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28 July 2014 • 07:10 AMT
Apple close to buying Pandora-for-talk-radio app Swell: report

The Swell acquisition comes as part of a string of content apps that Apple has picked up over the last couple of months

28 July 2014 • 06:31 AMT
Costa Concordia completes its final journey

“Our big ally has been the ship,” said Franco Gabrielli, the Italian government official overseeing the operation.

28 July 2014 • 05:57 AMT
Fast-moving wildfires hit California, force evacuations

Most of the victims were hit on a beach in Los Angeles, though one golfer was also struck on nearby Catalina island.

28 July 2014 • 05:49 AMT
Israel sees no need for another Gaza ceasefire: official

Tensions between PM Netanyahu’s government and Washington flared over U.S. mediation to end the almost three-week-old war

26 July 2014 • 12:56 AMT
Russia lashes out at EU latest Ukraine-related sanctions

“We are sure the decisions will be greeted enthusiastically by international terrorists,” the Foreign Ministry said.

26 July 2014 • 12:37 AMT
U.S. closes embassy in Libya, evacuates staff

The embassy staff were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia “due to the ongoing violence, the U.S. State Department said.

26 July 2014 • 12:28 AMT
Foreign ministers calls for Gaza ceasefire extension

“All of us call on the parties to extend the military ceasefire that is currently underway,” Laurent Fabius said.

26 July 2014 • 12:02 AMT
Syrian rebels shoot down helicopter, activists say

The Observatory for Human Rights said the helicopter was shot down with a missile over a poor area of town known as Camp Nairab.

26 July 2014 • 11:38 AMT
Fitch affirms Russia’s BBB rating with negative outlook

The agency also affirmed the short-term foreign currency IDR at “F3.” The country ceiling has been lowered to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’.

26 July 2014 • 11:28 AMT
French unemployment rate hits new high in June

The Labor Ministry said the number of job offers received by the state employment agency had risen 5.4 percent in June from May.

26 July 2014 • 11:08 AMT
Central Ukrainian town mayor shot dead: ministry

Oleh Babayev, was killed when a car pulled up to his own, and an unidentified person fired three shots from a gun with a silencer.

26 July 2014 • 10:43 AMT
Armenian soldier killed as Azeris attempt to penetrate into Karabakh

According to the NKR defense army, the saboteurs were driven back, suffering losses and leaving technical devices and armament.

26 July 2014 • 10:20 AMT
ISIS may be added to UN list of war crimes

Meanwhile, ISIS rebels said they had seized control of a large military base on the outskirts of the northern city of Raqqa.

26 July 2014 • 09:14 AMT
Azeris shell Armenian villages, retreat with wounded

Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the Armenian border villages of Nerkin Karmaghbyur, Movses and Aygepar overnight.

26 July 2014 • 08:46 AMT
PBS SoCal Plus to air documentary on Tumo center

The short documentary film is directed by Vahe Babaian and produced by Bérj Beramian, made as a Zealpix production.

26 July 2014 • 08:38 AMT
Apple acquires BookLamp startup ‘to beat Amazon’

BookLamp’s tech and talent could help Apple improve its iBooks service with better recommendations, search, and categorization.

26 July 2014 • 08:20 AMT
Toyota-BMW sports car cooperation details leaked

The Supra will have three electric motors, according to the source, with a pair being in the front and the third in the back.

26 July 2014 • 07:21 AMT
Armenian inscriptions added to signboards in Turkish city

“The Kurdish people have historical-cultural similarities with the Armenians,” the Mayor of Artamed, Sevil Rojbin Cetin said.

26 July 2014 • 07:00 AMT
Israel, Hamas begin 12-hour humanitarian truce

Hamas has previously said it would not agree to any long-term truce that did not lead to an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

26 July 2014 • 06:47 AMT
U.S. to provide $33mln to Ukrainian army: envoy

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said that helping Ukraine to protect its national borders is one of the top priorities.

25 July 2014 • 18:02 AMT
Hezbollah leader vows support to Palestinian militants

Addressing Israelis, Nasrallah said: “You are in Gaza now in a state of failure, don’t go further to the level of suicide and collapse.”

25 July 2014 • 17:33 AMT
Turkish PM inaugurates $4bn high-speed train link

“Twelve years ago, a fast train was nothing more than a dream. We are now a country which makes its dreams come true,” Erdogan said.

25 July 2014 • 14:35 AMT
FIFA rejects calls to move 2018 World Cup from Russia

FIFA issued a statement saying it “deplores any form of violence” and questioning the purpose of relocating the sport’s showcase tournament.

25 July 2014 • 14:19 AMT
ISIS fighters say they overran large military base in Syrian city

The group, which has changed its name to Islamic State, describes the territory under its control in Iraq and Syria as a caliphate.

25 July 2014 • 14:01 AMT
Georgia to introduce some visa requirements for Armenian citizens

The amendments to the law on legal state of foreigners and people without citizenship will take effect starting September 1, 2014.

25 July 2014 • 13:47 AMT
EU reaches preliminary agreement on more Russia sanctions

Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said there was still work to be done.

25 July 2014 • 13:01 AMT
French soldiers secure black box from Air Algerie jet wreckage site

One of two black boxes was recovered from the wreckage in the Gossi region of Mali near the border with Burkina Faso.

25 July 2014 • 12:35 AMT
Russian Central Bank warns of inflation risks increase

Earlier this month, however, there was a spike in consumer prices, largely explained by the indexation of tariffs from July 1.

25 July 2014 • 11:49 AMT
Suspected Taliban gunmen kill 15 in Afghanistan

A local governor said the women had been travelling by taxi when gunmen on a motorcycle fired on their vehicle.

25 July 2014 • 11:41 AMT
Armenia ranks 87th in UN Human Development Report

Advances in technology, education and incomes hold ever-greater promise for longer, healthier, more secure lives.