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23 May 2016 • 06:49 AMT
Situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border unchanged overnight

The Azerbaijani side opened random fire towards Armenian forces, the latter, however, still controlling the situation on the border.

23 May 2016 • 06:48 AMT
Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

It marks the veteran British director’s second Palme. His first came for “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” a decade ago.

23 May 2016 • 06:44 AMT
Azerbaijan keeps concealing deaths of soldiers on Karabakh contact line

Zeynalov served in one of the posts of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region and was a resident of the village of Narimanabad in Lankaran rayon.

23 May 2016 • 06:38 AMT
Adele debuts “Send My Love” music video at the 2016 BBMAs

“Send My Love” is Adele’s third single off “25”, following “When We Were Young” and “Hello”.

23 May 2016 • 06:31 AMT
Celine Dion, The Weeknd, Adele win big at Billboard Music Awards

Justin Bieber, Wiz Khalifa and Twenty One Pilots were other acts walking away with multiple BBMAs.

23 May 2016 • 06:26 AMT
Panasonic ready to invest in Tesla to meet demand for Model 3

Yoshio Ito said Panasonic “hopes to play a balancing act” of ensuring investment returns and fulfilling its responsibilities.

23 May 2016 • 06:20 AMT
Calm registered on Karabakh contact line maintained overnight

The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army units remained committed to the agreement to continue protecting their positions.

23 May 2016 • 06:14 AMT
China planning base station for rescue operations in S. China Sea

Officials said the rescue ship base station would enable rescue forces to aid fishing boats in trouble, and shorten the distance they need to travel.

23 May 2016 • 06:00 AMT
South Korea dismisses North’s talks proposal as “bogus peace offensive”

The two Koreas have remained in a technical state of war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

23 May 2016 • 05:49 AMT
Gabriel Garcia Marquez ashes laid to rest in Colombia’s Cartagena

He is best known for his magic realist novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera.”

23 May 2016 • 05:28 AMT
Top U.S. commander for Middle East secretly visits Syria

He met U.S. military advisers and the leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of Kurdish and Arab rebel forces.

23 May 2016 • 05:15 AMT
Afghan Taliban meets on succession after leader targeted by U.S. drones

The strike targeting Mullah Akhtar Mansour was perhaps the most high-profile U.S. incursion into Pakistan since the 2011 raid.

23 May 2016 • 05:12 AMT
Iraq announces offensive to retake Islamic State stronghold of Falluja

A U.S.-led coalition that has bombed IS in Iraq and neighboring Syria for nearly two years was expected to provide air support.

21 May 2016 • 13:49 AMT
Switzerland hopes for breakthrough in EU talks after Brexit vote: media

The government has until February next year to enforce a binding referendum vote backing quotas on people coming into the country.

21 May 2016 • 13:42 AMT
Google’s “rich cards” to make search experience more visual

It’s sort of an evolved version of rich snippets, those search results that come with small images and a short sample of the web page’s text.

21 May 2016 • 13:27 AMT
Apple may turn to LG for dual-lens camera modules for “iPhone 7 Plus”

On top of a dual-lens camera, the “7 Plus” might also upgrade to an “A10” processor, 3 gigabytes of RAM, and a Smart Connector.

21 May 2016 • 13:17 AMT
Iraqi forces killed at least two protesters in Baghdad’s Green Zone

Protesters faced tough resistance from security forces, before some demonstrators managed to force a gate into the Green Zone.

21 May 2016 • 13:12 AMT
Stolen Christopher Columbus letter returns to Italy

The rare missive in which the Italian explorer describes his voyage to the Americas was tracked down several years ago.

21 May 2016 • 13:04 AMT
Diego Rivera purchase sets world record price for Latin American art

It has been 130 years since the birth of Diego Rivera (1886-1957), the most important Mexican artist of the twentieth century.

21 May 2016 • 13:00 AMT
Kazakhstan arrests activists for trying to organize protests

The prosecutor’s office said about 40 organizers were arrested and Interior Ministry official Igor Lepekha said that there were detentions.

21 May 2016 • 12:53 AMT
Curzon buys Shia LaBeouf’s “Borg/McEnroe,” Lars von Trier pic

“Borg/McEnroe” centers on the 1980 Wimbledon contest between champ Bjorn Borg and talented upstart John McEnroe.

21 May 2016 • 12:41 AMT
Google announces consumer Android phone Ara for 2017

The consumer Ara phone is coming in 2017 as well, which marks the first time Google has ever built its own phone hardware.

21 May 2016 • 12:35 AMT
Cannes: “Marrowbone” psychological thriller sells worldwide

“Marrowbone” turns on a 20-year-old who, with his three younger siblings, is plagued by a sinister presence in the manor where they live.

21 May 2016 • 12:20 AMT
Enterprise gets attacked in Chris Pine’s “Star Trek Beyond” trailer

Justin Lin is directing based on a script he co-wrote with Pegg and Doug Jung. J.J. Abrams.

21 May 2016 • 11:50 AMT
Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes 3” may start filming this fall

Downey, Law and Ritchie’s respective schedules have been one big problem that keeps “Sherlock Holmes 3” from happening.

21 May 2016 • 11:26 AMT
Major influence on new Gorillaz album revealed?

Gorillaz have been sharing many teaser images and videos from the studio, with David Bowie and Noel Gallagher rumoured to appear on the record.

21 May 2016 • 11:02 AMT
Star-studded Download Festival adds new names to this year’s line-up

The festival, which takes place at Derby’s Donington Park, is set to be headlined by Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.

21 May 2016 • 11:01 AMT
G7 says Brexit would inflict “shock” on global economy

The club of rich nations issued a statement that warned a Brexit would only worsen the outlook for an unstable world.

21 May 2016 • 10:40 AMT
“Anna” drama takes 1st Prize at Cannes Cinefondation Selection

“Anna” tracks a woman in her thirties who, in the dog days of August, without her 10-year-old son, suddenly finds herself alone.

21 May 2016 • 10:18 AMT
“Wolf & Sheep” Afghan fantasy drama gets Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Prize

The film beat other contenders including favorites: “Neruda,” “Risk,” “Ma Vie de Courgette” and “Raman Raghav.”