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04 May 2016 • 07:54 AMT
Media union says crackdown puts Egypt “at war” with press

Human rights activists accuse the President of running an ultra-authoritarian regime that has violently suppressed all opposition.

04 May 2016 • 07:43 AMT
Oprah Winfrey to topline “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”

Winfrey teams up with “True Blood” creator Alan Ball to adapt Rebecca Skloot’s nonfiction bestseller.

04 May 2016 • 07:26 AMT
Nigeria officials “stole $15bn from fight against Boko Haram”

Several allies of ex-President Goodluck have been put on trial after being accused of awarding fake arms contracts worth $2bn.

04 May 2016 • 07:20 AMT
Miles Teller boxing drama “Bleed for This” lands awards season release

The film tells the true story of one of the most inspiring comebacks in sports history – that of Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza.

04 May 2016 • 07:15 AMT
PKK car bomb attack leaves one dead, five wounded in Turkey

PKK militants were behind the attack at 00:50 am near a gendarmerie base in Mardin province, near the Syrian border.

04 May 2016 • 07:10 AMT
Azerbaijani soldier killed on Karabakh contact line: Defense Ministry

An Azerbaijani soldier, Private Yuzbayov Amrah Aydin oglu was killed on the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh on May 3.

04 May 2016 • 07:04 AMT
Michael Fassbender eyed to play serial killer in “Entering Hades”

Broad Green has closed a deal for rights to “Entering Hades,” which is based on John Leake’s true crime novel.

04 May 2016 • 06:58 AMT
West Virginia recognizes Armenian Genocide

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s proclamation declared April 2016 as “Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month” in the Mountain State.

04 May 2016 • 06:53 AMT
Mark Millar’s “Empress” comic book to get big screen treatment

F. Scott Frazier, whose credits include “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” and “Alice in Wonderland”, is penning the script.

04 May 2016 • 06:46 AMT
Azerbaijan fires from sniper rifles towards Armenian positions

The Armenian Armed Forces continue controlling the situation on the border and retaliate only in case of extreme necessity.

04 May 2016 • 06:42 AMT
Kristen Stewart to make directorial debut with short film “Water”

Other famous women which will also be making their directorial debuts with Refinery29 include Chloe Sevigny with her film “Kitty”.

04 May 2016 • 06:42 AMT
Kenya foils “large-scale” IS-linked biological attack: police

Police did not name the network, but said it stretches across the country and outside its borders, including to Somalia, Libya and Syria.

04 May 2016 • 06:19 AMT
Azerbaijan violates Karabakh truce, shoots from firearms, mortars

Karabakh frontline units continue controlling the situation on the contact line retaliating only in case of extreme necessity.

03 May 2016 • 22:51 AMT
El Chapo drama series, “#Cartel” in the works at History

History described #Cartel as a story of power, money, sex and the human cost of the drug wars like none ever seen on television.

03 May 2016 • 22:47 AMT
Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston to tolpline “Above Suspicion” thriller

The story follows a newly married FBI agent as he is assigned to an Appalachian mountain town.

03 May 2016 • 22:39 AMT
Ellen Page’s “Flatliners” remake adds cast

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” helmer Niels Arden Oplev will direct the movie, which also stars Diego Luna and Nina Dobrev.

03 May 2016 • 22:30 AMT
“Twilight” author adapting YA book franchise “Anna Dressed in Blood”

Stephenie Meyer optioned the book “Anna Dressed in Blood,” the first novel in the two-book series, from author Kendare Blake.

03 May 2016 • 14:37 AMT
Spain King signs decree to hold new elections on June 26

Analysts say parties will likely be more willing to compromise after fresh polls as voters will be impatient for a government to be formed.

03 May 2016 • 13:56 AMT
Possible direct Yerevan-Kuwait flights in top officials’ focus

The parties hailed Armenia-Kuwait relations and expressed readiness to further deepen ties in justice and other sectors.

03 May 2016 • 13:50 AMT
IS fighters breach peshmerga defenses, briefly take over town in Iraq

“There were many suicide bombers and suicide car bombs,” said Safa Eliyas, the head of the Nineveh Protection Forces.

03 May 2016 • 13:47 AMT
Red Hot Chili Peppers dropping new song, “Dark Necessities” on May 5

A new album could potentially come as the group gear up to the play T in the Park and the Reading and Leeds Festival this summer.

03 May 2016 • 13:39 AMT
Amazon “invests in TrackR to expand Alexa’s reach”

Like Siri and Google Now Alexa is designed to answer questions or take other actions in response to simple voice queries.

03 May 2016 • 13:33 AMT
EU says Brexit “poses considerable risk to European, UK economies”

It projected annual growth of 1.8% in 2016 and 1.9% in 2017, compared to its earlier forecast in February of 2.1% for both years.

03 May 2016 • 13:30 AMT
The Who announce summer UK arena tour

The band are also lined up to play a new fest over in the US – alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and more.

03 May 2016 • 13:25 AMT
The Rock En Seine music festival adds more stellar names

The Festival adds Editors, Aurora, Slaves, La Femme, Soulwax, L7, Peaches, Logic, Miike Snow, Dua Lipa, Beau and many more.

03 May 2016 • 13:15 AMT
Whatsapp banned in Brazil for 72 hours

Whatsapp was banned in December for 48 hours after failing to cooperate in a criminal investigation.

03 May 2016 • 13:08 AMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan named Bundesliga Player of the Month for April

The Armenian playmaker had a hand in all three goals as BVB overcame VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 31, scoring one himself.

03 May 2016 • 13:04 AMT
Johnson & Johnson loses 2nd ovarian cancer case, must pay $55mn

The company is facing about 1,200 lawsuits accusing it of failing to adequately warn consumers about its talc-based products’ cancer risks.

03 May 2016 • 12:55 AMT
OSCE PA restates support for Minsk Group format in Karabakh conflict

Currently in Helsinki, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Kanerva and briefed him on Azerbaijan’s recent aggression

03 May 2016 • 12:26 AMT
Banking giant HSBC reports 14% drop in profits

According to market research firm IHS, 499 million fingerprint sensors were sold globally in 2015.