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01 September 2015 • 06:56 AMT
BlackBerry Android phone leak shows off retractable keyboard

The phone is expected to combine touchscreen functionality with BlackBerry’s signature physical keys.

01 September 2015 • 06:37 AMT
Google’s Nexus 8 tablet pic “leaks online”

Google is expected to announce the tablet next month alongside Nexus smartphones from Huawei and LG.

01 September 2015 • 06:23 AMT
Trainloads of migrants arrive in Germany as EU asylum rules collapse

As migrants continued to arrive from the east, authorities let thousands of undocumented people travel on towards Germany.

01 September 2015 • 06:03 AMT
Prominent Armenian benefactor Vahak Hovnanian dies at 81

A lover of “all things Armenian,” Hovnanian dedicated himself to supporting and preserving Armenian culture and heritage.

01 September 2015 • 06:02 AMT
UN confirms Palmyra’s Temple of Bel destroyed

There had been earlier reports of an explosion at the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, which is held by militants from the Islamic State (IS) group.

01 September 2015 • 05:39 AMT
Yen, euro edge higher as equities retreat

The euro rose 0.5 percent to $1.1263, extending its recovery from last week’s one-week low of $1.1156.

31 August 2015 • 14:49 AMT
Thai woman wanted for deadly Bangkok bombing said to be in Turkey

Police issued an arrest warrant for her, as she was listed as having rented an apartment where bomb-making materials were found.

31 August 2015 • 14:19 AMT
Vatican beatifies Catholic bishop murdered during Genocide

Bishop Michael Melki was a Syrian Catholic cleric martyred during the 1915 Armenian Genocide for refusing to convert to Islam.

31 August 2015 • 14:09 AMT
“Concussion” sports drama trailer features Will Smith

The film tells the real-life story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who first discovered the link between football injuries and early-onset dementia.

31 August 2015 • 13:59 AMT
China to open high-speed rail line to North Korean border

The line, under construction since 2010, will run 207 km and will shorten the train journey from 3 1/2 hours to just over one hour.

31 August 2015 • 13:52 AMT
Davutoglu: Azeri borders safe as long as Baku has Turkey’s support

“We are always together. Azerbaijan’s holidays are our holidays, and vice versa,” PM Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters.

31 August 2015 • 13:46 AMT
Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. in “Captain America: Civil War” teaser

Directed by the Russo brothers, “Civil War” is scheduled to open in North American theaters on May 6, 2016.

31 August 2015 • 13:17 AMT
100 police injured in Ukraine’s Kiev protest blast after MPs vote

MPs had just voted in a rowdy session to approve more powers in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk under control of pro-Russian rebels.

31 August 2015 • 12:59 AMT
Armenia’s foreign trade turnover drops by 19.9% in 7 months

Armenia’s exports totaled $847 million, up 0,1% from last year, while the imports amounted to $1,810 million, dropping by 26,7%.

31 August 2015 • 11:51 AMT
“Argo” star Chris Messina joins Ben Affleck in “Live By Night”

Best known for “The Mindy Project,” Messina can currently be seen in Joe Swanberg‘s “Digging For Fire.”

31 August 2015 • 11:23 AMT
Martin Scorsese’s “The Audition” yanked off Venice Film Fest

“The Audition” will star such A-listers as Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Robert De Niro. It’s scripted by Oscar nominee Terence Winter.

31 August 2015 • 10:46 AMT
Apple TV 4 pricing, availability, product lineup plans emerge

Apple’s next-generation Apple TV will include Siri support, a new remote control, a refreshed user interface and an App Store.

31 August 2015 • 10:17 AMT
Facebook works on tool to identify unauthorized video postings

Facebook said the new matching technology is a work in progress and plans to coordinate with partners to improve it over time.

31 August 2015 • 09:40 AMT
Metallica deliver epic headline set at Reading Festival

Rob Trujillo’s seemingly never ending bass solo baffled many, but true highlights included a laser show and fitting tribute to fallen troops.

31 August 2015 • 09:32 AMT
LOT Polish Airlines returns to Armenian market

LOT Polish Airlines suspended flights to Yerevan on July 1, 2015 for purposes of restructuring its schedule.

31 August 2015 • 09:29 AMT
Disturbed’s “Immortalized” lands atop of Billboard 200

The album follows their previous efforts including “Asylum”, “Indestructible”, “Ten Thousand Fists” and “Believe”.

31 August 2015 • 09:25 AMT
Istanbul to host new Armenian school opening Sept 28

Currently, there are 22 minority schools In Istanbul: five of them are Greek, one is Jewish, and the remaining 16 are Armenian.

31 August 2015 • 09:14 AMT
Singapore lifts two-decade ban on HIV-positive visitors

The three-month restriction is aimed at preventing long-term residence by foreigners, looking to work in the island-nation.

31 August 2015 • 07:55 AMT
Titanic’s last lunch menu going to auction

The online auctioneer Lion Heart Autographs is offering the menu and two other previously unknown artifacts from Lifeboat 1.

31 August 2015 • 07:42 AMT
Saudi-led air strike leaves 36 Yemeni civilians dead

More than 4,300 people have been killed in five months of war in Yemen while disease and suffering in the already impoverished country have spread.

31 August 2015 • 07:35 AMT
Italy’s Eni says found huge gas field off Egyptian coast

Eni’s find follows other significant gas discoveries in the Mediterranean in recent years, including by Egypt’s neighbour Israel.

31 August 2015 • 07:19 AMT
Legendary horror maestro Wes Craven dies at 76

Craven directed the first installment of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984) which starred Johnny Depp.

31 August 2015 • 07:10 AMT
Armie Hammer joins Jake Gyllenhaal in Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals”

The story tells of a woman who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion.

31 August 2015 • 06:49 AMT
White House mulls sanctions over Chinese cyber theft: Washington Post

The newspaper said a final determination on whether to issue the sanctions was expected soon, possibly as early as the next two weeks.

31 August 2015 • 06:35 AMT
Islamic State destroys part of another ancient Palmyra temple

IS has ransacked and demolished several similar sites that predate Islam in Iraq, seeing them as symbols of “idolatry”.