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20 January 2016 • 13:34 AMT
Berlin Film Festival completes its Competition program

The Festival has completed its Competition program, and has added Spike Lee’s satire “Chi-Raq” as an out-of-competition title.

20 January 2016 • 13:13 AMT
Islamic State says two Paris attackers were Iraqi

French officials had identified nine attackers but there were doubts about the nationalities of two men involved in the Stade de France bombings.

20 January 2016 • 13:09 AMT
Napoleon & Josephine marriage document going up for sale

Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Josephine, was one of the most celebrated women of the 19th century.

20 January 2016 • 13:06 AMT
$5 million Ebola vaccine deal signed

The deal commits pharmaceutical company Merck to keeping 300,000 vaccines ready for emergency use or further trials.

20 January 2016 • 13:06 AMT
Marketers to introduce email, Facebook buy buttons in 2016: study

The results indicate an even higher emphasis in 2016, with close to 60% more marketers projected to utilize buy buttons this coming year.

20 January 2016 • 12:57 AMT
Spotify’s latest acquisitions to boost music discovery, voice messaging

The first acquisition is Soundwave creates profiles for its users by tracking what they’re listening to on various streaming services.

20 January 2016 • 12:57 AMT
France’s Guimet Museum returns looted statue head to Cambodia

Cambodia is hunting down its lost artworks and statues in a bit to retrieve valued historical artefacts.

20 January 2016 • 12:20 AMT
Russian ruble strikes new low of 80.179 against dollar

The Russian ruble weakened to a new record low against the dollar as the mood on global markets was torrid and oil prices slumped.

20 January 2016 • 12:17 AMT
Armenian church on Akhtamar Island “to celebrate mass regularly”

According to some reports, the Turkish government plans to increase fundamental rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the country.

20 January 2016 • 12:08 AMT
Netflix hits the milestone of 75 million subscribers

Going forward, Netflix has pledged to spend more money breaking into new territories following its aggressive expansion during the last quarter.

20 January 2016 • 11:46 AMT
Afghan troops in “desperate need of reinforcements” against Taliban

Afghan police fight on the frontlines, often without the equipment and backup of the army, which means casualties are higher.

20 January 2016 • 11:44 AMT
H1N1 swine flu leaves 18 dead in Armenia

“94 out of 124 pregnant women, 982 out of 1230 patients with acute respiratory viruses are under supervision,” the Minister stated.

20 January 2016 • 11:30 AMT
“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams fuels new Jon Snow theories

The idea that ‘Jon Snow won’t “be alive” sparks some unpleasant possibilities for the actor’s return.

20 January 2016 • 11:11 AMT
Russia may cut price for Armenia gas supplies, Energy Minister says

Chshmarityan failed to name the exact figure, noting, however, that a possibility of price cut does exist.

20 January 2016 • 10:55 AMT
New satellite photos show Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery destroyed

The Greek letters chi and rho, representing the first two letters of Christ’s name, were carved near the entrance.

20 January 2016 • 10:52 AMT
Norwegian crime thriller-based “Eyewitness” picked up to series

“Eyewitness” arrives as the nation continues to be captivated by Netflix’s true-crime docuseries “Making a Murderer.”

20 January 2016 • 10:29 AMT
Ukraine to file complaint with WTO over Russia’s trade ban

In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to suspend the free trade treaty with Ukraine, starting this year.

20 January 2016 • 10:27 AMT
Syrian oppositions says won’t attend talks if third party joins

The council referred reference to a Russian bid to include other groups in the process that was due to be launched next week.

20 January 2016 • 10:16 AMT
New Green Day album on the way, Instagram post suggests

On Christmas Eve, they surprise released a Christmas single, “Xmas Time Of The Year”- their first new music in 3 years.

20 January 2016 • 10:12 AMT
First Arabic film on Armenian Genocide to be screened in New York

The movie unwraps archival photos and materials, most of which were released for the first time to confirm the Genocide of 1915.

20 January 2016 • 10:01 AMT
Guns N’ Roses announce new reunion concerts in Las Vegas

The hard rock legends were revealed earlier this month as the headliners for California’s Coachella festival.

20 January 2016 • 09:54 AMT
Two thirds of Norway’s oil wealth could disappear

Last week the price of North Sea oil fell below $30 per barrel. By comparison, the price was at $110 in the summer of 2014.

20 January 2016 • 09:25 AMT
IMF downgrades global growth forecast for 2016

According to the report, a modest and uneven recovery is expected to continue in advanced economies.

20 January 2016 • 09:15 AMT
Yura Movsisyan: I’m back to U.S. to win championships

“I needed to come back, I wanted to come back and I’m extremely, extremely excited to be back,” Yura Movsisyan said at the club’s team store.

20 January 2016 • 09:12 AMT
Vietnam presses China to withdraw oil rig from disputed waters

“Vietnam demands that China not conduct any drilling activities and withdraw the oil rig from this area,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

20 January 2016 • 09:12 AMT
“How I Met Your Mother” team back at CBS with “My Time/Your Time”

The hybrid comedy chronicles the relationship of a young couple as they begin dating long distance.

20 January 2016 • 08:52 AMT
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence to star as Fidel Castro’s lover for Sony

“Marita” centers on Lorenz and how she met and began an affair with Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1959 when she was 19 years old.

20 January 2016 • 08:43 AMT
IS releases 270 of 400 civilians abducted in east Syria: monitor

The group rounded up another 50 men during raids on houses in areas seized during four days of fighting in Deir ez-Zor, the provincial capital.

20 January 2016 • 08:37 AMT
Russia shows military might ahead of Syria peace talks

The negotiations are meant to pave the way for a political settlement with a new constitution and elections in a year and a half.

20 January 2016 • 08:31 AMT
HTC mulls spinning off Vive VR business into separate company

Virtual reality is expected to be a huge growth sector in 2016 and early reviews of the Vive are promising.