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15 January 2016 • 13:57 AMT
“Cloverfield” sequel unveils surprise trailer

“10 Cloverfield Lane” centers on a girl who, after losing consciousness in a car accident, wakes up in an underground cellar.

15 January 2016 • 13:32 AMT
Russia launches humanitarian operations in Syria

“Currently most of the aid is being sent to the city of Deir ez-Zor which has been besieged by ISIL terrorists for a long time,” an official said.

15 January 2016 • 13:27 AMT
Microsoft to roll out Windows 10 updates for Lumia phones

According to the description, the app “will tell if your Windows 8.1 phone is eligible to upgrade to Windows 10 Mobile.

15 January 2016 • 13:20 AMT
Armenia’s Russian air base pilots start flights on MiG-29 fighters

The pilots will fly fourth generation MiG-29 modern fighters in adverse weather conditions at altitudes of 4-5 km above sea level.

15 January 2016 • 13:19 AMT
China planning to send probe to dark side of the Moon in 2018

A spacecraft named Chang’e-4 will attempt the first-of-its-kind mission in history, said the head of China’s lunar exploration center.

15 January 2016 • 13:01 AMT
Writers urge UK PM to stop Turkish crackdown on freedom of speech

Hari Kunzru, one of the letter’s signatories, said the Turkish government had “revealed a deeply authoritarian streak”.

15 January 2016 • 12:57 AMT
Sotheby’s London to offer masterpieces from Polo Collection

The collection tells the story of a period of excellence in design, from the masters of the mid-19th century through to the pioneers of Modernism.

15 January 2016 • 12:55 AMT
Xiaomi says it shipped 70 million smartphones in 2015

Growth in smartphone sales is slowing down in China because of saturation of the market, said Anshul Gupta.

15 January 2016 • 12:53 AMT
Catalonia’s new President not planning secession yet

Carles Puigdemont told Catalan TV3 television he was not ditching his party’s pledge of secession but admitted it might take time.

15 January 2016 • 12:48 AMT
Wikimedia launches fund to raise $100mln over next 10 years

“One of the things we’re focused on is the rise of the internet in the developing world, and mainly on mobile,” Wales said.

15 January 2016 • 12:40 AMT
ECHR accepts case of Azerbaijan’s torture of Armenian captive

Khojoyan was held by Azerbaijani authorities for over a month, and subjected to torture and ill-treatment by a group of unknown persons.

15 January 2016 • 12:39 AMT
Polish parliament adopts disputed police surveillance rules

The legislation is another element in the sweeping reforms that the ruling conservative Law and Justice party.

15 January 2016 • 12:14 AMT
Peggy Guggenheim Collection exceeds 400,000 visitors in 2015

2016 will center on postwar art: three exhibitions, with some of the great names that have left their mark on the international artistic stage.

15 January 2016 • 11:56 AMT
Turkey’s attacks in Syria, Iraq kill 200 Islamic State militants

“After the incident on Tuesday … close to 500 artillery and tank shells were fired on Daesh positions in Syria and Iraq,” PM Ahmet Davutoglu said.

15 January 2016 • 11:52 AMT
Public Council awaits clarification on Patriarch Kirill’s Genocide statement

“We are glad that that Russian political leadership doesn’t follow such an interpretation of facts, the Council’s application reads.

15 January 2016 • 11:46 AMT
Al-Shabab militants capture African Union base in Somalia

Residents said that al-Shabab had raised its flag at a camp for Kenyan troops and said insurgents had paraded bodies through the town.

15 January 2016 • 11:36 AMT
Austrian archeologists find 1,500-year-old wooden foot

The discovery was made in the grave of a man missing his left foot and ankle at Hemmaberg in southern Austria.

15 January 2016 • 11:11 AMT
Iceman’s gut microbes shed light on human migration: scientists

“Surprisingly, a strain of bacterium in his gut shares ancestry with an Asian strain,” said the study in the U.S. journal Science.

15 January 2016 • 11:06 AMT
Real, Atletico banned from registering players for 2 transfer windows

FIFA says its rules are designed to protect minors who move to other countries and prevent soccer clubs from exploiting them.

15 January 2016 • 10:30 AMT
Freestyle Releasing picks up horror-thriller “Friend Request”

Alycia Debnam-Carey portrays a college student who faces grave consequences when she unfriends on social media a mysterious female loner.

15 January 2016 • 10:26 AMT
Turkey detains 12 academics denouncing action against Kurds

The operations have resulted in more than 100 civilian casualties and displaced thousands, human rights groups say.

15 January 2016 • 10:22 AMT
Indonesia police identify Jakarta attackers

Following recent IS threats, the country, which had been attacked by Islamist militants several times in the past, had been on high alert.

15 January 2016 • 10:20 AMT
Juncker says EU will find solution to UK reform demands in Feb

“I’m quite sure that we’ll have not a compromise, a solution… a permanent solution in February,” Jean-Claude Juncker said.

15 January 2016 • 09:56 AMT
Gravitas Ventures acquires “Crazy About Tiffany’s” documentary

The doc covers the brand’s history, exploring how a simple New York City jewelry store has woven itself into the American culture.

15 January 2016 • 09:41 AMT
France, Britain call for UN meeting to lift sieges on Syrian cities

France’s UN mission confirmed that a request for a public meeting was made to Uruguay, which currently holds the rotating council presidency.

15 January 2016 • 09:38 AMT
Apple reportedly working on cordless headphones for iPhone 7

Rumors are circulating that Apple is thinking about leaving off the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 to make the phone ever thinner.

15 January 2016 • 09:36 AMT
Celine Dion cancels shows after husband Rene Angelil’s death

Angelil was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. Dion had withdrawn herself away from the limelight several times to care for him.

15 January 2016 • 09:18 AMT
Adele dominating BRIT Awards nominations

The annual event will include a special musical tribute to David Bowie who passed away last weekend after 18-month battle with cancer.

15 January 2016 • 09:02 AMT
Microsoft enables Slack teams to make voice, video calls through Skype

Slack users can set up the feature by enabling the “add to Slack” button from Skype’s website and signing in with their Slack credentials.

15 January 2016 • 08:56 AMT
2 Azeri soldiers killed in contact line sabotage attempt

Having timely identified the rival groups, Karabakh Defense Army units took retaliatory measures, throwing the saboteurs back to their positions.