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18 October 2014 • 14:03 AMT
Relativity to acquire Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer’s “Black or White”

“Black and White” follows attorney Elliot Anderson (Costner), who’s raising his biracial granddaughter Eloise with his wife.

18 October 2014 • 13:55 AMT
German police arrest IS supporters, raid properties

German intelligence authorities estimate at least 450 people have left Germany for Syria and around 150 have returned.

18 October 2014 • 13:37 AMT
Court should demand Dink murder docs from military: Turkish intelligence

The court had earlier twice asked the MİT about the “top-secret” docs that the spy agency had sent to Parliament’s Coup Research Commission.

18 October 2014 • 13:12 AMT
Vintage Apple-1 computer expected to fetch $500,000 at auction

The Apple-1 was one of 50 machines hand-built for the ByteShop by Apple pioneer Steve Wozniak in the summer of 1976.

18 October 2014 • 12:58 AMT
Twitter, SoundCloud, iTunes team to launch ‘Audio Card’ for music playback

Earlier, Twitter announced that its ‘popular tweets’ feature has been rolled out to all users following a trial period.

18 October 2014 • 11:06 AMT
Mexico arrests drug kingpin in 43 students’ disappearance case

Thousands of protesters marched in Acapulco to demand the safe return of the 43 young men, who went missing three weeks ago.

18 October 2014 • 10:52 AMT
China, Vietnam agree to resume military ties after territory dispute

Relations between the two countries grew tense this year after China deployed an oil rig near the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Hanoi.

18 October 2014 • 10:36 AMT
Houthis, Islamist supporters clash in Yemen after 15 killed

The Houthis established themselves as powerbrokers in Yemen last month, capturing the capital, Sanaa, on September 21.

18 October 2014 • 10:24 AMT
Azeris intensify ceasefire violations ahead of Sargsyan-Aliyev talks

Azerbaijan fired over 5000 shots from various caliber weapons towards the positions of Karabakh defense army.

18 October 2014 • 09:55 AMT
Ridley Scott adapting “Hot Zone” bestseller into Ebola TV series

The book covers the Ebola crisis of the 1970s and 1990s, but the series will also highlight the most recent outbreak that started months ago.

18 October 2014 • 09:50 AMT
Coen Brothers’ all-star comedy “Hail, Caesar!” adds four

Patrick Fischler, David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens and Clancy Brown have joined the cast of the Hollywood-set period comedy.

18 October 2014 • 09:41 AMT
Colin Farrell added to Marvel’s “Dr. Strange” contenders list

Marvel is also paying attention to fans’ demand, considering to hire Keanu Reeves who has been one of geeks’ favorites.

18 October 2014 • 09:36 AMT
Netflix, Leonardo DiCaprio team for “Virunga” documentary

The doc will be release simultaneously on Netflix and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 7.

18 October 2014 • 09:27 AMT
Google Nexus 9 tablet “as powerful as a 2012 Mac Pro,” test suggests

HTC’s Android slate scored 1,903 in Geekbench’s assessment, while the previous-generation Apple computer was pegged at 1,925.

18 October 2014 • 08:50 AMT
Fingerprint-sensing payment cards unveiled

Zwipe and Mastercard have joined forces to develop the world’s first contactless payments card with an embedded fingerprint scanner.

18 October 2014 • 08:43 AMT
Russia, Ukraine reach surprise gas deal in Milan talks

“We agreed on all the parameters of this deal,” Putin said, but he urged European countries to help Ukraine meet a debt for gas.

18 October 2014 • 08:25 AMT
Palestinians want UN Security Council’s Israel pullout vote this year

Palestinian UN envoy said the Palestinians will not go back “to the same kind of negotiations that have led us nowhere for more than 20 years.”

18 October 2014 • 08:14 AMT
Ankara “doesn’t want adventures” as inaction against IS criticized

Western diplomats have repeatedly made clear they want to see the key NATO member play a key role in the coalition against the militants.

18 October 2014 • 08:04 AMT
EU says 30,146 registered as human trafficking victims in 2010-2013

The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.

18 October 2014 • 07:52 AMT
24 killed in Baghdad car bomb attacks as violence rages

No one immediately said they were responsible for the blasts, but other attacks in recent weeks have been claimed by Islamic State.

18 October 2014 • 07:44 AMT
OSCE MG Co-Chairs’ visit: Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting at focus

In addition to their meetings with the Presidents, the Co-Chairs participated in an OSCE Monitoring Mission on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

17 October 2014 • 15:42 AMT
Defense Minister advises Azerbaijan against frontline shelling

In a conversation with journalists the official spoke of recent escalation at the line of contact and the Armenian-Azeri border.

17 October 2014 • 15:21 AMT
New book on Genocide to be sent to Turkish leaders

Hayk Demoyan hosted a presentation of his book “Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the World Press” on October 17.

17 October 2014 • 15:11 AMT
Google posts quarterly drop in profits

The internet giant raked in $2.8 billion during the period in question, down 5% from the same period last year.

17 October 2014 • 14:51 AMT
Samsung launches revamped version of Chromebook 2 laptop

The 11-inch version of the leather-backed notebook now includes a 2.58GHz Intel Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage.

17 October 2014 • 14:18 AMT
Michelle Williams’ “Suite Francaise” to premiere at American Film Market

“Suite Francaise” also stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley, Ruth Wilson, Lambert Wilson and Margot Robbie.

17 October 2014 • 14:08 AMT
Robert Redford to headline “Pete’s Dragon” Disney classic remake

The actor is currently playing Dan Rather in “Truth” and was last seen in Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

17 October 2014 • 14:02 AMT
Comedian Chris Rock’s “Top Five” unveils 1st trailer

In the film, Rock portrays stand-up comedian Andre Allen, who’s making a go at being a serious actor.

17 October 2014 • 13:50 AMT
Lakeshore nabs Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick comedy “Mr. Right”

“Mr. Right” tells the story of Martha, who after being unlucky in love, finally finds the man of her dreams, only to discover that he is a former hitman.

17 October 2014 • 12:02 AMT
Islamic State training pilots to fly in 3 captured fighter jets: Syria monitor

The group has been flying the planes over the captured al-Jarrah Syrian military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman.