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21 April 2015 • 05:02 AMT
Bomb explodes in front of Spanish embassy in Libyan capital

Militants loyal to IS have claimed a string of killings of foreigners as well as attacks on embassies and oilfields in Libya.

21 April 2015 • 04:57 AMT
Greece orders public sector for reserve cash to meet IMF payment

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urgently needs money to pay government salaries as well as the country’s debt repayments.

21 April 2015 • 04:32 AMT
German government to describe Armenian massacres as Genocide

Steffen Seibert said the government would support a resolution in parliament declaring it an example of genocide.

20 April 2015 • 15:45 AMT
European Commission presents plan to ease migrant crisis

The proposals included a doubling of the financing and number of ships available to the EU’s Triton border protection operation.

20 April 2015 • 14:20 AMT
Yerevan to host 4 presidents, 60 delegations on Apr 24

On April 23, canonization of the Armenian Genocide victims will take place at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

20 April 2015 • 13:18 AMT
Office universal apps debut this month

The touch-optimised applications will come pre-installed on any handset running the next-generation operating system.

20 April 2015 • 12:30 AMT
French, Russian Presidents to meet in Yerevan

As Putin’s spokesperson noted earlier, the postponed delivery of Mistral class helicopter carriers to Russia could also be discussed.

20 April 2015 • 12:17 AMT
OSCE chief urges to ‘embrace a good chance for peace’ in Ukraine

“Heavy weapons have been largely withdrawn” from the agreed truce line in the conflict zone, Lamberto Zannier said.

20 April 2015 • 12:07 AMT
Publisher: countless articles written exposing Erdogan’s dirty tricks

Instead of undermining the commemorations, the Turkish leader ended up propagating the Genocide centennial, Sassounian says.

20 April 2015 • 12:03 AMT
Samsung ditches corporate logo for Galaxy S6 Japanese launch

The new handsets will not include the Samsung branding in the Asian territory, where they will be co-marketed with local carrier partners.

20 April 2015 • 11:52 AMT
LG G4 smartphone to be released in late May

The LG G4 will feature a 5.5-inch QHD display with a 1,440 x 2,560 resolution and 538 pixels per inch, and runs off a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa core chipset.

20 April 2015 • 11:43 AMT
Egyptian court sentences 22 Brotherhood members to death

The government says the outlawed Brotherhood is a major security threat, but the Brotherhood says it does not condone violence.

20 April 2015 • 10:59 AMT
Cash-strapped Venezuela gets $5bn in financing from China

“We just received $5 billion more in financing for development,” Nicolas Maduro said in a radio and television address.

20 April 2015 • 10:26 AMT
Netanyahu to have 2 more weeks to form new government

Political commentators have cited the allocation of cabinet portfolios as the main sticking point in the coalition negotiations.

20 April 2015 • 10:24 AMT
Russia’s Putin to attend Genocide centennial events in Yerevan: Kremlin

Earlier, Putin’s spokesman did not rule out that the Russian and French leaders could meet in Yerevan.

20 April 2015 • 10:05 AMT
Serj Tankian premieres “1915” Genocide film in Moscow

System of a Down American-Armenian rock band frontman Serj Tankian arrived in Moscow for a concert tour of the group.

20 April 2015 • 09:44 AMT
Contemporary artist Markus Lüpertz’s 1st retrospective opens in France

This artist’s imagination and creativity have long made him a major figure on the European art scene.

20 April 2015 • 09:16 AMT
Frida Kahlo’s love letters to José Bartoli auctioned

The final bid of $137,000 exceeded the price Doyle had estimated the letters would bring – between $80,000 and $120,000

20 April 2015 • 09:11 AMT
Sony announces new flagship smartphone Xperia Z4

The move by Sony comes amid reports that the company was planning to scale down or even pull out of its smartphone business.

20 April 2015 • 08:59 AMT
Lebanon gets first installment of $3bn worth of French weapons

Jean-Yves Le Drian says the deal will include dozens of armored vehicles, six transport helicopters and other types of weapons.

20 April 2015 • 08:39 AMT
Research puts Goya’s “Witches and Old Women” album in right order

Although Goya (1746-1828) meticulously numbered each sketch, eight lost their numbers over the years.

20 April 2015 • 08:34 AMT
Van Gogh, Rothko paintings to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in May

Van Gogh’s “The Allee of Alyscamps” from 1888 could sell for more than $40 million at Sotheby’s on May 5.

20 April 2015 • 07:59 AMT
Egypt recovers ancient artefacts smuggled to U.S.

Egypt’s major archaeological sites were targeted for looting after the 2011 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.

20 April 2015 • 07:39 AMT
Archaeologists redraw path of the Great Wall

The expedition leader said that the discovery should “give historians fresh insight into where the wall was [first] built”.

20 April 2015 • 07:26 AMT
Celebrated Turin shroud goes on display for the 1st time in five years

Imprinted with the image of a man who appears to have been crucified, the shroud has been dated to the end of the 13th century.

20 April 2015 • 07:16 AMT
Milan hosting Leonardo da Vinci & his Florentine friends exhibit

Although the exhibition is geared towards a scholarly crowd, the co-curator Pietro Marani says that organisers have made it accessible to wider audiences.

20 April 2015 • 06:28 AMT
Australia, Iran agree to share intelligence

At the weekend, five teenagers were arrested over an alleged plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.

20 April 2015 • 06:22 AMT
Automakers unveil new models at Shanghai Auto Show

“We predict that this year will be an SUV feeding frenzy,” said Ola Kallenius, head of marketing for Mercedes Benz.

20 April 2015 • 06:07 AMT
700 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean

Last week, around 400 migrants were reported to have died attempting to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized.

20 April 2015 • 05:46 AMT
IS militants shoot, behead Ethiopian Christians in Libya

Footage shows one group of men being beheaded on a beach and another group being shot in the head in a desert.