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09 June 2016 • 09:44 AMT
BBC Worldwide North America nabs Tom Hardy’s “London Road”

The pic follows the residents of London Road, who struggle for years with frequent soliciting and curb-crawling on their street.

09 June 2016 • 09:39 AMT
Azerbaijan shells border village in Armenia’s north

Roofs and windows of houses in Baghanis were damaged, village chief Narek Sahakyan said in a Facebook post.

09 June 2016 • 09:28 AMT
Dowdle Brothers to helm heist-thriller “Gafin Academy”

The Dowdle brothers — whose credits include “Quarantine” and “Devil” — will direct from a script by Aaron Rapke and Stewart Kaye.

09 June 2016 • 09:15 AMT
At least 22 killed, 70 wounded in 2 bombings in Baghdad

A car packed with explosive blew up in a commercial street of Baghdad al-Jadeeda, killing at least 15 people and wounding over 50.

09 June 2016 • 09:10 AMT
France stations special forces to advise Syria rebels in anti-IS fight

France until now has only acknowledged the presence in the region of around 150 members of its special forces, deployed in Iraqi Kurdistan.

09 June 2016 • 08:38 AMT
1st look at Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders in “Jack Reacher 2”

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is also starring Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany.

09 June 2016 • 08:33 AMT
Snapchat to boast more U.S. users than Twitter, Pinterest by late 2016

Snapchat estimates it has more than 100 million users globally of the service for sending messages which vanish after being viewed.

09 June 2016 • 08:06 AMT
Fitch holds conference in Yerevan for first time

Dmitri Surkov said that in January 2016, Fitch Ratings affirmed Armenia’s long-term foreign and local currency at B+ with a stable outlook.

09 June 2016 • 08:03 AMT
Ron Howard to adapt “Seveneves” sci-fi for Skydance

Based on the Neal Stephenson novel, the story centers on a catastrophic event that renders Earth a ticking time bomb.

09 June 2016 • 07:46 AMT
Karabakh President visits Brussels, hails Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora ties

In Brussels, a range of issues of cooperation between the two Armenian republics in various European structures were discussed.

09 June 2016 • 07:31 AMT
Armenian parliament may condemn IS genocide against Yazidis in Iraq

“The matter has to do with Armenian citizens representing national minorities who have the right to raise issues of concern,” an MP said.

09 June 2016 • 07:26 AMT
Armenian orphans and Ethiopian music

Armenians have been living in Ethiopia for centuries; however, their contribution to the local music during the tenure of Emperor Haile Selassie I (1930-74) is the most interesting episode of this presence. PAN tells how Armenians found a place in the Ethiopian musical environment and promoted its development.

09 June 2016 • 07:18 AMT
Kate Winslet to star opposite Idris Elba in “Mountain Between Us”

The movie is based on a bestselling novel about a surgeon and woman who fall in love after being stranded following a plane crash.

09 June 2016 • 07:10 AMT
Will Smith’s Muhammad Ali bio to return to theaters

The film charts 10 years in the legend’s career from 1964 to 1974 and costars Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright.

09 June 2016 • 07:05 AMT
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos vows to invest $3 bn in India

The investment comes on top of $2 billion Amazon invested in India in 2014, and will boost Modi’s campaign to attract foreign cash.

09 June 2016 • 06:58 AMT
EU blocks resolution on visa-free travel for Georgia

Berlin said the German public was worried about a recent spate of home burglaries by Georgian criminal groups in Germany.

09 June 2016 • 06:51 AMT
French Senate votes to lift Russia sanctions

The resolution to “gradually and partially” lift sanctions was approved 302-16 despite opposition from France’s Socialist government.

09 June 2016 • 06:48 AMT
HBO confirms “Game of Thrones” super-sized season 6 finale

The finale is titled “The Winds of Winter”, a nod to George R.R. Martin’s forthcoming sixth novel in his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series.

09 June 2016 • 06:45 AMT
2,000 Chad troops to fight Boko Haram in Niger

Boko Haram’s seven-year insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in Nigeria and made more than 2.6 million homeless.

09 June 2016 • 06:42 AMT
“Jason Bourne” new trailer teases popular characters’ death

The trailer opens with Matt Damon’s titular memory-wiped assassin reuniting with Julia Stiles’ Nicky.

09 June 2016 • 06:34 AMT
Aivazovsky’s “The Survivor” auctioned for $730.000 at MacDougall’s

Another painting, “An Ottoman Coffee-House in the Moonlight” was recently sold for £194.500 (about $281.000) at Christie’s.

09 June 2016 • 06:19 AMT
Maria Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping

The tennis star said she would appeal what she called “an unfairly harsh” punishment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

09 June 2016 • 06:12 AMT
Japan summoned Chinese envoy after warship sails near E. China Sea islands

Japanese and Chinese coastguard vessels frequently face off around the islands as both sides press their claims.

09 June 2016 • 06:11 AMT
New element in periodic table to be named after Yuri Oganessian

The elements were announced in January, and the scientists who made the discoveries were then allowed to propose names.

09 June 2016 • 06:08 AMT
Iraqi special forces enter Fallujah for first time in 2 years

PM Haider al-Abadi promised a swift victory when he announced the start of the operation to liberate Fallujah, 65 km west of Baghdad.

09 June 2016 • 06:00 AMT
North Korea to convene assembly late June after rare party congress

The party congress, the first in 36 years, was held amid great attention and elevated Kim to the post of party chairman.

09 June 2016 • 05:50 AMT
Azerbaijan abides by Karabakh ceasefire agreement

The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army troops refrained from retaliating to continue protecting their positions.

08 June 2016 • 14:37 AMT
VivaCell-MTS offers HTC M9+, BLU Pure XL within StartPhone plan

Subscribers get 5000 on-net minutes, 100 minutes to Armenia’s other networks and 15 000 MB of Internet every month.

08 June 2016 • 13:13 AMT
Armenian, Czech presidents talk Karabakh conflict, EU cooperation

Addressing a press conference, Serzh Sargsyan hailed the Czech Republic’s continued support to the EU-Armenia cooperation.

08 June 2016 • 12:49 AMT
Armenia drops 19 spots in 2016 Global Peace Index

Results showed that the most peaceful countries continuing to improve and the least peaceful falling into greater violence and conflict.