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13 May 2016 • 10:50 AMT
Boko Haram “on the defensive” as U.S., Nigeria prepare to escalate fight

A regional summit in Abuja on May 14 will bring together top officials from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, France, Britain and the U.S.

13 May 2016 • 10:50 AMT
China indicts ex-president’s top aide in crackdown on corruption

Ling Jihua served as head of the Communist Party’s General Office, a position comparable to the U.S. president’s chief of staff.

13 May 2016 • 10:46 AMT
Migrant arrivals in Greece drop 90 percent: EU border agency

Under the deal with Turkey, all migrants and refugees, including Syrians, who cross to Greece illegally across the sea are sent back.

13 May 2016 • 10:40 AMT
Letoya Luckett, Lady Gaga to star in Dionne Warwick biopic

Warwick, 75, said she was pleased that Luckett (an original member of Destiny’s Child) was channeling her on the big screen.

13 May 2016 • 10:30 AMT
A24 to acquire Joaquin Phoenix’s “You Were Never Really Here”

The story focuses on a former war veteran (played by Phoenix) who tries to save women trapped in the world of sex trafficking.

13 May 2016 • 10:23 AMT
Eight people detained over Istanbul car bomb attack

Six soldiers and a civilian were wounded when the car blew up near a military base in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul.

13 May 2016 • 10:17 AMT
Armenia refutes Azeri claims of “provocation” on Nakhijevan border

“No incident has occurred. The situation is clam in Nakhijevan,” a spokesperson for the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

13 May 2016 • 10:07 AMT
Current format of OSCE monitoring in Karabakh not effective: Armenia

According to Davit Tonoyan, the establishment of mechanisms for investigating border incidents will help prevent incidents in the future.

13 May 2016 • 09:42 AMT
MSF slams EU-Turkey migrant deal as “historic abdication” of moral duties

Under the deal, Turkey has agreed to take back Syrian migrants landing on Greek islands in exchange for political incentives.

13 May 2016 • 09:39 AMT
Armenia ombudsman details Azeri hostilities in Karabakh to CoE chief

Tatoyan stressed the devastating consequences of Azerbaijani policy of disseminating hatred towards people of Armenian ethnicity.

13 May 2016 • 09:22 AMT
Apple invests $1bn in Chinese Uber rival

Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market.

13 May 2016 • 09:21 AMT
Armenia ready to resume Karabakh talks if “adequate conditions provided”

Armenian, French Foreign Ministers focused on new opportunities for further developing and expanding economic cooperation.

13 May 2016 • 09:08 AMT
Germany more than doubles economic growth rate in Q1

Germany’s trade surplus shrank after imports grew more quickly than exports over the period thanks to strong domestic demand.

13 May 2016 • 09:00 AMT
Karabakh says ready to ward off any attempted aggression by Azerbaijan

“Without a targeted international response, consequences of Azerbaijan’s violence will become irreparable,” Karabakh said.

13 May 2016 • 08:58 AMT
Brazil’s new interim President calls for trust after Rousseff impeachment

Michel Temer has named a business-friendly cabinet that includes respected former central bank chief Henrique Meirelles as finance minster.

13 May 2016 • 08:29 AMT
Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Olsen board “Light on Broken Glass”

Daniel Dreifuss, whose “No” was an Oscar nominee in the foreign-language film category, is producing the film.

13 May 2016 • 08:13 AMT
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o to join Chadwick Boseman in “Black Panther”

Ryan Coogler, who wrote and directed Creed, is helming the comic book movie as well as writing the script.

13 May 2016 • 08:05 AMT
Facebook adding 360-degree photos to News Feed

The new photo function will mean that any of those panoramic photos you’ve had saved in your camera roll can now get the 360-degree treatment.

13 May 2016 • 07:53 AMT
Samsung Galaxy Surfboard prototype unveiled

Samsung Galaxy Surfboard will be holding your handset to transform into a wave-riding Twitter notifications window.

13 May 2016 • 07:23 AMT
China official urges U.S. to refrain from rash actions in S. China Sea row

Earlier, China scrambled fighter jets as a U.S. navy guided missile destroyer sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea.

13 May 2016 • 07:13 AMT
Turkish military says 15 PKK militants killed in southeast: broadcaster

Turkey has been clashing with militants in sweeps across the southeast, which has seen some of the worst fighting.

13 May 2016 • 07:02 AMT
Rhode Island House, Senate affirm Armenian Genocide resolutions

The chambers said they will continue to recognize, remember, and urge the President to acknowledge that Turkey committed Genocide.

13 May 2016 • 06:55 AMT
EBRD honors Ameriabank with Deal of the Year – Energy Efficiency award

Ameriabank has issued two letters of credit for Alternative Energy LLC which were approved and financed by Commerzbank.

13 May 2016 • 06:42 AMT
U.S. naval commander demoted over Iran incident

In January, the sailors – nine men and a woman – were detained when one of their two vessels broke down while training in the Gulf.

13 May 2016 • 06:39 AMT
Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Syria

Mustafa Amine Badreddine died in a large explosion near Damascus airport, Hezbollah said in a statement on the website of its al-Manar network.

13 May 2016 • 06:13 AMT
Azerbaijan fires from various caliber mortars towards Karabakh posts

The Nagorno Karabakh frontline units mainly showed restraint, taking retaliatory measures only in case of extreme necessity.

12 May 2016 • 18:16 AMT
First trailer for Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”

The film follows 19-year-old private Billy Lynn who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, return home temporarily for a victory tour.

12 May 2016 • 18:12 AMT
Bleecker Street nabs Jamie Dornan – Cillian Murphy war drama “Anthropoid”

Dornan stars in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy. Murphy starred in “In the Heart of the Sea.”

12 May 2016 • 14:31 AMT
EU, Germany say “ball in Turkey’s court” on visa waiver issue

German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledged that “we have a strong interest in this agreement on migration not collapsing.”

12 May 2016 • 14:24 AMT
Armenia only EEU country to register economic growth in 2015: official

Armenia’s exports to Belarus showed a 45% hike in the first two months of 2016 against the same period last year, Valovaya noted.