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21 April 2016 • 10:50 AMT
Olympic torch for Rio games lit in southern Greece

The lighting ceremony took place in Ancient Olympia, where the games took place for more than 1,000 years.

21 April 2016 • 10:48 AMT
Facebook Messenger now offers group calls with up to 50 people

This experience will be similar to a person-to-person call, except that the screen will display the group’s name and the list of members.

21 April 2016 • 10:41 AMT
Huge U.S.-Mexico drugs tunnel discovered in San Diego

Officials say the 800m (874 yards) tunnel was used to transport an “unprecedented cache” of cocaine and marijuana.

21 April 2016 • 10:39 AMT
Opera desktop browser gets native VPN support

You have to flick a virtual switch to get a 256-bit encrypted connection that prevents sites or governments from blocking content.

21 April 2016 • 10:11 AMT
“Mr. Robot” season 2 premiere date revealed in new teasers

“Mr. Robot” season 2 kicks off July 13 on USA Network. Series creator Sam Esmail is directing all 10 episodes of the season.

21 April 2016 • 09:57 AMT
Adam Devine to topline “Paternity Leave” comedy

He’ll next be seen starring with Zac Efron in the Fox comedy Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, which opens July 7.

21 April 2016 • 09:56 AMT
6 Russian military helicopters delivered to Azerbaijan in 2015

Helicopter design and manufacturing company Russian Helicopters delivered as many as 212 aircraft to various customers in 2015.

21 April 2016 • 09:30 AMT
U.S.-led raid targets top IS figure, Pentagon employs B-52 bomber

The raid by U.S. special operators on a mission to kill or capture IS leaders, occurred in Iraq and targeted Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri.

21 April 2016 • 09:27 AMT
Max Greenfield to star with Brie Larson in “The Glass Castle”

Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts are also on board to star in the film from “Short Term 12” director Destin Daniel Cretton.

21 April 2016 • 09:24 AMT
Sundance Film Festival’s London spinoff unveils lineup

Among selected titles are Clea DuVall’s “The Intervention,” for which Melanie Lynskey won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award.

21 April 2016 • 09:20 AMT
VivaCell-MTS offers 4G smartphone for AMD 1 to 24-month subscribers

“Creating proposals that meet the financial capacity of all our subscribers is a priority for the company,” Ralph Yirikian said.

21 April 2016 • 09:19 AMT
Ecuador to increase taxes, sell assets to fund quake reconstruction

The death toll from the quake neared 600 and rescue missions ebbed as the traumatized Andean nation braced itself for long and costly rebuilding.

21 April 2016 • 09:06 AMT
Armenian Genocide Commemoration to be held on Capitol Hill Apr 27

On April 24, a special Badarak (Mass) will be celebrated on the occasion of the 101st Year of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.

21 April 2016 • 08:40 AMT
UN Chief’s Armenia trip postponed

It was earlier reported that the Secretary-General will arrive in Armenia on April 25 as part of his official visit to the South Caucasus countries.

21 April 2016 • 08:38 AMT
Mitsubishi Motors office raided over falsified fuel economy tests

Mitsubishi has admitted that employees altered data to flatter mileage rates on more than 600,000 vehicles.

21 April 2016 • 08:26 AMT
“Largest ever” evacuations from besieged Syrian towns carried out

Half are coming from towns blockaded by pro-government forces, and half from towns blocked off by rebels.

21 April 2016 • 08:11 AMT
Kiev hosts Pan-Ukrainian summit to commemorate Armenian Genocide

A number of conferences, round-table discussions and lectures on the Genocide are organized throughout Ukraine these days.

21 April 2016 • 08:10 AMT
China seeks deeper military ties with Afghanistan

China wants to promote a regional counter-terrorism mechanism to “jointly protect regional peace, stability and development”, Fang said.

21 April 2016 • 08:06 AMT
French Minister: Conditions necessary to eradicate IS “coming together”

“I note that Daesh (Islamic State) is retreating and that Daesh is retreating significantly,” Le Drian said.

21 April 2016 • 07:53 AMT
SOAD’s Serj Tankian composes special track for Aurora Prize

“Of all the tracks I’ve composed and produced over the last few years, “Aurora’s Dream” is my favorite,” Serj Tankian said.

21 April 2016 • 07:49 AMT
Adam Sandler, David Spade fake own deaths in “The Do-Over” trailer

“I wish I could start from scratch, just get it right this time,” Spade’s character, Charlie, says.

21 April 2016 • 07:38 AMT
Bryan Cranston cracks the cartel in “The Infiltrator” trailer

“The Infiltrator” co-stars Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Yul Vazquez, and Oscar nominee Amy Ryan.

21 April 2016 • 07:27 AMT
April 24 final opportunity for Obama to address Armenian Genocide: Rep.

According to Schiff, regardless of what Obama says on April 24, Turkey will do exactly as it has always done in its relations with the U.S.

21 April 2016 • 07:02 AMT
Britain celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday

Queen Elizabeth will unveil a plaque in Windsor for a new local walking tour and set fire to the first of hundreds of beacons being lit up around the kingdom.

21 April 2016 • 06:58 AMT
1st trailer for “The Girl on the Train” starring Emily Blunt lands online

Laura Prepon, Rebecca Ferguson, Edgar Ramirez, Allison Janney and Lisa Kudrow also star in the best-seller adaptation.

21 April 2016 • 06:50 AMT
Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” sequel moved to 2017

The second “Blade Runner” film stars Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright and Dave Bautista.

21 April 2016 • 06:49 AMT
Azerbaijan uses sniper rifles in ceasefire violation on Armenia border

The Armenian units took retaliatory measures only in case of extreme necessity to continue controlling the situation on the border.

21 April 2016 • 06:44 AMT
Nina Dobrev joins Ellen Page in “Flatliners” sci-fi thriller reboot

In the Niels Arden Oplev-helmed project based the 1990 film, the actress will play Marlo, an overachiever who is the top of her class.

21 April 2016 • 06:42 AMT
North Korea reportedly resumes tunnel excavation at nuclear test site

Commercial satellite images of the test site taken showed two small ore carts on a track crossing a road from a tunnel entrance.

21 April 2016 • 06:36 AMT
Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander in new full trailer for “Jason Bourne”

Paul Greengrass is back at the helm with the script he wrote along with Damon and Christopher Rouse.