in Irish taxes

The European Commission said the world’s most valuable company avoided tax bills on almost all its profits in the bloc.

30 August 2016 • 11:19 AMT
Libya ships last chemical weapons stocks out of country

The Danish government had earlier this month offered to send a container vessel, support ship and 200 staff to handle the operation.

30 August 2016 • 11:11 AMT
Former Slayer drummer to join Misfits for their reunion tour

It was recently announced that Danzig and Only will reunite, along with long-time guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein.

30 August 2016 • 10:53 AMT
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce UK arena tour

The band released their first album since 2011 earlier this year in the form of “The Getaway.”

30 August 2016 • 10:35 AMT
Frank Ocean scores his first No. 1 album on Billboard 200

“Blonde” logs the third-largest debut of 2016, only behind Drake’s “Views” and Beyonce Knowles “Lemonade”.

30 August 2016 • 10:29 AMT
Guns ‘N’ Roses to perform at Glastonbury, Download festivals?

The only missing ingredient is rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, who as yet has shown no interest in rejoining his former bandmates.

30 August 2016 • 10:26 AMT
Merkel says “very interested” in lifting Russia sanctions

“As soon as we see progress in the Minsk agreement, we will loosen the sanctions,” Merkel told party colleagues in northeastern Germany.

30 August 2016 • 10:15 AMT
Armenian wrestler defeats Azerbaijani athlete at World Championship

Young Armenian wrestler Sergey Simonyan (50kd weight class) beat Azeri athlete Ziyad Zeynalov with a score of 8:0

30 August 2016 • 10:01 AMT
Taliban appoints new military chief as attacks mount in Afghanistan

Taliban officials said over the weekend that the appointment of Maulvi Ibrahim Sadar heralds a commitment to confrontation.

30 August 2016 • 09:46 AMT
UK, EU need “fair and binding” rules for post-Brexit ties: Germany

Steinmeier said that it was in Britain’s interests to start the process quickly given economic effects that were already becoming evident.

30 August 2016 • 09:41 AMT
Iraqi militias recruiting children ahead of Mosul push, rights group warns

The group said the recruits are intended to reinforce frontline positions against the Islamic State group in Nineveh province.

30 August 2016 • 09:11 AMT
France-based ophthalmologists carry out charity project in Armenia

First arriving in Armenia in May, the physicians convey secrets of pediatric vision screening to doctors working in rural schools.

30 August 2016 • 09:04 AMT
Oscilloscope Laboratories acquires “Lost in Paris” romantic comedy

The filmmakers portray a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond in “Lost in Paris.”