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11 August 2016 • 07:18 AMT
Jason Momoa in talks for “The Crow” remake

The Khal Drogo of “Game of Thrones” is rumored to play the role of Eric Draven portrayed by the late Brandon Lee in the original film.

11 August 2016 • 07:07 AMT
Google Chrome “set to push Adobe Flash into extinction”

The tech giant announced in a blog post that it will begin the switch-off in September, initially de-emphasising Flash before disabling by default.

11 August 2016 • 06:54 AMT
Samsung’s curved display could be coming to a future iPhone

The Cupertino company has been granted a new patent for “electronic devices with sidewall displays”, filed in April of last year.

11 August 2016 • 06:44 AMT
Colombia demolishes notorious Bronx slum in capital Bogota

In May security forces sent in to clear the area found scores of children who had been forced into prostitution, and hundred of drug addicts.

11 August 2016 • 06:24 AMT
Turkey-PKK conflict: Twin bomb blasts leave at least 8 dead

Clashes between Turkey’s security forces and the PKK resumed last year, ending a ceasefire.

11 August 2016 • 06:17 AMT
Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from IS in major advance

Losing Sirte would be a major setback for the militants, already under pressure in Syria and Iraq.

11 August 2016 • 06:10 AMT
Several dead, injured in suspected Aleppo gas attacks: hospitals

The northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s most populous before the war, is split into rebel- and government-held districts.

10 August 2016 • 15:06 AMT
Rio Olympics media bus attacked on highway

Mario Andrade, the Rio 2016 spokesman, said three journalists suffered minor injuries when the windows of their bus were shattered.

10 August 2016 • 15:04 AMT
Baghdad hospital fire kills 12 newborns

Charred incubators could be seen outside one of the entrances to the hospital, access to which was strictly controlled by the police.

10 August 2016 • 14:56 AMT
Microsoft figured out how cloud servers can swap encrypted data

The end result could apparently make it easier for scientists to preview data for experiments without buying it.

10 August 2016 • 14:45 AMT
Google developing techniques to combat VR trolls

One of the techniques the team created will prevent poker players from stealing chips and picking a fight.

10 August 2016 • 14:05 AMT
Roadside buys “Bitter Harvest” Ukraine drama

The film focuses on two lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s effort to starve the Ukrainian people in 1932-33, also known as the Holodomor.

10 August 2016 • 13:56 AMT
Strand nabs Jena Malone-Riley Keough drama “Lovesong”

Malone and Keough star as friends whose more-than-intimate friendship unfolds over the course of a road trip.

10 August 2016 • 13:33 AMT
Lawyer to appeal to ECHR on Sasna Tsrer member case

Armenia’s court of criminal appeals declined an complaint about the arrest of an injured member of Sasna Tsrer armed group.

10 August 2016 • 12:44 AMT
President dissolves National Security Council Staff

On August 10, the Armenian leader inked a degree on creation of a Secretariat of the National Security Council.

10 August 2016 • 11:11 AMT
Reuters: Turkish military officer seeking asylum in U.S.- officials

The Turkish official said two other lower-level officers had also been called back from the United States to Turkey.

10 August 2016 • 10:57 AMT
Police raid suspected Islamist extremists in West German towns

Germany is on high alert after a spate of attacks since July that have left 15 people dead, including four attackers, and dozens injured.

10 August 2016 • 10:38 AMT
Reigning gold medalist Serena Williams ousted from Olympics

The world No. 1 was beaten 6-4 6-3 by a player to whom she had never lost in their four previous meetings.

10 August 2016 • 10:24 AMT
Michael Phelps wins his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medal in Rio

To win the 200 fly in his fifth Olympics, 16 years after he finished fifth in the event in his Olympics debut was sublime, Phelps said.

10 August 2016 • 10:06 AMT
Aronian ties Sinquefield Cup round 5, loses leadership

In round 5 of the Saint Louis-hosted chess tournament, Aronian faced off against Netherlands’ Anish Giri.

10 August 2016 • 09:52 AMT
Sargsyan, Putin to talk political interaction, regional issues in Moscow

The discussion will cover, among other things, key agenda issues, including the processes within the Eurasian Economic Union.

10 August 2016 • 09:23 AMT
Armenia Defense Minster rules out unilateral concessions on Karabakh

“The goal of Armenia’s leadership is to ensure self-determination and independence of Karabakh,” the official said.

10 August 2016 • 09:09 AMT
Azeri troops fire 150 shots in Karabakh truce violation

17 instances of Azeri ceasefire violation on the line of contact with Karabakh armed forces were reported on the night August 9-10.

10 August 2016 • 08:46 AMT
“Chronicles of Narnia” coming back to big screen with new movie

“The Silver Chair” picks up decades after “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” in Narnia but less than a year later in England.

10 August 2016 • 08:23 AMT
Amy Adams on alien mission in “Arrival” teaser trailer

She is accompanied by an expert physicist named Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) who helps interpret the extraterrestrials’ language.

10 August 2016 • 08:16 AMT
Twitter to expand Moments feature to everyone

While the company hasn’t given details, it could potentially work as a tweetable Snapchat (or Instagram) Story.

10 August 2016 • 07:52 AMT
Apple “looking to get in on the health-tracking game”

Apple is reportedly looking for component suppliers and manufacturers to potentially bring the product to launch next year.

10 August 2016 • 07:23 AMT
Brazilian Senate votes to hold Rousseff impeachment trial

The senate voted 59 to 21 in favour of going ahead with the trial against Rousseff, which is likely to be held at the end of this month.

10 August 2016 • 07:14 AMT
Water, power cuts threaten two million in Syria: UN

At least 250,000 people are believed to have been trapped in rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo.

10 August 2016 • 06:51 AMT
Reuters: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into S. China Sea – sources

The launchers have been hidden from aerial surveillance and they have yet to be armed, but could be made operational within 2 or 3 days.