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22 June 2016 • 12:57 AMT
13th Golden Apricot IFF programs unveiled in Yerevan

43 films out of 900 submissions will from 37 countries will participate in the festival, competing in three competition sections.

22 June 2016 • 12:48 AMT
Tom Hanks to receive Rome Film Festival lifetime achievement award

Besides receiving a career nod, Hanks will be honored with a 15-title retro of films in which he has starred.

22 June 2016 • 12:42 AMT
Willian to reportedly sign bumper new deal at Chelsea

In order to tie down Willian, the Blues have offered the Brazilian a new four-year contract which he is set to sign imminently.

22 June 2016 • 12:27 AMT
1st look at Danny McBride in new “Alien: Covenant” set pic

The movie also stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett and Callie Hernandez.

22 June 2016 • 12:16 AMT
Armenian Presidents heading for Nagorno Karabakh

A tripartite summit of Armenian, Azeri and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin was held in Saint Petersburg

22 June 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Bastille rolls out new video for “Good Grief”

The single is taken from the band’s forthcoming album, “Wild World,” which follows their 2013 debut Bad Blood.

22 June 2016 • 11:59 AMT
Iran seeks to benefit from nuclear deal as Foreign Minister visits France

The French Foreign Minister was expected to use his meeting with Zarif to push forward with the momentum from the nuclear accord.

22 June 2016 • 11:36 AMT
Publisher: Erdogan may have to resign if his college diploma proved fake

Erdogan’s aides are adamant that the accusations against him are not valid, as they emanate from opposition politicians, the article suggests.

22 June 2016 • 11:24 AMT
Putin says Russia must boost military given NATO’s “aggressive actions”

“NATO is strengthening its aggressive rhetoric and its aggressive actions near our borders,” President Vladimir Putin said.

22 June 2016 • 11:16 AMT
Karabakh meeting provides temporary peace on contact line: MP

“The summit was constructive and useful in that it provided an opportunity to maintain ceasefire,” MP Gagik Melikyan said.

22 June 2016 • 11:12 AMT
“How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor to helm “The Leaves” sci-fi

A story focuses on a man who must fight to convince the love of his life that they are soul mates when he ends up in a parallel universe.

22 June 2016 • 10:58 AMT
5-minute footage from Matthew McConaughey’s “Free State of Jones”

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell and Mahershala Ali also star with Gary Ross directing from his own screenplay.

22 June 2016 • 10:43 AMT
Kevin Hart to produce action-comedy “Run the Jewels” for Universal

The film centers on a group of failed rappers who attempt to rob an eccentric hip-hop mogul.

22 June 2016 • 10:29 AMT
Lightning kills 56 people in east India

Lightning strikes are common during India’s monsoon season, which runs from June to September. However, the toll is unusually high.

22 June 2016 • 10:14 AMT
Great House of Cilicia to attend program of Pope’s visit to Armenia

On June 24, Francis will be greeted with the Hrashapar service which is traditionally offered as a service of welcome to top religious clerics.

22 June 2016 • 10:05 AMT
Kate Winslet to join Woody Allen’s next movie

Allen’s latest film, “Cafe Society,” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and will open in the U.S. on July 15 via Lionsgate and Amazon.

22 June 2016 • 09:54 AMT
More than 700 doctors, medical personnel killed in Syria: UN

Paulo Pinheiro denounced frequent attacks on other infrastructure essential to civilian life, such as markets, schools and bakeries.

22 June 2016 • 09:26 AMT
Turkish fighter jets hit Kurdish rebels in Iraq, Turkey

The Turkish military said on June 22 that the aerial raids hit 15 targets the previous day in Iraq’s Metina and Zap regions.

22 June 2016 • 09:14 AMT
House panel to consider Armenian American foreign aid priorities June 23

Among the FY17 priorities is an appropriation of $5 million in aid to Nagorno Karabakh for humanitarian and developmental programs.

22 June 2016 • 09:11 AMT
“Ghostbusters” TV series gets green light

Aside from the cartoon version of “Ghostbusters”, Sony is also planning a “Hotel Transylvania” TV series.

22 June 2016 • 08:55 AMT
Blink-182 rock band unveils “Bored to Death” music video

In the clip, viewers are taken to a high school where a bored student dreams of spending the day hanging out with his girl.

22 June 2016 • 08:45 AMT
Syrian opposition can’t set pre-conditions resuming talks: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the outlook for resuming stalled Syria talks.

22 June 2016 • 08:41 AMT
Manchester United raise Henrikh Mkhitaryan offer to $38 mln

“Such an offer to join Manchester United might only come once in a lifetime for a player,” Mkhitaryan’s agent Mino Raiola said.

22 June 2016 • 08:12 AMT
John Boyega cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Untitled Detroit Project”

The crime drama is set in Detroit in the summer of 1967, when ruinous riots came close to destroying the city.

22 June 2016 • 07:58 AMT
Sony’s star-studded “Spider-Man: Homecoming” adds cast

Tom Holland will be joined movie by new cast members Michael Keaton as a villain, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Zendaya as the female lead.

22 June 2016 • 07:48 AMT
“Penny Dreadful” creator confirms show’s ending

In a behind-the-scenes video, star Eva Green talked about parting ways with her character.

22 June 2016 • 07:43 AMT
Say ‘no’ to standard tours

A great number of sights in small Armenia is quite a problem for tourists, who visit the country for the first time. It’s often hard to decide where to go and what to see, while travel agents offer the most popular and standard tours. What to do if a foreigner wants to see places not included in the standard route? Addressing various tour operators means losing time and getting ambiguous price lists, without having a possibility to compare. Who will be the guide and how professional is he? The tourists will only know it after the end of the tour. Nevertheless, Armenian startup has developed online platform Localz, which offers tourists to outline individual tours and choose the guide they want.

22 June 2016 • 07:28 AMT
Used phones serve as educational materials for Armenian schoolkids

In the framework of this environmental initiative, the dismantled parts of the phones have been used in various technical projects.

22 June 2016 • 07:24 AMT
“Game of Thrones” stars score major pay raises, season 8 almost certain

There have been reports that the two final seasons of “Game of Thrones” will be shorter than the previous installments.

22 June 2016 • 07:15 AMT
“Brits don’t quit,” Cameron says ahead of EU vote

“It will just be you in that polling booth. Just you, taking a decision that will affect your future, your children’s future,” he said.