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24 June 2015 • 07:05 AMT
Gmail lets users recall hasty messages

Google has made Undo Send an official feature of its email service, moving it from the confines of the labs menu to the mainstream.

24 June 2015 • 06:39 AMT
Over 3 million displaced by Iraq conflict: UN

The regions have been hardest hit by fighting between Islamic State (IS) militants and pro-government forces.

24 June 2015 • 06:29 AMT
Gaza militants launch rocket at Israel

There were no injuries or damage after the rocket fell near the community of Yad Mordechai, Israeli police and the military said.

24 June 2015 • 06:17 AMT
Syria Kurds capture key town from Islamic State

The YPG captured the town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border last week, cutting a major supply line for IS.

24 June 2015 • 06:02 AMT
NSA spied on French presidents, WikiLeaks says

WikiLeaks said the documents derived from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of Hollande, Sarkozy and Chirac.

23 June 2015 • 14:01 AMT
Marc Forster to helm Stanley Kubrick’s civil war trilogy “Downslope”

Kubrick wrote the script following the release of his allegorical war film “Fear and Desire” and prior to directing his WWI drama “Paths of Glory.”

23 June 2015 • 13:45 AMT
E.L. James’ “Grey” sells 1.1 million copies in 4 days

The “50 Shades” trilogy has sold over 125 million copies worldwide. The 1st book in the franchise became an all-time best-selling Kindle book.

23 June 2015 • 13:31 AMT
Ameriabank gets Innovative Company of the Year prize

DigiBusiness prize was awarded in various categories to companies operating outside the IT industry.

23 June 2015 • 13:08 AMT
Parliament OKs electricity network improvement loan deal

The project is implemented by Yerevan Heat Power Plant and High Voltage Electric Networks closed joint stock company

23 June 2015 • 12:22 AMT
Apple “working on new display technology”

The Cupertino firm is attempting to combine touch and display drivers in a single chip and integrate Touch ID into the handset’s display.

23 June 2015 • 12:10 AMT
Twitter starts search for new CEO

The Board has assembled a search committee, which includes leading global executive search firm Spencer Stuart, to identify potential candidates.

23 June 2015 • 10:14 AMT
Govt. troops, rebels targeting civilians in Syria: UN

More than 220,000 people have been killed in the four-year conflict which 4 million refugees have fled.

23 June 2015 • 09:57 AMT
Over 200 detained after electricity hike rally dispersed in Yerevan

Also, twenty-five people were taken to different medical institutions of Armenia in the wake of the overnight clashes.

23 June 2015 • 09:40 AMT
Robert Downey Jr. to produce, star in “Chasing Phil” con man film

Warners picked up the screen rights to the book for Team Downey and the studio also acquired the life rights of FBI agents Jim Wedick and Jack Brennan.

23 June 2015 • 09:12 AMT
“Independence Day” sequel gets official title, plot details

Director Roland Emmerich hinted that the sequel would take place 20 years after the alien attack in the first film.

23 June 2015 • 09:01 AMT
Fragile States Index: Armenia tops list of countries with low risk levels

The Fragile States Index 2015 assesses the ability or inability of the authorities to maintain integrity of the territory.

23 June 2015 • 08:39 AMT
Police use water cannons to disperse electricity price hike rally in Yerevan

Activists launched the “No to Plunder” initiative against electricity price hike on the evening of June 22 outside the presidential residence.

23 June 2015 • 07:55 AMT
Britain, France demand Iran nuke inspections

Iran and the P5+1 agreed in April on the main outlines of what would be a historic deal scaling down Tehran’s nuclear programme.

23 June 2015 • 07:31 AMT
Russia to prolong embargo on Western food imports: government

EU foreign ministers formally agreed to prolong damaging economic sanctions against Russia until January 2016.

23 June 2015 • 07:13 AMT
Microsoft offers Windows 10 free to anyone who tests it

Users must sign up for the Windows Insider programme to take part in the trial, but that’s the only caveat.

23 June 2015 • 07:09 AMT
Amazon to pay e-book authors based on page reads during trial

They will be paid for each page that remains open on a Kindle device long enough for it to have been read in its entirety.

23 June 2015 • 06:34 AMT
Brandhorst Museum features “Warholmania in Munich” exhibit

This exhibition and the accompanying programme of events lift the veil on the entire spectrum of Andy Warhol’s work.

23 June 2015 • 06:14 AMT
Oscar-winning “Titanic” composer James Horner dies in plane crash

The two-time Oscar winner worked on three James Cameron films, as well as “A Beautiful Mind,” “Troy” and “Apollo 13.”

23 June 2015 • 06:01 AMT
U.S., China hold “candid” talks ahead of annual dialogue

U.S. concerns have been mounting about Beijing’s challenge to its dominance of global finance and about restrictions on U.S. businesses in China.

23 June 2015 • 05:51 AMT
Syrian Kurds seize military base from Islamic State

Islamic State had held the military base, Liwa 93, southwest of Ain Issa, since capturing it from the Syrian military last year.

22 June 2015 • 14:13 AMT
Parliament debates on $150 million loan agreement with EDB

The loan will be used to finance construction of a 20.5 – kilometer section of the Corridor from the town of Agarak to Kajaran.

22 June 2015 • 13:53 AMT
Black Church, Feke fortress under construction in Cilician Armenia

According to district governor, Hasan Gezer, the place is planned to be turned into an important tourist attraction.

22 June 2015 • 13:05 AMT
Apple patent signals end of plastic strips on iPhones

The patent is for a ‘non-capacitive or radio frequency-transparent material with anodized metal appearance.’

22 June 2015 • 12:35 AMT
WikiLeaks publishes 270,000 more docs from Sony hack attack

In April, Julian Assange’s site first uploaded over 170,000 documents — mostly emails — from the illegal hack of Sony’s computer system last fall.

22 June 2015 • 11:26 AMT
EU extends Russia sanctions to 2016

EU and U.S. sanctions target associates of President Vladimir Putin and Russian state banks, military and energy firms.