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10 June 2015 • 08:32 AMT
J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts” to feature American wizardry school

Inspired by Hogwarts textbook of the same name, “Fantastic Beasts” is scheduled for a release in the U.S. on December 18, 2016.

10 June 2015 • 08:27 AMT
“Akira” Japanese manga classic to get film treatment

Marco J. Ramirez, the scribe who will be co-showrunning the second season of Netflix’s Daredevil, will write “Akira.”

10 June 2015 • 07:54 AMT
Oculus tech company unveils new logo

In addition, Oculus opened a new countdown web page with the branding, ticking down until its event on Thursday (June 11).

10 June 2015 • 07:41 AMT
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 pic leaks online

The pictures, shared by reliable source Nowhereelse, suggest that the premium design features of the Galaxy S6 are not coming to Samsung’s tablet line.

10 June 2015 • 07:27 AMT
LA Film Fest to close with Eli Roth’s live read of “Fast Times”

The festival opens with the LA premiere of Paul Weitz‘s “Grandma” and also features a gala screening of the television series “Scream.”

10 June 2015 • 07:08 AMT
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” unveils 1st trailer

It opens with a sneak peek at a wedding celebration before giving glimpses at a raging war against the Capitol and its tyrant leader.

10 June 2015 • 07:00 AMT
“Most Violent Year” helmer to produce “The Liar’s Ball” book adaptation

The book explores a complex tale of industry titans fighting over one of the crown jewels of New York City real estate.

10 June 2015 • 06:27 AMT
Jaden Smith joins Baz Luhrmann’s hip-hop drama “The Get Down”

The actor will star as 18-year-old Marcus “Dizzee” Kipling, a psychedelically talented and enigmatic graffiti writer raised in the South Bronx.

10 June 2015 • 06:04 AMT
Ice Cube, Charlie Day to star in “Fist Fight” comedy

The script follows a mild-mannered English teacher who is challenged to a fist fight by a much tougher colleague.

10 June 2015 • 05:59 AMT
1st look at Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia”

The picture features two main characters in the movie, “sly con-artist fox” known as Nick Wilde and “idealistic rookie rabbit cop” Judy Hopps.

10 June 2015 • 05:37 AMT
European group says China needs to better protect trade secrets

The chamber found that 23 percent of companies are pessimistic about the outlook for profitability in the coming two years.

10 June 2015 • 05:16 AMT
Armenian author, Kurdish poet’s unprecedented reading in Turkey

“Nemir is doing a great thing by bringing so much poetry of the English language into Kurdish,” Peter Balakian said.

10 June 2015 • 04:54 AMT
Ramifications of Cilicia Catholicosate’s lawsuit against Turkey

Armenians worldwide applauded the Cilician Catholicosate for filing a lawsuit in the Turkish Constitutional Court on April 27, demanding the return of its historic seat in Sis, Kozan district of Turkey’s Adana province. The Cilician See’s former headquarters, established in 1293, was confiscated by the Turkish government in 1921, at the culmination of the Armenian Genocide.

10 June 2015 • 04:46 AMT
EAFJD delegation observes Turkish parliamentary elections

After the ballots were cast, the EAFJD delegation followed the election results at the HDP Istanbul Central Office.

10 June 2015 • 04:38 AMT
Obama administration mulls setting up new military base in Iraq

The administration is closing in on a decision to send several hundred more trainers and advisers to help Iraqi forces to fight IS.

09 June 2015 • 15:49 AMT
Ameriabank to aid SMEs through OFID loan

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a $20m loan agreement with Ameriabank of Armenia.

09 June 2015 • 14:19 AMT
Apple Maps adding live public transit data for major cities

The feature will be supported in several major metropolitan cities around the world when iOS 9 launches in the autumn.

09 June 2015 • 14:13 AMT
Game of Thrones: How well do you know the show?

Armenian audiences as well couldn’t get enough of political intrigues in a fantasy environment of the Seven Kingdoms.

09 June 2015 • 14:07 AMT
EE reveals world’s 1st 4G action camera to go up against GoPro

The simple, rugged, waterproof “4Gee Action Camera” is a world first for standalone connected cameras

09 June 2015 • 13:55 AMT
Israeli Defense Minister doesn’t believe peace deal likely in his lifetime

“As for the possibility of reaching an agreement … there is someone who says he doesn’t see one during his term,” Yaalon said.

09 June 2015 • 13:47 AMT
GM CEO says company doesn’t need to merge with Fiat Chrysler

Barra said GM is working with Ford on transmissions and Honda on hydrogen fuel cells and will look at other opportunities.

09 June 2015 • 13:20 AMT
Owen Wilson becomes unlikely hero in “No Escape” trailer

The Zoolander actor stars in the action thriller as Jack Dwyer, who moves to Southeast Asia with his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their children.

09 June 2015 • 12:42 AMT
Egyptian court upholds 11 soccer riot death sentences

Yasser Sayed Ahmed, a lawyer for the family of one of the victims, hailed the ruling as “extremely fair and satisfactory”.

09 June 2015 • 12:30 AMT
Benicio Del Toro’s “Escobar: Paradise Lost” gets release date

The film combines the true story of Colombia’s drug king Pablo Escobar with a love story between a young Canadian surfer and Escobar’s niece.

09 June 2015 • 11:58 AMT
Romanian parliament refuses to lift PM’s immunity from prosecution

Parliament is dominated by Victor Ponta’s center-left coalition so Tuesday’s vote to block prosecution was unsurprising.

09 June 2015 • 11:48 AMT
“The Dark Horse” named best film at Seattle Int’l Film Fest

Runner-up films included Pixar’s “Inside Out” and the Sundance sensation “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”

09 June 2015 • 11:38 AMT
IFC Films nabs Katherine Heigl dramedy “Jenny’s Wedding”

Mary Agnes Donoghue directed the film from her own script. “Jenny’s Wedding” will make its world premiere July 10 at Outfest LA.

09 June 2015 • 11:30 AMT
WB okays $8.55mln geothermal resources exploration grant in Armenia

The new project is to confirm whether the geothermal resource at the Karkar field is suitable for power generation.

09 June 2015 • 11:26 AMT
Clay Riley Hassler’s “Homeless” wins at Dances With Films Fest

The film follows an 18-year-old boy who navigates his way through life in a shelter after the passing of his grandmother.

09 June 2015 • 11:21 AMT
HSBC to cut up to 50,000 jobs as part of global overhaul

The bank said that it would refocus its business on Asia and try to squeeze out up to $5 billion in annual cost cuts by 2017.