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05 April 2014 • 08:44 AMT
BlackBerry Kopi smartphone pics leak online

The entry-level phone is said to feature a 3.2-inch display, a physical keyboard and a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 processor.

05 April 2014 • 08:21 AMT
Buenos Aires to mark April 24 as “Day of 1st Genocide of 20th Century”

The council approved a proposal submitted by legislator Ferreyra asking the Ministry of Education to allocate proper attention to the Genocide.

05 April 2014 • 08:11 AMT
OSCE Minsk Group readying meeting of Armenian, Azeri leaders

The OSCE MG Co-chairs and and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office met Armenian FM in Moscow.

05 April 2014 • 07:58 AMT
Voting begins in historic Afghan presidential election

After 12 years in power, the incumbent Hamid Karzai is ineligible to run again, and there are eight candidates contesting the election.

05 April 2014 • 07:28 AMT
U.S. warns Russia against increasing gas price to Ukraine

Russian PM earlier announced the move, effectively raising the price by $100 to $485 for every 1,000 cubic meters of gas.

05 April 2014 • 07:04 AMT
U.S. grants Boeing license to export spare parts to Iran

There have been more than 200 accidents involving Iranian planes in the past 25 years, leading to more than 2,000 deaths, reports say.

05 April 2014 • 06:59 AMT
Japan orders military to strike any N. Korea- launched ballistic missiles

Japanese Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan are equipped with advanced radar equipment able to track multiple targets.

04 April 2014 • 13:03 AMT
French leader to mediate Karabakh settlement at Yerevan, Baku visit?

“The resolution of the Karabakh issue will open up great opportunities for the conflicting parties,” Pascal Meunier said.

04 April 2014 • 12:33 AMT
Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney to reunite in “The Heart” action-comedy

Kristen Wiig will star as a cash-strapped woman who agrees to transport black market organs with a man she just met, to be played by Rockwell.

04 April 2014 • 12:11 AMT
Gia Coppola’s “Palo Alto” trailer features James Franco

Emma Roberts stars in the movie as a young student who engages in an affair with her soccer coach (Franco).

04 April 2014 • 11:55 AMT
EU Commissioner: Customs Union undermines countries’ sovereignty

“The Association Agreement aims to boost the country’s sovereignty and promote necessary economic and political reforms,” Stefan Fule said.

04 April 2014 • 11:22 AMT
Armenian Prime Minister’s resignation: rumors and comments

Stepan Safaryan noted that there is an invisible pressure on Sargsyan; “it’s coming from Russia, rather than Armenia,” he said.

04 April 2014 • 10:50 AMT
Schumacher showing ‘moments of consciousness’, agent says

“We are on his side during his long and difficult fight, together with the team of the hospital in Grenoble,” Kehm said in the statement.

04 April 2014 • 10:23 AMT
Microsoft reports 12 million Office for iPad downloads

The firm has not said download numbers for the Microsoft Office apps, nor how many new Microsoft Office 365 subscribers it picked up.

04 April 2014 • 08:55 AMT
CSTO Foreign Ministers issue statement on Kessab events

“We strongly condemn the acts of terror and the use of force against the peaceful population,” the ministers said in a statement.

04 April 2014 • 08:42 AMT
Two foreign journalists shot in Afghanistan

The two journalists were in a remote small town on Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan when the incident took place.

04 April 2014 • 08:37 AMT
Turkish PM blasts court ruling to lift Twitter ban

“All our national, moral values have been put aside,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said about the spate of anonymously posted recordings.

04 April 2014 • 08:33 AMT
“American Dreams” helmer to direct “Children” Chinese kidnap drama

Every year, thousands of children are kidnapped in China; the film is about a group of parents who go out to find their abducted children themselves.

04 April 2014 • 08:09 AMT
Veteran comedian David Letterman to retire from “Late Show” in 2015

President Barack Obama, who has sat down for an interview with Letterman on “Late Show”, paid tribute to the 66-year-old TV star.

04 April 2014 • 07:45 AMT
“Frozen” beats “Wolf of Wall Street” to retain home sale charts leadership

“Walking with Dinosaurs: The Movie,” from 20th Century Fox, debuted at No. 3; “Delivery Man,” from Walt Disney Studios, bowed at No. 4.

04 April 2014 • 07:22 AMT
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis in “The Angriest Man in Brooklyn” trailer

Directed by Oscar nominee Phil Alden Robinson, it is a remake of 1997’s Israeli film, “The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum.”

04 April 2014 • 07:05 AMT
John Leguizamo, Jim Belushi join “The Man on Carrion Road”

Leguizamo will star alongside Uma Thurman, Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in the upcoming action-comedy film “American Ultra.”

04 April 2014 • 06:52 AMT
Samsung claims developing technique for synthesizing graphene

Samsung said graphene will play a major role in the company’s transition to wearable and other next-generation electronic devices.

04 April 2014 • 06:51 AMT
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore in “Blended” romcom trailer

Story revolves around a couple who, after a disastrous blind date, are stuck together in a family resort in Africa.

04 April 2014 • 06:37 AMT
Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl to join Helen Mirren’s “Woman In Gold”

Reynolds just finished “Mississippi Grind,” and he is the lead of Atom Egoyan’s “The Captive” and in the Tarsem-directed “Selfless.”

04 April 2014 • 06:24 AMT
South Korea to extend ballistic missile range amid North’s threats

“We test-fired it, and we succeeded,” Kim told a briefing, when asked if the military had recently conducted a 500-km missile test.

04 April 2014 • 06:17 AMT
Ridley Scott’s “Halo” digital project drafts in “Battlestar Galactica” director

Neill Blomkamp and Rupert Sanders previously directed live-action shorts and commercials for the “Halo” brand.

04 April 2014 • 06:13 AMT
Google-owned Nest halts fire alarm sales

All current users of Nest Protect who have their device connected to the internet via wi-fi will have the feature disabled automatically.

04 April 2014 • 06:05 AMT
Quentin Tarantino to helm staged reading of “Hateful Eight”

The filmmaker will direct a group of actors he selects through material that mixes distinctively etched characters, drama, humor and violence.

04 April 2014 • 05:58 AMT
Comedian Will Ferrell to topline “Match Maker”

Ferrell last starred in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and voiced the villain Lord Business in The Lego Movie.