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09 July 2014 • 10:20 AMT
Gus Van Sant to direct “Death Note” popular manga adaptation

The story of the manga series centers on a high school student who despises crime and corruption.

09 July 2014 • 09:53 AMT
Christian Bale as Moses in “Exodus: Gods and Kings” trailer

The trailer focuses on Moses butting heads with Rhamses (Joel Edgerton) and provides glimpses at the plagues that will befall the Egyptians.

09 July 2014 • 09:25 AMT
YouTube adds 12,000 live concert clips, from Bob Dylan to James Brown

Music Value will also post daily video features and curated playlists on YouTube as part of the deal.

09 July 2014 • 08:57 AMT
Brazil vs Germany World Cup semi-final garners 35.6 million tweets

A new record was also set for tweets per minute, with a peak of 580,166 when Sami Khedira scored Germany’s fifth goal on 29 minutes.

09 July 2014 • 08:36 AMT
Syria troops converge as rebels ready for Aleppo showdown

The rebels fighting to oust President Assad have controlled parts of the northern city since they wrested them from the government’s hands in July 2012.

09 July 2014 • 08:09 AMT
Rockets fired at Tel Aviv intercepted by Iron Dome: military

Israel says that Hamas Islamists in Gaza have dozens of long-range rockets capable of striking deeper into Israel than ever before.

09 July 2014 • 08:02 AMT
Isis-led rebels seize control of Iraqi chemical weapons factory

In recent weeks, Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) insurgents have seized huge swathes of north-western Iraq.

09 July 2014 • 07:44 AMT
Syria’s Western-backed opposition elects new leader

Hadi al-Bahra, a U.S-trained industrial engineer, will replace Ahmad Jarba, who has served the maximum two six-month terms.

08 July 2014 • 15:01 AMT
France slams dollar monopoly, calls to rebalance currencies

Heavy-handed sanctions from the U.S. and Europe have forced countries to also look towards other currency options.

08 July 2014 • 14:36 AMT
Ukraine’s gas row could mean cold winter for Central, East Europe

In June, Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom cut off gas deliveries for use by Ukraine in a dispute over unpaid bills.

08 July 2014 • 14:02 AMT
Pottermore website crashes as J.K. Rowling publishes new Potter story

The seven-book Harry Potter series, which recounts the early life of a boy who finds out he’s a wizard, has sold more than 400 million copies worldwide.

08 July 2014 • 13:47 AMT
Emily Mortimer to topline “Spectral” supernatural action film

Described as a supernatural Black Hawk Down, “Spectral” centers on a Special Ops team that fights supernatural beings who have taken over a European city.

08 July 2014 • 13:21 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter Karine Ter-Sahakian dies at 56

Kind and eternally young at heart – she was always 20, though in 2 days, on July 10 she’d have celebrated her 57th birthday.

08 July 2014 • 12:50 AMT
Sylvester Stallone to play hitman in “Scarpa” mob movie

Stallone will play Gregory Scarpa, a mobster known as the Grim Reaper who served as an enforcer for the Colombo crime family.

08 July 2014 • 12:24 AMT
Google’s Android Wear launch soured by bug?

Android Police claims that the web giant’s App Encryption security feature is preventing wearable devices from installing premium software.

08 July 2014 • 12:14 AMT
Tablets to out-ship PCs by late 2015, forecast suggests

This trend will be coupled with a “relative slowdown” in the tablet market in 2014, attributed to the demand for so-called phablet handsets.

08 July 2014 • 11:58 AMT
63 abducted women escape Islamic extremists in Nigeria

Boko Haram extremists have been waging an insurgency for five years in northern Nigeria, demanding the establishment of an Islamic state.

08 July 2014 • 11:46 AMT
Khamenei says Iran needs190,000 centrifuges for nuke programme

Last month French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Iran must restrict its number of centrifuges to just a few hundred.

08 July 2014 • 11:18 AMT
Israel boosts Gaza offensive, bombards dozens of targets

The Israel-Gaza border heated up last month after Israel’s arrest of hundreds of Hamas activists in the occupied West Bank.

08 July 2014 • 10:54 AMT
President talks Argentina ties, Genocide recognition at Buenos Aires visit

The President spoke about the Armenian presence in Buenos Aires, calling it a solid bridge between the two countries.

08 July 2014 • 10:24 AMT
Juliette Binoche, Chloe Moretz in “Clouds of Sils Maria” trailer

The movie stars Juliette Binoche as Maria Enders, a big star at the peak of her international career.

08 July 2014 • 10:11 AMT
“The Conjuring” hit horror spinoff gets official title

The Conjuring, which earned $318 million worldwide, was inspired by real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

08 July 2014 • 10:01 AMT
1st look at Don Cheadle as jazz legend Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead”

The biopic follows Davis as he bursts out of his silent period and conspires with a Rolling Stone writer to steal back his music.

08 July 2014 • 09:37 AMT
Rome Film Festival announces sweeping changes ahead of 9th edition

The focus on emerging filmmakers will come from a special prize, selected by a jury appointed by festival officials.

08 July 2014 • 09:17 AMT
Powerless devices banned on U.S. flights amid security boost

The new regulations will require passengers to switch on their smartphones, tablets and laptops prior to boarding to prove that they are real.

08 July 2014 • 09:07 AMT
Microsoft revives Surface Mini tablet ahead of summer release: report

It is yet to be confirmed whether the tablet will run the Windows RT operating system, or make the jump to the fully-fledged Windows 8.1.

08 July 2014 • 08:30 AMT
Thousands evacuated as powerful typhoon churns towards Japan

Typhoon Neoguri weakened from its original status as a super typhoon but remained intense, with gusts of more than 250 km per hour.

08 July 2014 • 08:12 AMT
Afghan suicide attack leaves at least 4 NATO troops dead

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which targeted a convoy of NATO forces in the city of Charikar.

08 July 2014 • 07:48 AMT
Bridges destroyed outside Donetsk ahead of Ukraine forces offensive

It was unclear who was behind the explosions but Ukrainian media said the bridges were blown up by pro-Russian activists.

08 July 2014 • 07:26 AMT
Mortar bombs land in Saudi Arabia close to Iraq border

The attack was the 2nd near a Saudi frontier in 3days, after al Qaeda militants based in Yemen staged a raid in al-Sharurah in south Saudi Arabia.