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27 January 2015 • 09:48 AMT
Imagine Dragons premiere “Shots” off “Smoke + Mirrors” album

In “Shot”, vocalist Dan Reynolds apologizes for being an unlucky guy who always ends up hurting the ones he loves.

27 January 2015 • 09:37 AMT
Azeris fire over 4500 shots at Karabakh positions on night of Jan 27

The Karabakh frontline units continue controlling the situation at the frontline, retaliating in case of necessity.

27 January 2015 • 09:29 AMT
Israel expels intelligence veterans for refusing to spy on Palestinians

No signatories’ names were published, in apparent keeping with their non-disclosure commitments to Unit 8200.

27 January 2015 • 09:18 AMT
Dropbox acquires visual version control platform Pixelapse

Pixelapse says it will continue to work as a standalone product for existing users over this year and also accept new users.

27 January 2015 • 09:12 AMT
Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo reteaming for Hurricane Katrina drama

Oyelowo can currently be seen in DuVernay’s “Selma,” which has been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

27 January 2015 • 09:00 AMT
Open Road, Sony win bidding war for “Dope” Sundance comedy

“Dope” tells the story of a high school student played by Shameik Moore who wants to get into Harvard.

27 January 2015 • 08:51 AMT
Auschwitz survivors gather to mark 70th anniv. of liberation

The commemoration will be held at the site in southern Poland where 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were killed.

27 January 2015 • 08:43 AMT
Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde join Diane Keaton, Alan Arkin’s “Let It Snow”

Story follows the exasperated members of an extended family as they attempt to gather for their annual Holiday celebration.

27 January 2015 • 08:41 AMT
France arrests 4 in anti- jihadist action

Lunel attaracted attention after media reports that as many as 10 residents have sought to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamists.

27 January 2015 • 08:26 AMT
Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible V” set for July 31 release

The follow-up to 2011’s “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol” is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and started filming last year.

27 January 2015 • 08:09 AMT
iPhone 6S “to be powered by Samsung chip”

Samsung is said to have secured a contract to provide 75% of the processor production for Apple’s next flagship smartphones.

27 January 2015 • 08:00 AMT
Lizard Squad claims responsibility for Facebook, Instagram outage

Facebook and Instagram have come back online after an outage that lasted around an hour, other social media sites were taken down.

27 January 2015 • 07:48 AMT
Little hope of breakthrough as Moscow hosts Syria talks

The main opposition group has boycotted the talks while Syrian President Assad cast doubt on the Moscow initiative bearing any fruit.

27 January 2015 • 07:29 AMT
AirAsia crash preliminary report won’t include black box data

The Airbus AIR.PA A320-200 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from Surabaya to Singapore.

27 January 2015 • 07:18 AMT
Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking anti-Iran operation details

NYT reporter James Risen was the recipient of what former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified was one of the most closely held secrets.

27 January 2015 • 07:06 AMT
Kurds force Islamic State fighters out of Kobani after 4-month battle

Islamist militants launched an assault on the predominantly Kurdish town last year, using heavy weapons seized in Iraq.

26 January 2015 • 13:11 AMT
U.S. northeast braces for ‘potentially historic blizzard’

New York mayor Bill de Blasio said the storm could be the city’s biggest ever, telling residents to “prepare for the worst”.

26 January 2015 • 12:57 AMT
The Vaccines indie rock band to headline Liverpool Sound City Fest

Joining The Flaming Lips and Belle & Sebastian at the top of the bill, the band will top the bill at the Merseryside showcase for the best new music.

26 January 2015 • 12:37 AMT
Greek crooner Demis Roussos dies at 69

He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Forever and Ever, Goodbye and Quand je t’aime.

26 January 2015 • 12:35 AMT
German FM: nobody ‘blindly set’ on imposing more sanctions on Moscow

Frank-Walter Steinmeier also warned that time was running out for implementing the Minsk peace accord struck last September.

26 January 2015 • 12:29 AMT
Prosecutors seek 26-year sentence for Costa Concordia captain

In her closing statements, Navarro accused Schettino of lying from the start and saving his life “without even getting his shoes wet.”

26 January 2015 • 12:27 AMT
BBC launches BBC Taster online interactive service

The service will feature experimental ideas for digital content and technologies across TV, radio and online, including interactive and social projects.

26 January 2015 • 12:19 AMT
MacBook Air leaked components suggest 12-inch model

The leaked pics show the display and casing of an Apple laptop that appears markedly smaller than the current 13-inch MacBook Air models.

26 January 2015 • 11:44 AMT
Syria’s Assad says agreement on IS air strikes possible

“With any country that is serious about fighting terrorism, we are ready to make cooperation, if they’re serious,” Assad said.

26 January 2015 • 11:31 AMT
Kaya Scodelario joins “Pirates of the Caribbean 5” stellar cast

Scodelario will star opposite Johnny Depp and Brenton Thwaites, with Orlando Bloom in talks to reprise his role of Will Turner.

26 January 2015 • 11:26 AMT
Cyprus ‘perfectly positioned’ to act as search-and-rescue hub: minister

The country is setting up a satellite earth station to anchor a search-and-rescue control center covering Europe’s southeastern edge.

26 January 2015 • 11:24 AMT
Luke Evans exits “The Crow” cult horror reboot

With comic book movies all the rage these days, “The Crow” is a high-profile project in Relativity’s development stable.

26 January 2015 • 10:53 AMT
3 Azerbaijani soldiers die in Karabakh retaliatory fire

Over 800 instances of ceasefire violation by Azeri troops were reported on the line of contact with the Karabakh armed forces on the night of Jan 25.

26 January 2015 • 10:35 AMT
Sony buys “Diary of a Teenage Girl” coming-of-age novel adaptation

A Variety review called the film “ideally cast and skillfully handled.” It marks Marielle Heller’s directing debut.

26 January 2015 • 10:34 AMT
Euro recovers after hitting 11-year low on Greek Syriza’s victory

Europe’s main share markets also rose – after initial falls – on hopes that a compromise over Greece’s bailout terms might be found.