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18 December 2014 • 05:21 AMT
Iraqi Kurdish forces launch offensive to recapture IS-held areas

Sinjar was the scene in August of one of the most dramatic episodes of the assault on Iraq the jihadists launched in early June.

18 December 2014 • 05:07 AMT
Apple CEO praises achievements in company-wide email

“Together we have reached new heights with our products and delivered Apple’s most innovative lineup ever,” Cook said.

18 December 2014 • 04:48 AMT
UN chief calls for int’l debate on CIA torture report

The Senate Intelligence Committee report details horrific interrogation techniques from simulated drowning to improvised enemas.

18 December 2014 • 04:42 AMT
Greek lawmakers fail to elect new president in first round

Of the 300 members of parliament, 160 voted in favor of the government’s candidate Stavros Dimas with 135 against and five absent.

18 December 2014 • 04:32 AMT
Cuba’s Castro urges U.S. to end trade embargo as talks resume

Only the U.S. Congress has the power to lift the embargo, and correspondents say many Republicans are still deeply opposed to this.

17 December 2014 • 13:03 AMT
Iranian Foreign Minister says ‘more to follow’ in nuke talks

“I wish our other neighbors would follow Turkey’s example and help in finding a solution to the nuclear issue,” Zarif said.

17 December 2014 • 12:56 AMT
Review: Murakami remains fantastical storyteller in “The Strange Library”

The author strands a nerdish boy in the basement of a strange library with an old man, a shape-shifting girl and a man clad in sheepskin.

17 December 2014 • 12:25 AMT
Turkish city Mayor apologizes for Genocide: report

Turk said that Armenians, Assyrians and Yazidis are the real masters of Kurdistan, which belongs to them just as much as it belongs to the Kurds.

17 December 2014 • 12:25 AMT
Interior Minister says France dismantled 13 jihadi networks

France’s top security official said the country has dismantled 13 jihadi networks recruiting young people for fighting in Syria.

17 December 2014 • 12:09 AMT
Tom Hanks to produce, star in “The Circle” novel adaptation

David Eggers’ novel focuses on a young woman who is hired for a big job in an Internet monopoly called the Circle.

17 December 2014 • 11:56 AMT
Timothy Spall drama “Mr Turner” leads London Critics’ Circle noms

Spall, Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch all have nominations for British Actor of the Year.

17 December 2014 • 11:37 AMT
Diplomats shown video of Armenian serviceman torture in Azeri captivity

The office of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender, Karen Andreasyan, organized a private viewing of the video.

17 December 2014 • 11:27 AMT
Church of England appoints its first ever female bishop

Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: “Congratulations to Revd Libby Lane on becoming the first woman bishop in the Church.

17 December 2014 • 11:14 AMT
Gazprom Armenia may revise gas price if AMD rate drop continues

PSRC said to have received no applications for revision of utility tariffs, according to the Commission spokesperson.

17 December 2014 • 10:54 AMT
Uruguayan soccer club to reject Azeri sponsorship

Candidate Marcelo Areco described the conditions imposed by Azerbaijan to San Lorenzo as “unfortunate and shameful”.

17 December 2014 • 10:53 AMT
Richard Mills confirmed as U.S. envoy to Armenia

Similar to his predecessors, Mills fell short of properly characterizing murder of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turley as Genocide.

17 December 2014 • 10:27 AMT
VivaCell-MTS presents new postpaid tariff plan STARTPHONE

The tariff plan allows buying Alcatel, Huawei, Lenovo or MTS smartphones at prices starting from AMD 1 in case of subscription.

17 December 2014 • 10:08 AMT
Facebook introduces “Sell Something” option

The new feature appears to be an attempt to bring order to groups made with the purpose of buying and selling goods.

17 December 2014 • 09:45 AMT
EU court removes Hamas from terror list

In a statement, the court acknowledged that Hamas contests its inclusion on the list, maintained since it was created in 2001.

17 December 2014 • 09:32 AMT
Merkel calls Putin to discuss Ukraine crisis

Merkel’s office said that the two leaders were joined by Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko in the discussion.

17 December 2014 • 09:18 AMT
Apple halts online sales of its products in Russia

“Our online store in Russia is currently unavailable while we review pricing,” Alan Hely, a spokesman for the company.

17 December 2014 • 08:57 AMT
Public inquiry into UK Iraq abuse to report

The first hearings began in March 2013, with evidence from hundreds of British and Iraqi witnesses taking place over 168 days.

17 December 2014 • 08:50 AMT
Four Pakistani Taliban killed in Afghanistan drone strike

The drone’s missiles killed the militants as members of the Pakistani Taliban were attacking a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

17 December 2014 • 08:30 AMT
London fest darling adventure-horror “Cub” sells to Altitude

“Cub” follows Sam, a young imaginative 12 year-old boy off to camp with his Cub Scouts pack and stumbles upon a masked feral-child.

17 December 2014 • 08:21 AMT
Robin Williams’ final performance in “Absolutely Anything”

The film, follows a teacher (Simon Pegg) who is granted the ability to do “absolutely anything” by a band of aliens.

17 December 2014 • 07:48 AMT
CPJ: at least 220 journalists imprisoned around the world

“We’ve never seen so many journalists held captive — for ransom or other reasons — by nonstate actors,” Robert Mahoney said.

17 December 2014 • 07:44 AMT
Dustin Hoffman’s “Boychoir” to close Palm Springs Film Fest

Director Francois Girard’s other works include “The Red Violin” and “32 Films about Glenn Gould.”

17 December 2014 • 07:36 AMT
Oscar-nommed Viola Davis cast as villain in stellar “Suicide Squad”

The actress will be joining Jared Leto, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Tom Hardy, Jai Courtney and Cara Delevingne.

17 December 2014 • 07:22 AMT
Green Day, Lou Reed leading Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame additions

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame only accepts inductees 25 years after the release of their first record.

17 December 2014 • 07:10 AMT
Imagine Dragons announce “Smoke + Mirrors” album

It will feature 13 new tracks including lead single “I Bet My Life” and the newly-released “Gold”.