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11 December 2014 • 07:57 AMT
Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons join “Fargo” dark comedy series Season 2

This will be Dunst’s first TV series regular role after previously starring on TV movies like “Tower of Terror” and “Fifteen and Pregnant.”

11 December 2014 • 07:46 AMT
Dr. Dre tops Forbes’2014 World’s Highest-Paid Musicians list

Dre’s massive $620 million figure is the highest amount by a musician ever. That’s thanks to the recent sale of Beats to Apple for $3 billion.

11 December 2014 • 07:35 AMT
BBC adapting J.K. Rowling’s “Cuckoo’s Calling” into crime series

The series are based on the detective novels featuring war veteran Cormoran Strike who turns private investigator after losing a leg in Afghanistan.

11 December 2014 • 07:25 AMT
Adobe rolls out updates to bring additional support for cameras, lenses

The company recently issued Lightroom 5.7 with a tool for importing photos from Apple’s soon to be discontinued iPhoto and Aperture.

11 December 2014 • 07:17 AMT
6 killed as suicide bomber targets army bus in Kabul

Taliban insurgents have stepped up their attacks in recent months in Afghanistan with deadly suicide and roadside bombings.

11 December 2014 • 05:29 AMT
Turkey’s ruling party pushes back to radical roots: report

“We are going beyond the banalities taught to us for 200 years. We are finally asking the right questions,” the president said.

11 December 2014 • 05:11 AMT
U.S. Congressman says Azerbaijan’s violence must be stopped

“I also urge Secretary of State John Kerry to take this issue up with the Aliyev regime as soon as possible,” Adam Schiff said.

11 December 2014 • 05:09 AMT
Process for selection of Armenian American Museum architect starts

Space will be provided for the construction of a memorial/monument in the open space outside of the Museum building.

11 December 2014 • 04:55 AMT
BBC study: jihadist violence killed over 5,000 people worldwide in Nov

The single deadliest attack in November was a bomb attack on the Grand Mosque in the Nigerian city of Kano that killed 120 people.

11 December 2014 • 04:51 AMT
Cyber crime serious threat to skies safety: aviation heavyweights

“As technologies rapidly evolve and become more readily accessible to all, cyber threats cannot be ignored,” Raymond Benjamin said.

11 December 2014 • 04:43 AMT
eBay mulls cutting thousands of jobs early next year: report

The spin-off, announced in September, highlighted the slowing growth of eBay’s traditional marketplace business.

11 December 2014 • 04:40 AMT
270,000 tons of plastic floating in world’s oceans, study says

The study’s lead author is Markus Eriksen of the 5 Gyres Institute, an organization that aims to reduce plastic in the oceans.

11 December 2014 • 04:32 AMT
U.S. Congress passes bill to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials

The government said opposition leaders had incited protesters to violence and had been planning a coup against President Maduro.

11 December 2014 • 04:26 AMT
Libyan recognized PM says campaign to seize Tripoli will continue

“Our troops are moving towards Tripoli to liberate it,” he said, claiming his forces had seized a town west of the capital.

11 December 2014 • 03:54 AMT
Google to shut down news service in Spain

Google maintains it obeys all copyright laws while sending more people to websites highlighted in its news services.

10 December 2014 • 18:21 AMT
Instagram reaches 300 million monthly active users

CEO Kevin Systrom said the company isn’t competing against other tech companies, but rather against print and TV ads.

10 December 2014 • 18:11 AMT
Polish ex-President admits CIA ran secret prison in his country

“Poland took steps to end the activity at this site and the activity was stopped at some point,” Kwasniewski told Radio TOK FM in Warsaw.

10 December 2014 • 13:02 AMT
Julia Roberts announced as the face of Givenchy

They are black-and-white images which show the 47-year-old actress wearing tuxedo and men’s shirt with no makeup on.

10 December 2014 • 12:58 AMT
Italian police hunt mafia suspects, arrest 61

Police there were acting after the issue of 25 arrest warrants in connection with a dragnet codenamed Operation Godfather.

10 December 2014 • 12:35 AMT
Iran’s Rouhani says oil prices fall result of ‘treachery’

“The people of the region will not forget such conspiracies, or in other words, treachery against the Muslim world,” he said.

10 December 2014 • 12:25 AMT
Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson in “The Secret Service” red band trailer

The film centres around a troubled young man who is inducted into a covert spy agency by his late father’s colleague.

10 December 2014 • 12:04 AMT
Last-minute Oscar campaign launched for Marion Cotillard’s “Immigrant”

The announcement came just days after launching an Oscar campaign for “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.”

10 December 2014 • 12:00 AMT
UNHCR: 3,419 people died trying to reach Europe by boats in 2013

Last month, at least 24 people died after a boat carrying 43 illegal migrants and asylum seekers sank near Istanbul, Turkey.

10 December 2014 • 11:39 AMT
Greek police destroy bomb planted outside Athens bank

Police said an anonymous caller alerted authorities to the timer-activated bomb, in the Aghia Paraskevi suburb.

10 December 2014 • 11:31 AMT
Judge rules prosecutors may appeal Pistorius verdict

In September, Judge Masipa acquitted Pistorius of murder but found him guilty of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter.

10 December 2014 • 11:21 AMT
BP expects to incur $1bn restructuring charges

“The simplification work we have already done is serving us well as we face the tougher external environment,” Bob Dudley said.

10 December 2014 • 11:21 AMT
Armenia 3rd in Global Militarization Index, Azerbaijan 10th

Israel, Singapore, Armenia, Syria, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Jordan, Greece and Azerbaijan are in GMI top 10.

10 December 2014 • 11:09 AMT
AMA hosts “Kiss The Ground—A New Armenia, Part I” exhibit

The Thompson Gallery and the Armenian Museum of America have joined forces to present the 5-part exhibition series.

10 December 2014 • 11:05 AMT
St. Petersburg Armenians urge to criminalize Genocide denial

On April 14, 1995, Russia’s State Duma adopted a resolution condemning the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1922.

10 December 2014 • 10:53 AMT
Court decision due on Armenian gospel manuscript stolen from Cyprus

In October and November 1997 the German Police raided apartments maintained by the Turkish dealer in illicit antiquities in Munich.