The University of Birmingham hosted a round-table discussion on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict Nov 26, followed by a seminar The Challenges and Choices of the South Caucasus: Between Political, Cultural and Economic Priorities hosted by a Russian expert Denis Dvornikov. Later, several Armenian media outlets hurried to slam the event, accusing the organizers of bias. The expert commented on the situation amid the media scandal.

They say a 2006 iTunes update dictated that iTunes music could only be played on iPods, unfairly blocking competing device makers.

As a consulting partner, offering an extensive range of financial assistance, Ameriabank is financing a developing sector of industrial agriculture.

Orion is NASA’s first new spacecraft for humans in more than a generation, succeeding the now retired space shuttles.

The meeting was aimed at deciding whether the two could continue working together or whether new elections should be called.

The two parties are close to reaching a deal for the movie and TV platform, which the retailer could be willing to offload at a cut price.

The email client taps into Microsoft Exchange, making it capable of handling calendars, events and contacts.

Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” took the trophy for screenplay, and Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” won NYFCC’s award for first film.

Pixar is notably absent from the nomination list because they have not released new flick since “Monsters University” which was out in 2013.

The premiere was streamed live to more than 160 countries from the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, London.

Julianne Moore took best actress for her performance as a middle-aged woman with early onset Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice.”

The tax decision also poses risks to Japan’s ability to continue to finance its debt in the future, Moody’s said in a statement.

Centcom said there were 27 air strikes against the IS militant group in Syria and 28 strikes in Iraq, hitting a wide variety of targets.

WFP requires a total of $64 million immediately to support Syrian refugees in neighboring countries during the month of December.

The group had previously attacked and taken down Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as servers for Destiny and several EA games.

The rial’s drop in value coincides with a plunge in oil prices; crude oil exports provide some 50 percent of Iran’s budget.

He is working from a list that includes former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who is widely seen as the front-runner.

PII is often collected, by foreign states, for the purpose of attempting to use U.S. citizens as spies whether they are aware of it or not.

The head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, later confirmed that the pipeline was finished. “The project is closed,” he told reporters.

MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and via the web. 2012 became “the year of the MOOC” according to The New York Times, as several well-financed providers, associated with top universities, emerged, including Coursera, Udacity, and edX. These platforms collectively have dozens of university partners and millions of users. The fact that lectures from the world’s top professors are now a commodity available over the Internet for free is shaking up higher education from top to bottom. KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation in cooperation with Tumo Center for Creative Technologies, the Embassy of Switzerland in Armenia and PAN has organized a forum on November 2, 2014 on impact of IT on education to discuss current trends, challenges and opportunities IT has brought to the education landscape. The keynote speaker of the forum was the originator of MOOCs Stephen Downes. PAN had the chance to talk with Downes about MOOCs and the future of education.

Japanese magazine Mac Fan claims to have obtained schematics for the tablet, listing its dimensions as 305.31mm x 220.8mm x 7mm.

The Taiwanese firm is expected to announce the device around the time of the Mobile World Congress next March.

The latest look gives a glimpse at Mike (Jonathan Banks), who it turns out, always had something of a special rapport with Saul.

In 1988-1989 filmmaker Harutyun Khachatryan started his painful exploration of alienation and rootlessness among Armenian exiles.

A special mention went to Chinese director Zhao Dayong’s “Shadow Days,” which premiered at this year’s Berlin Forum.

Lufthansa says it cancelled about half of its flights after pilots went on strike in an ongoing dispute over retirement benefits.

An Intel chip will replace a processor from Texas Instruments Inc. included in the first version of Glass, the people said.

Screwball urban comedy “Veredas” took a first special mention, “Madres de los dioses,” from director Pablo Aguero won a second special mention.

Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has risen in the past months. Attacks carried out by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis.

“If you close the door (to immigration), you will pay an economic price,” says Jean-Christophe Dumont, an expert on migration.