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13 January 2015 • 04:44 AMT
U.S. military Twitter, YouTube accounts hacked

“It’s inconvenient, it’s an annoyance but in no way is any sensitive or classified information compromised,” Warren said.

12 January 2015 • 15:03 AMT
German intel chief urges Turkey to prevent extremists crossing into Syria

Hans-Georg Maassen said Turkey is a “key country” because well over 90 percent of the radicals traveled via the country.

12 January 2015 • 14:34 AMT
Interpol puts Ukraine ex-President Yanukovich on wanted list

The authorities accused him of accumulating huge wealth by robbing state coffers and plundering national assets through corrupt deals.

12 January 2015 • 13:20 AMT
Karabakh in The Guardian list of best adventure holidays

“Border skirmishes and ongoing wrangling mean it is not for the faint-hearted, but the region has a lot to offer,” the daily said.

12 January 2015 • 12:58 AMT
Arthouse icon Wong Kar-wai to make 1st movie for Alibaba Pictures

The film, “Ferryman”, will be written and directed by Chinese novelist Zhang Jiajia as an adaptation of his own short story.

12 January 2015 • 12:11 AMT
Armenian army allowed preemptive measures in case of Azeri threat

In the wake of recent Azeri subversion attempts, Armenia’s Ministry of Defense elaborated procedures to boost border control.

12 January 2015 • 12:03 AMT
Afghan President unveils unity cabinet

New heads for Afghanistan’s National Bank and the NDS, Afghanistan’s National Security Directorate, were also announced.

12 January 2015 • 11:59 AMT
Volvo to export Chinese-made cars to U.S.

Another manufacturer, BYD Auto Co., opened a U.S. factory in Lancaster, California, last year to manufacture electric buses.

12 January 2015 • 11:48 AMT
Oil price hits new six-year low

Meanwhile, a leading investment house drastically cut its three-month forecast for Brent crude from $80 a barrel to $42.

12 January 2015 • 11:41 AMT
Karabakh forces thwart 2 subversion attempts by Azeris

Karabakh defense army units timely detected the advance of the adversary’s forces and threw the enemy back to its initial positions.

12 January 2015 • 11:36 AMT
France to deploy 10,000 troops to boost security

Bernard Cazeneuve said that 4,700 police officers would be deployed at all 717 Jewish schools across the country.

12 January 2015 • 10:59 AMT
Yerevan allows Baku to retrieve Azeri commando’s body

Yerevan will allow Baku to retrieve the body of a soldier who died in an attempted cross-border incursion into Armenia.

12 January 2015 • 10:37 AMT
Critics praise Courtney Love’s performance in pop opera

The New York Post said: “No matter what [Love] does, we pay attention… She’s even better than famous – she’s infamous.”

12 January 2015 • 10:25 AMT
Lenny Kravitz to perform with Katy Perry at Super Bowl XLIX

Perry and Kravitz will be following in the footsteps of last year’s half-time headliners Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

12 January 2015 • 10:05 AMT
NYT: Aliyev does masterful political Jekyll and Hyde

Yet even as Aliyev cultivates the West, he is convinced that foreign-financed organizations, including RFE/RL, are out to get him.

12 January 2015 • 09:22 AMT
Volkswagen says it sold over 10 million vehicles in 2014

Volkswagen AG announced that it delivered 10.14 million cars and trucks in 2014, up from 9.73 million the previous year.

12 January 2015 • 09:05 AMT
Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,300 jobs to build first SUV

The car, called the Jaguar F-PACE, will be based on its C-X17 concept car. That was first launched at the Frankfurt motor show.

12 January 2015 • 08:35 AMT
Cannes-winning Italian helmer Francesco Rosi dies at 92

Palme d’Or winner “The Mattei Affair” is an investigation of the still-mysterious death of powerful Italian manager Enrico Mattei.

12 January 2015 • 08:19 AMT
“The Affair” named Best Television Series-Drama at Golden Globes

“House of Cards managed to bag a trophy through Kevin Spacey’s win in Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series – Drama category.

12 January 2015 • 08:15 AMT
Kerry to visit France to discuss countering extremist violence

Kerry will be meeting with French Foreign Minister and pay tribute to the victims of last week’s attacks, which killed 17 people.

12 January 2015 • 08:09 AMT
World leaders link arms to lead Charlie Hebdo attack march in Paris

Commentators said the last time crowds of this size filled the streets of the capital was at the Liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany in 1944.

12 January 2015 • 07:49 AMT
Armenian villager dies in Azeri subversion attempt

The body of an Azerbaijani soldier was left in the territory between Armenian and Azerbaijani military positions.

12 January 2015 • 07:32 AMT
KitKat now on almost 40% of Android devices

Figures released by Google show that the operating system jumped by 5.2% since the month before, but the latest version of Android continues to lag.

12 January 2015 • 07:23 AMT
Samsung “mulls building new Windows Phone handsets in 2015”

The Galaxy smartphone maker has been looking for an opportunity to break its reliance on Google’s Android for some time.

12 January 2015 • 06:48 AMT
Fat White Family rock band using Lennon’s equipment for new album

The band met the icon’s son at a performance as part of SXSW last year and subsequently enlisted Lennon to co-produce the record.

12 January 2015 • 06:44 AMT
Led Zeppelin to reissue “Physical Graffiti” album to celebrate 40th anniv.

The release follows Led Zeppelin’s reissuing of their first five records last year, which saw a number of the titles enter the top 10.

12 January 2015 • 06:29 AMT
Elvis Presley’s first recording fetches $300,000 at birthday auction

Made in 1953 at Sun Records, the Memphis studio operated by Sam Phillips, it was the first song that Presley, then 18, ever recorded.

12 January 2015 • 06:12 AMT
Alice Cooper joins Foo Fighters onstage for Dave Grohl’s b-day concert

The show took place in Los Angeles and raised money for Rock School Scholarship Fund, MusiCares and Sweet Relief.

12 January 2015 • 06:02 AMT
Google to update mobile translation app soon: report

The new feature should make it easier for language learners, travelers and businessmen to communicate with foreign language speakers.

12 January 2015 • 05:51 AMT
“Selma” wins Palm Springs Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

The runner-up narrative films were the New Zealand film “The Dark Horse” and “Still Alice,” starring Julianne Moore.