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24 August 2015 • 11:52 AMT
Poroshenko says war for Ukrainian independence continuing

“We must understand that the smallest misstep could be fatal,” the President said, addressing a crowd of several thousand.

24 August 2015 • 11:37 AMT
Russian Hockey Federation fined $85,000

Russia claimed its players had been confused after a gate was left open and had taken that as a signal to leave.

24 August 2015 • 10:56 AMT
French works of art offered for sale at Roseberys London

A late 19th century French ‘Japonisme’ Ormolu stand, highlights a selection of Furniture and Works of Art.

24 August 2015 • 10:42 AMT
Azeris continue ceasefire violations, 4 killed in action

On August 22-23, Azeri troops continued violating ceasefire at the line of contact with the Nagrono Karabakh armed forces.

24 August 2015 • 10:05 AMT
Foreign Secretary says UK will ‘tread carefully’ in relations with Iran

Hammond said an agreement on upgrading to full ambassador status is expected to be reached in the coming months.

24 August 2015 • 09:36 AMT
Oil prices hit 6-1/2-year low, worries intensify

“Today’s falls are not about oil market fundamentals. It’s all about China,” Carsten Fritsch, senior oil analyst at Commerzbank.

24 August 2015 • 08:28 AMT
Kasabian storm headline set at V Festival

The band will now be heading North to close the Staffordshire leg of the event, while Calvin Harris makes his way South.

24 August 2015 • 08:14 AMT
Luke Bryan continues ruling Billboard 200 with “Kill the Lights” album

Ed Sheeran’s “X” is sitting at No. 2. The album rises from last week’s No. 6 following the broadcast of his NBC TV concert special.

24 August 2015 • 07:58 AMT
Lebanon PM threatens to resign as protests continue in Beirut

A 3rd day of protests is planned in Lebanon where protesters have clashed with police over the failure to remove uncollected rubbish from the streets.

24 August 2015 • 07:45 AMT
Man who wrestled rifle from Paris train gunman turns out to be Armenian

Mark Moogalian, a 51-year-old professor at the Sorbonne, tackled Ayoub El-Khazzani during Friday, August 21’s bloody incident.

24 August 2015 • 07:29 AMT
Nintendo “planning gaming console without optical disc drive”

The unannounced machine may or may not be related to the company’s upcoming games system, which is codenamed NX.

24 August 2015 • 07:23 AMT
Spotify introduces controversial privacy policy

For its part, Spotify has claimed the privacy update is simply a means to “provide, personalise and improve your experience”.

24 August 2015 • 07:08 AMT
Deniz Gamze Erguven’s “Mustang” wins top prize at Sarajevo Film Fest

The film, set in a village in Turkey, centers on 5 sisters who are forced to stay home rather than go to school due to an allegation of impropriety.

24 August 2015 • 06:52 AMT
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck series “Project Greenlight” unveils new trailer

Starting with a digital competition on July 24, the series will be a revealing and uncensored look at the challenges facing a first-time director.

24 August 2015 • 06:27 AMT
“Straight Outta Compton” tops box office for 2nd consecutive week

The low-budget Jason Blum horror film “Sinister 2” did the best of the newcomers, taking third place with an underwhelming $10.6 million.

24 August 2015 • 06:07 AMT
1st look at Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg in Woody Allen’s new film

Blake Lively, Bruce Willis, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, Anna Camp, and Paul Schneider are also among the cast members.

24 August 2015 • 04:37 AMT
Belarusian President pardons six jailed opposition figures

The U.S. State Department called the release “an important step toward normalizing relations with the United States”.

24 August 2015 • 04:28 AMT
Iran says too early to talk of reopening U.S. embassy

The embassy was sacked in the early days of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 by students who feared a repeat of a 1953 coup.

24 August 2015 • 04:20 AMT
IS militants destroy Palmyra’s ancient temple

Islamic State took control of Palmyra in May, sparking fears the group might demolish the UNESCO World Heritage site.

22 August 2015 • 13:55 AMT
Denmark police hunt pair who stole Rodin sculpture

Two robbers have made off with a bronze bust by French sculptor Auguste Rodin from a Copenhagen museum in a bold theft in broad daylight.

22 August 2015 • 13:45 AMT
Hood Museum of Art exhibit reveals another side of Canaletto’s Venice

Known as Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal is famous for his luminous, sweeping views of the Grand Canal and Piazza San Marco.

22 August 2015 • 12:52 AMT
900 Azeri ceasefire violations reported August 16 – 22

Azerbaijan fired over 16 000 shots from various caliber weapons, including mortars and grenade launchers, towards the Artsakh positions.

22 August 2015 • 12:09 AMT
Turkish airstrikes kill 29 Kurdish militants in Iraq

More than a hundred people have been killed since July in renewed clashes between the Turkish security forces and the PKK.

22 August 2015 • 12:07 AMT
The Weeknd’s duet with Lana Del Rey “Prisoner” lands online

In addition to Del Rey, he worked with Ed Sheeran and Kanye West on the follow-up to 2013’s “Kiss Land”.

22 August 2015 • 11:40 AMT
Metallica’s Reading + Leeds set will be “mind-blowing”

This year’s fest is headlined by The Libertines, Mumford & Sons and Metallica: Alt-J, Jamie T, Wolf Alice will also perform, among others.

22 August 2015 • 10:41 AMT
Kristen Stewart to star as Chanel in Karl Lagerfeld’s short film

The film will follow a fictional biopic in the making about Gabrielle Chanel and offer a behind-the-scenes look at her career.

22 August 2015 • 10:17 AMT
“American Horror Story: Hotel” new teasers land online

One shows a faceless guy in the hallway pounding on the door and another sees an unknown hand choking a man.

22 August 2015 • 09:32 AMT
Iran unveils new surface-to-surface missile

The defense ministry said the Fateh 313, unveiled on Iran’s Defense Industry Day, had already been successfully tested.

22 August 2015 • 09:09 AMT
President submits draft amendments to constitution to parliament

President Sargsyan plans to begin consultations with representatives of political parties regarding the approaches stated in the draft.

22 August 2015 • 08:47 AMT
Samsung reportedly working on huge Android-based tablet

It will feature a TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, an octa-core 64-bit 1.6GHz Exynos 7580 processor.