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04 July 2016 • 06:21 AMT
First look at Idris Elba as The Gunslinger in “The Dark Tower”

Matthew McConaughey is expected to play the villainous Walter Padick a.k.a. the Man in Black.

04 July 2016 • 06:13 AMT
Lionel Messi reportedly changes his mind about leaving Argentina team

Messi said after Argentina’s loss to Chile that the national team is not for him and that he was done playing for the Albiceleste.

04 July 2016 • 05:56 AMT
Andre Speight Mkrtchyan named best player at FIBA European Championship

Armenia’s national basketball team won the championship. With a score of 79:71, the men’s team defeated current champion Andorra.

04 July 2016 • 05:44 AMT
Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line calm over weekend

Karabakh Defense Army troops continue controlling the situation on the contact line and protecting their positions.

04 July 2016 • 05:40 AMT
Egypt human rights body reports torture, violations

Rights activists say that police are acting with near total impunity, torturing suspects, abusing detainees and making random arrests.

04 July 2016 • 05:21 AMT
Chelsea sign Belgian international Batshuayi for 5 years

Reports in France suggested the transfer fee was in the region of 40 million euro, although the Londoners are yet to confirm how much they paid.

04 July 2016 • 05:13 AMT
120 killed, 200 wounded in IS claimed bombings in Baghdad

A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in the central district of Karrada, killing 115 people and injuring at least 200.

04 July 2016 • 05:05 AMT
Turkish ship carrying aid for Gaza reaches Israel

A compromise was eventually reached allowing Turkey to send aid through Ashdod rather than directly to the Palestinian enclave.

04 July 2016 • 04:44 AMT
IS repels advance by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces mear Manbij

Manbij, which lies on a key supply line from Turkey to the group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, has been encircled by the SDF for weeks.

03 July 2016 • 19:27 AMT
Armenia wins 2016 FIBA European Championship For Small Countries

The Armenian team thus won the opportunity to participate in the qualifying campaign of the European Championship finals.

02 July 2016 • 13:58 AMT
Armenia hopes French Senate will also criminalize Genocide denial

“By this move, France will make in important step forward in in the prevention of crimes against humanity,” Nalbandian said.

02 July 2016 • 13:43 AMT
New Taliban leader urges U.S. to end “occupation” of Afghanistan

He called on neighboring countries to join the fight against the U.S., saying the presence of Americans would ” harm our mutual interest.”

02 July 2016 • 13:41 AMT
Oscilloscope nabs David Byrne doc “Contemporary Color”

“Contemporary Color is an otherworldly blend of athleticism, grace, spirit, and art,” Oscilloscope’s Dan Berger said.

02 July 2016 • 13:35 AMT
Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West love affair story to get film treatment

Chanya Button’s BIFA-nominated debut feature film Burn Burn Burn made its world premiere at the London Film Festival last year.

02 July 2016 • 13:21 AMT
St Petersburg’s Dali Museum features iconic photographer Horst P. Horst

The exhibit features 180 works of famed fashion and surrealism photographer Horst P. Horst (1906-1999).

02 July 2016 • 13:12 AMT
Facebook rolls out feature for posting in several languages

Data gathered from the multilingual composer will train Facebook’s natural-language processing models, the company said.

02 July 2016 • 13:06 AMT
Least exhibited Rembrandts in the world on view in Amsterdam

Rembrandt painted the marriage portraits of the newly-weds Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit in Amsterdam in 1634.

02 July 2016 • 12:54 AMT
BHP fights Brazil claim over iron mine collapse

The flood down the Rio Doce in November sent a wave of waste water into the river valley and flattened two towns.

02 July 2016 • 12:38 AMT
Armenia, Tajikistan talk bilateral ties, agree 2016-2018 consultation program

Armenia values Tajikistan’s balanced position on the Karabakh issue, FM Edward Nalbandian said as he met with Sirodjidin M. Aslov.

02 July 2016 • 12:37 AMT
20 killed in IS-claimed café attack in Bangladesh

Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka late on July 1 before troops entered almost 12 hours later.

02 July 2016 • 12:19 AMT
Jack White’s third man records to release Pearl Jam live album

The live recording is taken from when the band played a surprise show at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville last month.

02 July 2016 • 12:07 AMT
Every track on the new Tool album is over 12 minutes long

Back in March, Tool front-man Maynard James Keenan spoke out regarding a rumoured return to the studio for the band.

02 July 2016 • 11:56 AMT
Borussia: Henrikh Mkhitaryan moves to Manchester United

“Based on a completely new situation, this transfer was a difficult trade-off for us,” explained Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke.

02 July 2016 • 11:49 AMT
Apple has blocked Spotify’s latest update

Apple’s reason for rejecting the update likely came from a promotion in which new subscribers could sign up to Spotify for $0.99.

02 July 2016 • 11:37 AMT
Armenia expects active U.S. mediation in Karabakh issue: President

“We greatly appreciate the U.S. engagement in the Karabakh conflict settlement as a Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,” Sargsyan said.

02 July 2016 • 11:36 AMT
Toyota “planning the first flying car”

A recently granted patent has revealed that Toyota is looking to potentially expand its autos into the sky.

02 July 2016 • 10:31 AMT
Call to prayer from inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia set to stir controversy

The muezzin has always chanted from a prayer room in the museum grounds rather than from inside the former mosque and cathedral.

02 July 2016 • 09:59 AMT
Iran to increase gas exports to Armenia threefold

“The two sides are currently preparing the required infrastructure for boosting natural gas exchange,” NIGEC chief Alireza Kameli said.

02 July 2016 • 09:55 AMT
Brenton Thwaites, David Strathairn starring in “An Interview with God”

Thwaites was the lead in “Gods of Egypt” and will be seen next in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”

02 July 2016 • 09:49 AMT
Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp posts $31 mln loss in “transition year”

The company’s losses come after a 2014-15 financial year when it registered €16.2 million ($18 million) in net profit.