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24 July 2014 • 11:18 AMT
Contact lost with Air Algerie flight carrying 110 passengers on board

Spanish private airline company Swiftair confirmed it had no contact with its MD-83 aircraft operated by Air Algerie.

24 July 2014 • 10:44 AMT
OSCE Minsk Group concerned over targeted killings at border, contact line

The Co-Chairs discussed possible agenda items for a presidential summit with Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

24 July 2014 • 10:28 AMT
Columbia University to host Origins of Armenian Art course

The course will also examine the reasons for scholarly interest in a definition of Armenian art over the last century.

24 July 2014 • 10:13 AMT
Mideast sees largest Christian exodus since Armenian Genocide: report

Many have already fled to camps in Lebanon, Turkey or Jordan; the ancient Armenian community of Aleppo is moving to Yerevan.

24 July 2014 • 10:07 AMT
“Sinister” hit horror sequel scheduled for Aug. 21, 2015

The tale of a crime writer moving into a murdered family’s home grossed over $80 million worldwide on a $3 million budget.

24 July 2014 • 09:42 AMT
Norway’s intelligence warns of Islamist threat

The domestic intelligence agency could not exclude that people involved with the threat already were in the country.

24 July 2014 • 08:19 AMT
Johnny Depp’s “Pirates of the Caribbean 5” release date set

Depp, who will be 54 by the time of the movie’s new release date, will reprise his role as Jack Sparrow, the temperamental captain who has led every film.

24 July 2014 • 07:55 AMT
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” unveils new poster

The poster features Smaug the dragon roaring and looming over a burning village with Bard the Bowman blocking his path.

24 July 2014 • 07:41 AMT
Tommy Lee Jones joins Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman in “Criminal”

The film centers on a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills implanted into a prison inmate in hopes that he will stop a diabolical plot.

24 July 2014 • 07:37 AMT
At least 13 children killed as train hits school bus in India

There are nearly 15,000 unmanned crossings on Indian railways and hundreds of people are killed on these crossings every year.

24 July 2014 • 06:30 AMT
Turkey to portray Diaspora Armenians as ‘sectarians’: scholar

“Hrant Dink was killed in revenge for the assassination of Talat Pasha, the architect of the Armenian Genocide,” Akcam writes.

24 July 2014 • 05:32 AMT
China manufacturing activity grows at fastest pace in 18 months

The bank’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a gauge of the sector’s health, rose to 52 in July, from 50.7 in June.

24 July 2014 • 05:24 AMT
U.S. lifts flight ban to Israel as Gaza fighting rages

Israel denied any wrongdoing. “Get lost,” Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said on her Facebook page in response to the investigation.

23 July 2014 • 14:52 AMT
Angelina Jolie’s “Maleficent” tops $700 million at global box office

Released domestically on May 30, Maleficent opened at No. 1 with $69.4 million and has seen strong week-to-week holds.

23 July 2014 • 14:39 AMT
Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club 2” comic book series get release date

The 10-part series will be illustrated by Cameron Stewart and take place in time periods both ahead of, and behind, the original 1996 novel.

23 July 2014 • 14:24 AMT
Armenia seeks to launch visa elimination talks with EU: FM

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian attended the Brussels-hosted meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU and Eastern Partnership states.

23 July 2014 • 14:12 AMT
47 dead as Transasia Airways plane makes emergency landing in Taiwan

Flight GE 222 was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members during stormy weather in the wake of Typhoon Matmo.

23 July 2014 • 13:35 AMT
Two Ukrainian military fighter shot down, ministry says

Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky said the planes may have been carrying up to two crew members each.

23 July 2014 • 13:12 AMT
Ethan Hawke travels through time in “Predestination” trailer

The actor stars as a time-traveling Temporal Agent who recruits a rookie (Sarah Snook) to help him catch a bomber who has eluded him for ages.

23 July 2014 • 13:11 AMT
Iran says nuclear talks to resume in early September

“The extension of talks shows this is a positive atmosphere,” Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said.

23 July 2014 • 12:33 AMT
“Predators” writer to work on “Deus Ex” acclaimed vid game adaptation

The movie focuses on Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT security specialist who undergoes mechanical augmentation in order to unravel a global conspiracy.

23 July 2014 • 12:22 AMT
Kerry arrives in Tel Aviv to push for ceasefire between Israel, Hamas

Israel reported that two more of its soldiers had died in the conflict, bringing the military’s death toll to 29.

23 July 2014 • 12:10 AMT
Karabakh to see power price hike from Aug. 11: Armenian suppliers to blame

Major consumers will be affected by the hike, while the remaining subscribers will have the price increase subsidized by the govt.

23 July 2014 • 11:37 AMT
July 23 marks 21st anniv. of Akna (Aghdam) liberation

Liberation of Shushi in 1992 decreased but didn’t eliminate the threat to the towns of Nagorno Karabakh Republic.

23 July 2014 • 11:11 AMT
Sarik Andreasyan’s “American Heist” to vie for Toronto Fest prize

In the indie action thriller, two brothers with troubled pasts become embroiled in a high-stakes bank robbery.

23 July 2014 • 10:47 AMT
Foreign Minister slams Azeri diversions at meeting with OSCE MG

According to James Warlick, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs will issue a statement over new violence on the line of contact.

23 July 2014 • 10:36 AMT
Police chief once accused of negligence in Dink case arrested

Ali Fuat Yılmazer turned to the cameras and photographers and raised his handcuffed arms to protest the operation.

23 July 2014 • 10:14 AMT
Microsoft reports 7% fall in second quarter profit

The company said profit during the March to June period was $4.6bn compared with $4.97bn during the same period last year.

23 July 2014 • 10:01 AMT
Islamic State claims responsibility after bombing kills 33 in Baghdad

Security forces also found the bodies of eight Iraqi soldiers 3 km outside Samarra, the most northern city under full govt. control.

23 July 2014 • 09:44 AMT
U.S. senators call more Russia sanctions

“Russians must stop providing weapons, equipment and training to separatists in eastern Ukraine,” the letter said.