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16 May 2016 • 09:04 AMT
Colombia police seize record cocaine haul

The drugs had been hidden on a banana plantation near the north-western coastal town of Turbo.

16 May 2016 • 08:48 AMT
Jenny Slate to reunite with “Obvious Child” team for “Landline” comedy

The film centers on two sisters who debate what to do when they learn that their father is cheating on their mother.

16 May 2016 • 08:42 AMT
FT: Bundestag’s possible Genocide recognition set to enrage Erdogan

After negotiations with the Green party, party managers of the CDU/CSU and SPD have agreed to back a genocide motion, FT says.

16 May 2016 • 08:31 AMT
Daniel Bruhl boards Weinstein’s “Mafiya” series

The series will bring to screen the power vacuum of 1990s Moscow, when criminal gangs and private armies clashed over wealth and control.

16 May 2016 • 08:16 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan named Bundesliga Player of the Season: DW

“We have a good connection and I’m very happy that I have the chance to work with him,” Mkhitaryan said about Thomas Tuchel.

16 May 2016 • 08:08 AMT
Cannes: “100 Meters” dramedy sells to multiple territories

The film channeling echoes of “The Intouchables,” which explores with humor people’s capacity to overcome the seemingly impossible.

16 May 2016 • 08:02 AMT
Wounded Karabakh soldier’s condition assessed as extremely critical

While on duty, he received a serious perforating cranial gunshot wound, cerebral contusion and other multiple fractures.

16 May 2016 • 07:50 AMT
Tokyo Fest Grand Prix winner “Nise: The Heart of Madness” finds buyers

Gloria Pires, a famed Brazilian Globo telenovela and film actress, stars as Dr. Nise da Silveira, jailed for six years as an alleged communist.

16 May 2016 • 07:33 AMT
German politicians blast Merkel for making Europe dependent on Turkey

“I’m not against talks with Turkey but I think it’s dangerous to become so dependent on Ankara,” said Horst Seehofer.

16 May 2016 • 07:27 AMT
New Oasis documentary title announced as “Supersonic”

The feature length film, which is due to reach cinemas this October, has been named after the Mancunian band’s 1994 debut single.

16 May 2016 • 07:25 AMT
Azerbaijan uses sniper rifles in cross-border fire towards Armenia

The Armenian Armed Forces’ frontline units continue controlling the situation on the border and protecting their positions.

16 May 2016 • 07:19 AMT
Armenian sambists win gold, silver at European Championships

Reaching the final at the 2016 European Sambo Championships, Mkhitaryan defeated Russia’s Artush Arsyan to win a gold medal.

16 May 2016 • 07:19 AMT
Drake Remains atop of Billboard 200 as Radiohead Debuts at No. 3

Back on this week’s Billboard 200, Beyonce Knowles’ “Lemonade” is also a non-mover as it stays at No. 2.

16 May 2016 • 07:12 AMT
Radiation poisoning victim Harry Daghlian

24-year-old Harry Daghlian was irradiated as a result of a criticality accident that occurred when he dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a 6.2 kg plutonium–gallium alloy bomb core. This core, subsequently nicknamed the “demon core”, was also involved in the death of another physicist in an accident the following year.

16 May 2016 • 07:08 AMT
Magnolia Pictures acquires Bel Powley thriller “Detour”

“Detour” follows a troubled young grad student, grieving the loss of his mother in a terrible car accident.

16 May 2016 • 07:06 AMT
IS caliphate shrinking, extremists losing control over territory: U.S.

“For every pro-Daesh Twitter handle, there are now six calling out its lies and countering its message,” Brett McGurk said.

16 May 2016 • 06:53 AMT
STX acquires Martin Scorsese- Robert De Niro mob drama “The Irishman”

The hotly-contested acquisition cost STX around $50 million, making it by far the biggest deal of the Cannes festival.

16 May 2016 • 06:51 AMT
Turkey slams Europe over silence on Bangladesh leader’s execution

“If you are against political executions, why did you remain silent to the execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami?” Erdogan said.

16 May 2016 • 06:46 AMT
EU’s Mogherini to meet with Armenian, Azeri Presidents in Vienna

The presidents are also set to meet with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the U.S., French and Russian foreign policy chiefs.

16 May 2016 • 06:44 AMT
CBS orders Katherine Heigl, Laverne Cox drama to series

Heigl is set to play Sadie, a successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets romantically involved with one of her clients.

16 May 2016 • 06:28 AMT
Shia LaBeouf cast as hot-headed tennis legend John McEnroe

LaBeouf elaborated his casting at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15 where he was promoting “American Honey”.

16 May 2016 • 06:25 AMT
Situation on Karabakh contact line relatively calm overnight

The Nagorno Karabakh frontline units remained committed to the agreement and continue protecting their positions.

16 May 2016 • 06:21 AMT
Trump says unlikely to have a good relationship with UK’s Cameron

When asked about Britain’s membership of the EU, Trump said: “In terms of Britain I would say ‘what do you need it for’?”

16 May 2016 • 06:08 AMT
S. Korea, U.S., Japan announce joint drills for June

Washington regularly holds military drills with South Korea and Japan, which together host about 80,000 American troops.

14 May 2016 • 22:46 AMT
Armenia’s Iveta Mukuchyan takes 7th spot at Eurovision 2016

Ukrainian singer Jamala won the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden on May 14.

14 May 2016 • 20:54 AMT
Armenian soldier killed in Azerbaijani sniper attack

Earlier reports pointed to Azeri force concentrations in Nakhijevan. An unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed in Vayots Dzor on May 13.

14 May 2016 • 14:00 AMT
Radiohead to claim their 6th No.1 album with “A Moon Shaped Pool”

The band have racked up 50,000 combined chart sales, scoring them their sixth chart-topping album.

14 May 2016 • 13:55 AMT
IS attacks Syrian hospital, kills 20 government troops

The jihadists “seized the hospital and captured the medical staff, holding them hostage”, Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.

14 May 2016 • 13:38 AMT
Spanish MEP visits Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan

Javier Nart paid tribute to the memory of the 1,5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide with a moment of silence.

14 May 2016 • 13:18 AMT
French intelligence tracked but failed to thward Paris attack: media

The news came as survivors and families of victims marked six months since the attacks, which prompted a state of emergency.