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08 July 2016 • 09:51 AMT
12 killed as Turkish jets strike PKK in southeast Turkey, northern Iraq

More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK began its insurgency in 1984.

08 July 2016 • 09:22 AMT
Two Afghan citizens caught crossing Armenia-Turkey border

Taking advantage of shallowness of Arax, one of them crossed the river and tried to hide in bushes but was caught immediately.

08 July 2016 • 09:02 AMT
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin developing alien invasion thriller “The Fall”

Spielberg explored similar themes in 2005 sci-fier “War of the Worlds,” a contemporized version of the H.G. Wells novel.

08 July 2016 • 08:52 AMT
Kiefer Sutherland returns for Sony’s reboot of “Flatliners”

The original 1990 movie starred Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Billy Baldwin and Oliver Platt.

08 July 2016 • 08:45 AMT
China to launch environmental probes in 8 more provinces

Beijing has identified local governments as one of the key battlegrounds in its nationwide anti-pollution efforts.

08 July 2016 • 08:32 AMT
5 police officers killed by snipers at U.S. protest over shootings

Police were continuing to exchange gunfire with a suspect holed up in a downtown garage hours after the shooting started.

08 July 2016 • 08:19 AMT
Wireless earphones smash funding target in mere hours

The final retail price works out at around $199, with shipments expected to begin in September.

08 July 2016 • 08:03 AMT
Apple unveils iOS 10, macOS Sierra betas to the public

iOS 10 features major updates to messages and the lock screen, plus sharp new design changes.

08 July 2016 • 07:49 AMT
Marvel introduces black female teen as new Iron Man

Creator and writer of Iron Man, Brian Michael Bendis, told TIME about the creation of Riri.

08 July 2016 • 07:45 AMT
Alicia Vikander’s “Tomb Raider” reboot gets 2018 release date

The untitled Tomb Raider reboot will be directed by Roar Uthaug (“The Wave”) from a screenplay written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet.

08 July 2016 • 07:20 AMT
Pinochet-era former Chile army commander arrested

General Juan Emilio Cheyre was accused of complicity in the killing of left-wing activists in the northern city of La Serena.

08 July 2016 • 06:59 AMT
Brazil congress speaker Cunha resigns amid impeachment scandal

He was suspended from his post shortly after Congress voted to open an impeachment trial against Rousseff.

08 July 2016 • 06:48 AMT
Libya preparing to reopen oil fields

Islamic State militants who are fighting in the western city of Sirte have also targeted the oil infrastructure in the past.

08 July 2016 • 06:46 AMT
Nagorno Karabakh may be discussed on sidelines of NATO summit

“It’s an opportunity to continue discussions on Nagorno Karabakh peace with Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Ambassador James Warlick said.

08 July 2016 • 06:38 AMT
Azeri troops launch subversive attack on Karabakh contact line

Besides the attempted subversion, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire in some directions of the contact line using various caliber firearms.

08 July 2016 • 06:31 AMT
Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov qualifies for Rio Olympics

Armenia’s boxing team thus has 5 athletes to participate in the Rio Games, with 30 sportsmen having so far qualified for the Olympics.

08 July 2016 • 06:27 AMT
Thousands driven from homes as super typhoon Nepartak hits Taiwan

Typhoons are common at this time of year in the South China Sea, picking up strength over warm waters and dissipating over land.

08 July 2016 • 06:17 AMT
Saudis arrest 12 Pakistanis over bomb attacks

The attacks happened at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, shocking many moderate Muslims.

08 July 2016 • 06:01 AMT
At least 30 killed as suicide bombers target Shia shrine in Iraq

IS militants overran large parts of northern and western Iraq two years ago, but govt. forces have since regained much of the territory.

08 July 2016 • 05:51 AMT
Australia to pay extra $300 mln to help develop Afghan security forces

The Australian Defence Force announced later its troops would remain in Afghanistan for at least another three years.

08 July 2016 • 05:43 AMT
S. Korea, U.S. to deploy missile defense to counter N. Korea threat

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be used only to counter the threat from the North.

07 July 2016 • 19:32 AMT
Animation company GKids nabs annecy winner “Miss Hokusai”

“Miss Hokusai” tells the story of O-Ei, the daughter of famed artist Katsushika Hokusai, as she comes of age in the Edo period in Japan.

07 July 2016 • 18:59 AMT
Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch join John Carroll Lynch’s “Lucky”

“Lucky” follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town.

07 July 2016 • 18:34 AMT
Justin Timberlake joins Kate Winslet in Woody Allen’s new film

The film, written and directed by Allen, is a drama set in New York City in the late 1950s.

07 July 2016 • 14:14 AMT
Audible launches subscription podcast network Channels

Audible is building out a selection of exclusive podcasts and shows, with the most notable being a new series from Dan Savage.

07 July 2016 • 13:54 AMT
Russia’s actions eroded mutual trust with NATO, Merkel says

“If through words and deeds the validity of law and the inviolability of borders are questioned, then trust is lost,” she said.

07 July 2016 • 13:49 AMT
Beijing warns U.S. on sovereignty amid S. China Sea dispute

China hopes the United States “speaks and acts cautiously, and take no actions that harm China’s sovereignty and security interests.”

07 July 2016 • 13:42 AMT
No means no: Germany toughens rape law after Cologne mob assaults

Dubbed the “no means no” law, it explicitly covers cases in which a victim withheld consent but did not physically fight back.

07 July 2016 • 13:21 AMT
Russia’s Putin signs package of anti-terrorism laws

Together with this package, a list of instructions to the government was signed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

07 July 2016 • 12:49 AMT
2700-year-old street, the oldest in Yerevan found in Urartian Erebuni

Mikayel Badalyan said this is a unique and unprecedented discovery, which completely changes the essence of the Urartian civilization.