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10 October 2014 • 13:30 AMT
Unity game development platform “up for sale”

Virtual reality headset Oculus Rift was recently named an official platform and build target for Unity.

10 October 2014 • 13:09 AMT
Baku hands over Armenian captive’s body

Karen Petrosyan ‘died suddenly’ in Baku, after what Azerbaijan said was a cardiovascular collapse.

10 October 2014 • 12:56 AMT
100,000 flee fighting near Libyan capital in 3 weeks: UNHCR

“We are seeing growing displacement, now estimated at 287,000 people in 29 cities and towns countrywide,” UNHCR said.

10 October 2014 • 12:51 AMT
Turkey expects to win UN Security Council seat

Çavuşoğlu will travel to New York for further talks with ambassadors to the UN from a number of countries ahead of the vote.

10 October 2014 • 12:50 AMT
Aznavour hospitalized, postpones Geneva concert

The activist-singer’s planned concert had been postponed, but he and the organisers would try to reschedule the concert “as soon as possible.”

10 October 2014 • 12:30 AMT
WHO says East Asia at risk from Ebola

The Philippines has some 8,000 workers in Ebola-affected countries in West Africa and 115 peacekeepers in Liberia.

10 October 2014 • 12:07 AMT
Around 100 kingpins behind global cybercrime: Europol

“We roughly know who they are. If we can take them out of the equation then the rest will fall down,” Troels Oerting said.

10 October 2014 • 11:44 AMT
Koreas exchange fire across border, Seoul says

Officials said some of the North Korean shots landed south of the border, prompting the South’s military to fire back in response.

10 October 2014 • 11:32 AMT
Turkish officials slam Syria-linked unrest as death toll rises

Most of the fatalities were in clashes between rival groups and more than a thousand people had been detained, Ala said.

10 October 2014 • 11:19 AMT
Pakistani teenager, Indian rights activist win Nobel Peace Prize

“It’s an honor to all those children who are still suffering in slavery, bonded labor and trafficking,” Kailash Satyarthi said.

10 October 2014 • 10:59 AMT
“Merry Friggin’ Christmas” Robin Williams’ final movie unveils trailer

The late actor plays a cranky father who helps his reluctant son Boyd (Joel McHale) to save Christmas.

10 October 2014 • 10:50 AMT
George Clooney in Disney sci-fi “Tomorrowland” trailer

Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof have recently come out and given clues about the film, describing it as “Harry Potter but for science nerds.”

10 October 2014 • 10:45 AMT
Tom Hanks’ Dan Brown adaptation “Inferno” release date moved

After directing “DaVinci Code” and “Angels & Demons,” Ron Howard is returning for “Inferno,” which Sony will now release on Oct. 14, 2016.

10 October 2014 • 10:40 AMT
Pulitzer Prize winner: Erdogan said there was no Genocide ‘to my face’

Kristof focuses on human rights abuses and ongoing atrocities around the world, hoping to mobilize int’l efforts to stop them.

10 October 2014 • 10:35 AMT
Billy Crystal joins “Which Witch” animated movie project

Crystal has logged extensive work in the animated world as the one-eyed Mike character in Disney-Pixar’s “Monsters Inc.” and “Monsters University.”

10 October 2014 • 10:25 AMT
India Eisley to topline “The Curse of Sleeping Beauty”

The film is based on the Brothers Grimm classic, but has a dark, modern twist. Eisley will play the titular role of Sleeping Beauty, aka Briar Rose.

10 October 2014 • 10:11 AMT
12.9-inch iPad “gets delayed to make way for iPhone 6 Plus”

On October 8, the iPhone maker confirmed that it would be holding its latest product launch event on October 16.

10 October 2014 • 10:03 AMT
Google’s Ingress reality game teases support for wearables

Ingress made its debut on iOS earlier this year, and the game has seen a total of seven million installs across Android and iOS devices.

10 October 2014 • 09:55 AMT
Adele’s new album “25” won’t come until at least 2015

Adele’s latest album, “21”, was a huge success, selling more than 25 million copies worldwide since being released in 2011.

10 October 2014 • 09:21 AMT
Foreign-language Oscar race breaks record with 83 entries

This year’s submissions include films from Mauritania, Malta, Kosovo and Panama, countries that had never before entered the Oscar race.

10 October 2014 • 09:10 AMT
Pink Floyd’s new “Endless River” to become its last

For their upcoming album, David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason revisited and reworked the Division Bell studio sessions.

10 October 2014 • 08:57 AMT
Viola Davis’s “How to Get Away with Murder” gets full-season order

The show is the highest-rated new series this fall, averaging a 3.6 rating in the coveted 18-49 demo.

10 October 2014 • 08:54 AMT
IS Chechen commander vows to revenge Russia

“He said ‘don’t worry dad, I’ll come home and show the Russians’,” Temur Batirashvili said from his home in Georgia.

10 October 2014 • 08:33 AMT
Will Smith as veteran con man in “Focus” thriller trailer

The heist film is also starring Rodrigo Santoro (300) and Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street).

10 October 2014 • 08:24 AMT
Brent oil price drops to lowest since 2010

A recent surge in the U.S. dollar, which pressured commodities markets across the board, have also weighed on oil prices.

10 October 2014 • 08:23 AMT
“Little House on the Prairie” classic adaptation finds helmer

The children’s book is inspired by memories of the author’s childhood during the late 19th century.

10 October 2014 • 08:05 AMT
Jennifer Jason Leigh cast as female lead in Tarantino’s “Hateful Eight”

Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen are all set to appear in the film version after being part of a reading of the script.

10 October 2014 • 07:09 AMT
U.S. wants access to Turkish air base for training Syrian rebels

The defense secretary said Turkey has military capabilities that would be valuable in the fight against the Islamic State militants.

10 October 2014 • 06:06 AMT
Tesla reveals Model S electric sedan features

Musk said that the Model S cars that are rolling off the line today already have the hardware for what he called “autopilot.”

10 October 2014 • 05:59 AMT
Symantec to split into two publicly traded firms

The revenue fell 3% to $6.7bn in its recent fiscal year on a struggling storage business, while operating income fell almost 20%.