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23 January 2015 • 08:45 AMT
2 Armenian servicemen die in Azerbaijani attack

Azerbaijani troops continue with their infiltration attempts in various sections of the borer with Armenia and line of contact.

23 January 2015 • 08:06 AMT
LG unveils new lighter-than-MacBook Air laptop

Despite measuring 13.4mm at its thickest point, LG claims that the 14Z950 is capable of providing more than ten hours of battery life.

23 January 2015 • 07:51 AMT
Spotify introduces new gesture command ‘Touch Preview’

Spotify’s Touch Preview and other new gesture commands are now available on iOS, and will be rolled out to other platforms in the near future.

23 January 2015 • 07:35 AMT
A24 to nab Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg’s “End of the Tour”

The film stars Jason Segel as “Infinite Jest” author David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky.

23 January 2015 • 07:20 AMT
“Mockingjay, Part 1” becomes 2014’s highest-grossing movie

Also featuring Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth among others, the action adventure movie is directed by Francis Lawrence.

23 January 2015 • 07:06 AMT
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” trailer

“The Imitation Game’s” Oscar nominations include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cumberbatch and Best Supporting Actress.

23 January 2015 • 06:58 AMT
Oscar-nommed Chiwetel Ejiofor circling role in “Doctor Strange”

If the deal is sealed, he will reunite with “12 Years a Slave” co-star Benedict Cumberbatch who is tapped to play the Sorcerer Supreme.

23 January 2015 • 06:16 AMT
Amazon to acquire secretive Israeli chip designer Annapurna Labs

Annapurna Labs was founded in 2011 by Avigdor Willenz, the founder of the chip-design company Galileo Technologies.

23 January 2015 • 04:54 AMT
Twitter partners with Bing for new translation feature

Results will likely vary and fall below the accuracy and fluency of translations that might be provided by a professional translator.

23 January 2015 • 04:41 AMT
Oil prices jump as Saudi King Abdullah death announced

King Abdullah, who was said to be aged about 90, had been in hospital for several weeks suffering from a lung infection.

22 January 2015 • 15:09 AMT
Central Bank increases key refinancing rate to 9.5 percent

Annual inflation stood at 4.6 percent in December, the central bank said, up from 2.6 percent the month before.

22 January 2015 • 14:58 AMT
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group raises authorized stock by AMD 9B

The bank’s assets in 2014 totaled AMD 110.7 billion (52.5% drop) and liabilities AMD 95 billion (55.2% decline).

22 January 2015 • 14:21 AMT
Armenian Genocide memorial to be installed in Las Vegas

Design, construction and installation costs put the entire project at about $120,000, and all of it will be paid by the Armenian American Society.

22 January 2015 • 14:07 AMT
Bomb explodes near Turkish delegation in Somalia

At least two police officers were killed but none of the Turkish delegates were wounded in the attack which was claimed by Islamist rebels.

22 January 2015 • 13:23 AMT
David Guetta premiers Emeli Sandé single “What I Did For Love” remix

The French DJ has reworked new cut “What I Did For Love” himself along with Morten for a club remix of the dance anthem.

22 January 2015 • 12:50 AMT
Black Keys, Alt-J, Caribou added to Primavera Sound Fest lineup

Over 50 acts have now joined the lineup for the Barcelona event, from stadium filling bands to fresh new talent.

22 January 2015 • 12:23 AMT
Pirate Bay could rise from ashes, countdown on website suggests

An image of the Pirate Bay battleship sailing towards a port labelled ‘welcome home’ also appears on the temporary site.

22 January 2015 • 12:02 AMT
Windows 10 to be available as free upgrade, Microsoft confirms

Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users will not be charged to download the new operating system during the first 12 months of its lifecycle.

22 January 2015 • 11:32 AMT
UCLA student govt. votes to divest Turkey of $72 million in investments

The resolution is part of a larger initiative (#DivestTurkey) spearheaded by the Armenian Youth Federation Western United States.

22 January 2015 • 11:05 AMT
Kurdish forces cut key road in north Iraq drive in anti-IS offensive

Islamic State spearheaded a sweeping offensive that has overrun much of Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland since June.

22 January 2015 • 10:51 AMT
Iranian VP under Ahmadinejad sentenced to five years in jail

In March, Iran hanged the first of four men sentenced to death for a massive financial scam that tainted the government of ex-President Ahmadinejad.

22 January 2015 • 10:30 AMT
Gyumri massacre suspect confesses to murdering Avetisyan family

Last week, thousands of angry residents in Gyumri demanded that the accused be handed over to Armenian authorities.

22 January 2015 • 09:56 AMT
“Theory of Everything” helmer talks Felicity Jones performance

“Eddie’s performance was very detailed physically, but Felicity’s details are all emotional,” says Marsh in the video.

22 January 2015 • 09:51 AMT
Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s “The Revenant” 1st pic

The movie tells the story of DiCaprio’s fur trapper character named Hugh Glass who is mauled by a Grizzly bear in the 1800s.

22 January 2015 • 09:41 AMT
IFC Midnight acquires Eli Roth-produced “The Stranger”

The violent genre film centers around a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and instead finds a bloodbath.

22 January 2015 • 09:34 AMT
Nicolas Cage, “Borat” director team for Osama bin Laden satire movie

“Army of One” is loosely based on a GQ article about a Colorado man named Gary Faulkner who tries to catch Osama bin Laden.

22 January 2015 • 09:23 AMT
Microsoft announces Windows Holographic that brings OS to life

The platform is powered by an advanced holographic computer called HoloLens, which the user wears like a headset.

22 January 2015 • 08:49 AMT
WhatsApp available to use on desktop for 1st time

The service – which has been a mobile-only app since its initial release in 2009 – can be accessed online from the Chrome browser.

22 January 2015 • 08:11 AMT
Ceasefire violation, sabotage attempt by Azeris on border with Armenia

On Jan 21 night, an Armenian armed forces serviceman Arman Udumyan was killed in Azeri sniper attack on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

22 January 2015 • 07:54 AMT
Palestinian stabs 12 bus passengers in Tel Aviv, gets shot

The attacker struck in the heart of Israel’s commercial capital, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said, describing him as a “terrorist.”