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08 December 2015 • 07:34 AMT
Hidden portrait found under Mona Lisa, French scientist says

Pascal Cotte has pioneered a technique called Layer Amplification Method (LAM), which he used to analyse the Mona Lisa.

08 December 2015 • 07:23 AMT
Spain, Colombia agree over talks on treasure ship

The remains of the legendary San Jose, which went down in 1708 off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, were found last Nov. 27.

08 December 2015 • 07:09 AMT
Bomb threat forces Air France flight to divert to Montreal

Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport is in contact with Air France and the “investigation is on” to find out more.

08 December 2015 • 07:03 AMT
250 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani army registered Dec 7-8

250 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani armed forces were registered, with over 2700 shots fired from various caliber artillery weapons.

08 December 2015 • 06:52 AMT
Japan’s economy expands, avoids technical recession

Japan, which is the world’s third-biggest economy, has been in recession four times since the global financial crisis.

08 December 2015 • 06:49 AMT
EU, Armenia launch negotiations for new agreement

“Our shared common values and strong commitment to democracy and rule of law will form the basis of the agreement,” Mogherini said.

08 December 2015 • 06:45 AMT
Pentagon confirms death of IS head in Libya

Abu Nabil was an Iraqi national and former al Qaeda operative before assuming his role as head of the Islamic State’s Libya affiliate.

08 December 2015 • 06:42 AMT
U.S. P-8 spy plane to be deployed to Singapore amid China tensions

The aircraft will be deployed to Singapore later this month for stepping up maritime security in the South China Sea region.

08 December 2015 • 06:34 AMT
Swine flu outbreak in Iran leaves 33 dead

ISNA reported that around 600 people had received hospital treatment after contracting the virus in Kerman province.

08 December 2015 • 06:31 AMT
Syrian rebels to meet in Saudi Arabia

The group’s commander will not attend, reportedly because his forces lost control of a road he was planning to use to leave Damascus.

08 December 2015 • 06:20 AMT
Russia expects Iran nuke deal to be implemented in January

The draft resolution drawn up by the major powers and sent to others, contained provisions that both sides could claim as victories.

07 December 2015 • 18:36 AMT
“Rock The Kasbah” star to topline “Inertia” thriller

Beejan Land will play a war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who starts investigating the mysterious death of his father.

07 December 2015 • 18:09 AMT
Bill Murray joins Wes Anderson’s animated project

Murray will star alongside Jeff Goldblum, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton and Bob Balaban, who will lend their voice to a pack of dogs.

07 December 2015 • 14:27 AMT
Top UN agencies seek record $20 bln funding for 2016

The agencies say they are only half-funded in their 2015 appeals for $19.9 billion and face a total funding gap of $10.2 billion.

07 December 2015 • 14:14 AMT
Magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattles Tajikistan

The Main Pamir Thrust, beneath mountains in Tajikistan, produces numerous earthquakes as the Indian and Eurasian plates collide.

07 December 2015 • 14:06 AMT
Armenia constitutional referendum driven by political interests: PACE

The PACE delegation regrets that the authorities were not more concerned by the integrity of the process leading to a new constitution.

07 December 2015 • 13:56 AMT
Germany on course for 1 million asylum-seekers

Registered asylum seekers are not always accepted however, and rates of success vary from country to country.

07 December 2015 • 13:38 AMT
NATO rules out sending ground troops to fight IS militants in Syria

Most victims and most of those who fight against the IS are Muslims. We cannot carry on this struggle for them,” Stoltenberg said.

07 December 2015 • 13:36 AMT
Beijing going into shutdown amid highest-level smog alert

The alert comes as China, the world’s largest polluter, takes part in talks on carbon emissions in Paris.

07 December 2015 • 13:27 AMT
Judd Nelson joins Ansel Elgort in “Billionaire Boys Club” remake

Nelson will portray Ryan Hunt, the father of Elgort’s Joe Hunt. He originally played Joe Hunt in the 1987 TV mini-series.

07 December 2015 • 13:20 AMT
Ethan Hawke joins Luc Besson sci-fi “Valerian”

Hawke starred recently in “Boyhood” and “Born to Be Blue.” He’s also starring in Sony-MGM’s remake of “The Magnificent Seven.”

07 December 2015 • 13:06 AMT
Baku confirms death of Azeri officer

According to some sources, two other servicemen were wounded on Saturday, December 5, in Tartar region of the contact line with Karabakh.

07 December 2015 • 12:48 AMT
EU seeks to form Common Aviation Area with Armenia

The agreement with Armenia would complement the Common Aviation Area which the EU is developing with neighboring countries.

07 December 2015 • 12:29 AMT
Google gives online arts viewers prime seats to operas, concerts

Google Cultural Institute launched an immersive 360-degree viewing experience in an alliance with performing arts organizations.

07 December 2015 • 12:15 AMT
Rare Ludwig van Beethoven signature to star in RR Auction sale

The signature is framed with a portrait of Beethoven and is offered alongside a number of interesting musical lots.

07 December 2015 • 12:01 AMT
Apple quadruples storage limit for music

Users can now have online music libraries that are twice the size of the 50,000 tracks that Google Play Music offers.

07 December 2015 • 11:51 AMT
Spotify’s new feature gives users break down of their year in music

Last week, Spotify released its global end-of-year review and confirmed that Drake was the most-streamed artist of 2015 with around 1.8 billion plays.

07 December 2015 • 11:27 AMT
Syria says U.S.-led coalition struck army camp, coalition refutes claim

Three armored vehicles, four military vehicles, heavy machine-guns and an arms and ammunition depot were destroyed, Syria said.

07 December 2015 • 11:24 AMT
Toshiba to face $60 mln fine over profit overstating scandal

The company’s stock has plunged more than 40% since April, when reports of irregularities in its accounting practices began to surface.

07 December 2015 • 11:04 AMT
“Hunger Games,” “Krampus” top box office charts

“Spectre” took 5th position with $5.4 million. The latest Bond adventure has generated $184.5 million since opening at the beginning of November.