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19 January 2015 • 08:37 AMT
EU foreign ministers set to discuss terror threat in Europe

U.S. officials have confirmed that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be attending talks in London about the Islamic State group.

19 January 2015 • 08:31 AMT
Motley Crue autobiography “The Dirt” to get biopic treatment

Focus Features is promising “a “Dr. Feelgood” movie that will be an outrageous, larger-than-life depiction of the band’s high (and low) life”.

19 January 2015 • 07:57 AMT
Sigma British drum & bass duo unveil new single “Higher”

Sigma had back-to-back number one singles in the UK last year, with ‘Nobody to Love’ and ‘Changing’ topping the chart.

19 January 2015 • 07:42 AMT
Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” stays at no.1 for fifth week

The song has now tallied the most weeks at the top of the charts since the release of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” in 2013.

19 January 2015 • 07:28 AMT
Bjork announces New York shows ahead of “Vulnicura” album release

The Icelandic singer will perform two shows at Carnegie Hall and four at the City Center venue between March 7 and April 4 this year.

19 January 2015 • 07:16 AMT
Skype app for Samsung Smart TV adds group calling feature

Skype 4.0 is the first native smart television app to offer three-party group video calls for free, but its availability is limited at present.

19 January 2015 • 07:05 AMT
Facebook Messenger tests audio transcription

The option will give users the choice to listen to the audio clip as normal but will also provide a transcription underneath.

19 January 2015 • 06:44 AMT
Hugh Jackman to join Taron Egerton in Olympic skier film

Jackman will co-star as a ski expert who helped a down-on-his-luck Eddie Edwards train for the 1988 Winter Olympics.

19 January 2015 • 06:39 AMT
Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Morrison rivals in “Underdogs” animated comedy

The Juan Jose Campanella-directed flick also features Ariana Grande, Katie Holmes and John Leguizamo.

19 January 2015 • 06:24 AMT
Emily Blunt to play villain in “Snow White and the Huntsman” sequel

Charlize Theron will return as the villainous Ravenna and Blunt is making a deal to play her sister, the evil Snow Queen.

19 January 2015 • 06:16 AMT
Bradley Cooper’s “American Sniper” tops box office with $90M

“Sniper” smashed a record by James Cameron’s “Avatar” which previously held the biggest January weekend performance.

19 January 2015 • 06:03 AMT
Pope Francis completes weeklong trip to Asia

“We need to care for our young people, not allowing them to be robbed of hope and condemned to a life on the streets,” Francis said.

19 January 2015 • 05:12 AMT
Richest 1% to own half of world’s wealth by 2016: Oxfam

Of the remaining 52% of global wealth, almost 46% is owned by the rest of the richest fifth of the world’s population, Oxfam said.

19 January 2015 • 05:06 AMT
Asteroid third of a mile across to pass close by Earth on Jan 26

The asteroid is likely to be bright enough for amateur astronomers to spot with small telescopes and strong binoculars.

19 January 2015 • 04:53 AMT
Abu Dhabi fund to launch clean energy projects in developing countries

Ecuador, Mali, Mauritania, Samoa, and Sierra Leone are among the countries that have already benefited from such loans.

19 January 2015 • 04:44 AMT
Libyan army declares partial ceasefire with militias

Libya has been plagued by instability and infighting since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was ousted from power in 2011.

19 January 2015 • 04:37 AMT
Oil prices fall as markers expect gloomy Chinese data

“Commodity markets to be driven by currency markets and expectations of ECB quantitative easing this week,” ANZ bank said.

19 January 2015 • 04:33 AMT
Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander’s son

A group was doing a field inspection in Quneitra when a helicopter opened fire. At least six people were killed, Hezbollah said.

19 January 2015 • 04:22 AMT
Islamic State militants release 200 Yazidis in Iraq, mostly elderly

Almost all of the freed prisoners are in poor health and bore signs of abuse and neglect. Three were young children.

19 January 2015 • 04:14 AMT
Shots fired near U.S. Vice-President ‘s house

The incident comes four months after an intruder armed with a knife managed to dodge guards and enter the White House.

19 January 2015 • 04:07 AMT
Iran, major powers make limited progress in nuclear talks

“The mood was very good, but I don’t think we made a lot of progress,” France’s negotiator Nicolas de la Riviere said.

17 January 2015 • 11:49 AMT
Yerevan among top 5 cities on digital governance list

Seoul retains its top ranking in municipal e-governance, similar to the 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011-12 survey results.

17 January 2015 • 11:21 AMT
About 300 ceasefire violations by Azeris reported on night of Jan 17

Azerbaijan fired over 3000 shots from various caliber weapons towards the positions of Karabakh defense army on the night of Jan 17.

17 January 2015 • 10:41 AMT
Jon Milano’s “Straw Dolls” focuses on Armenian Genocide

Milano said he wanted to make sure that the film was 100 percent historically accurate and that the stories he told were true.

17 January 2015 • 10:33 AMT
Turkish police chief wanted in Dink murder probe

Ercan Demir was serving as the Chief of the Intelligence Unit at Trabzon Police Department when Dink was gunned down.

17 January 2015 • 10:17 AMT
Japan pledges $2.5bn in non-military assistance to Middle East

Shinzo Abe pledged $200mln in non-military aid for countries fighting Islamic State, saying the world would suffer if terrorism spread.

17 January 2015 • 09:56 AMT
Cal State Northridge to host conference on Armenian Genocide

“The greater Los Angeles area is home to the second-largest community of the worldwide Armenian diaspora,” Shemmassian said.

17 January 2015 • 08:53 AMT
Police: there are 3,000 people linked to Islamic State in Turkey

The police intelligence warning covers possible attacks on the consulates of Western countries by IS and al Qaeda.

17 January 2015 • 07:58 AMT
ICC launches inquiry into Israeli-Palestinian conflict

“The case is now in the hands of the court,” said Nabil Abuznaid, head of the Palestinian delegation in The Hague.

17 January 2015 • 07:52 AMT
Google reportedly interested in mobile payments company Softcard

A source said that at one point the company’s burn rate was around half a million dollars per day, or around $15mln per month.