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12 March 2015 • 06:01 AMT
Nokia reinstates HERE Maps over a year after it was pulled

The app is now back, boasting a number of features already present on the Windows Phone and Android versions.

12 March 2015 • 05:41 AMT
Worst year for Syrians as UN fails to protest civilians: report

Also, Medecins Sans Frontieres said a massive increase in medical assistance was urgently required.

12 March 2015 • 05:24 AMT
Islamic State militants desecrate another ancient Iraqi capital

The head of Iraq’s antiquities board and the country’s antiquities minister confirmed that damage had been inflicted in recent days at Khorsabad.

11 March 2015 • 14:04 AMT
Iraqi forces enter Tikrit in biggest counter-offensive against IS

To the northwest, troops and Hashid Shaabi fighters were clashing with Islamic State militants in the city’s industrial zone, an official said.

11 March 2015 • 13:48 AMT
Kazakh ruling party nominates Nazarbayev for new presidential term

The long-serving president of oil-rich Kazakhstan says he will stand again in snap April elections, and he is all but guaranteed to win.

11 March 2015 • 13:41 AMT
NATO tells EU not to duplicate military resources

Stoltenberg told a news conference he would welcome increased European investment in defense, but said duplication would be inefficient.

11 March 2015 • 13:18 AMT
Google launches new cloud storage service

“Google is pretty good at storing things, but every organization should be able to keep its data around,” Tom Kershaw said.

11 March 2015 • 13:08 AMT
Armed thieves seize €9mln worth of jewels in France

The thieves were said to have waited for the security vehicles at the Avallon toll booth south-east of Auxerre, spraying gas at the drivers.

11 March 2015 • 11:28 AMT
The Prodigy, Sam Smith among Portugal’s NOS Alive fest additions

The genre-spanning lineup also includes new additions Counting Crows, Azealia Banks, Julio Bashmore and Benji B.

11 March 2015 • 11:17 AMT
Foo Fighters ready “Songs From The Laundry Room” RSD release

Foo Fighters have been confirmed to headline Glastonbury in June, and will be playing their own headline shows throughout the summer.

11 March 2015 • 11:04 AMT
Turkey’s ruling party says won’t change policies on S. Caucasus

The representatives of some 31 political parties will participate in the parliamentary election to be held in Turkey on June 7, 2015.

11 March 2015 • 10:41 AMT
Stepanakert slams PACE report on Karabakh as politically motivated

In 2014, PACE rapporteur Robert Walter delivered a report on escalation of violence in Karabakh and “other occupied territories of Azerbaijan”.

11 March 2015 • 09:10 AMT
ECB head says eurozone economy recovering

In February, consumer prices were 0.3 percent lower than the year before, well off the bank’s goal of inflation just under two percent.

11 March 2015 • 09:09 AMT
1st look at Charlie Hunnam in Guy Ritchie’s “Knights of the Roundtable”

Based on Thomas Mallory’s 1485 “Le Morte d’Arthur”, “Knights of the Roundtable” is “a re-imagining of Arthurian legend.

11 March 2015 • 09:02 AMT
100 LIVES initiative launches in New York

100 LIVES is launching a global call for the descendants of both saviors and survivors to share their remarkable stories.

11 March 2015 • 09:01 AMT
Fox Searchlight moves up “Me & Earl & the Dying Girl” release

“Me and Earl” centers on a high school student (Thomas Mann) who befriends a girl in his class with cancer (Olivia Cooke).

11 March 2015 • 08:50 AMT
AI: proposed Iranian laws to make women ‘baby-making machines’

“The proposed laws will entrench discriminatory practices and set the rights of women and girls in Iran back by decades,” Amnesty says.

11 March 2015 • 08:18 AMT
U.S. top national security officials to testify on war powers in Senate

In February, President Barack Obama released his proposed authorization. It would allow the use of military force against IS for 3 years.

11 March 2015 • 07:35 AMT
UCLA to host conference on Armenian Genocide centenary

It will involve two days of panels featuring an international cast of world-renowned scholars, as well as an evening of keynote speakers.

11 March 2015 • 07:28 AMT
Japan commemorates quake-tsunami disaster 4th anniv.

“We will help disaster victims become self-sustaining. As the government, we will provide the best possible support,” Abe said.

11 March 2015 • 07:04 AMT
Russia ‘completely ends activities’ under CFE

“The Russian Federation has decided to halt its participation in meetings of the [consulting group] from March 11, 2015,” the MFA said.

11 March 2015 • 06:21 AMT
Dropbox fixes Android security flaw

“There are no reports or evidence to indicate the vulnerability was ever used to access user data,” Dropbox said in a blog.

11 March 2015 • 06:08 AMT
Scientists virtually certain Calif. will be hit by mega-quake within 30 years

The chance of a magnitude-8 quake striking the state in the next three decades jumped to 7 percent from 4.7 percent.

11 March 2015 • 05:57 AMT
Italy’s highest court confirms Berlusconi’s acquittal

The verdict leaves Berlusconi free to rally his Forza Italia party as it struggles to maintain a leading role in Italian politics, analysts say.

11 March 2015 • 05:47 AMT
1st look at Matthew McConaughey in “Free State of Jones”

The film centers on “a soldier for the Confederacy during the Civil War who becomes disillusioned with the South’s cause.”

11 March 2015 • 05:42 AMT
Universal in final talks to nab “The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang”

The article profiles the bank robbers dubbed “the Stopwatch Gang” because of how quickly they pulled off their heists.

11 March 2015 • 05:32 AMT
Tim Burton to helm Disney’s live-action “Dumbo” movie

“Dumbo” tells the story of a little circus elephant who is ridiculed for his large ears and his only true friend is a mouse.

11 March 2015 • 05:29 AMT
Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson announce “Zoolander 2” on Valentino’s runway

After the left-turn free appearance, Paramount announced that the film is slated for a February 12, 2016 release.

11 March 2015 • 05:20 AMT
Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” unveils new trailer

The newly released trailer gives a glimpse on Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger inside Riley’s head.

11 March 2015 • 05:12 AMT
Ben Foster to play villain in Dan Brown adaptation “Inferno”

Tom Hanks is once again starring as symbologist Robert Langdon and Ron Howard is back in the director’s chair.