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14 May 2013 • 08:00 AMT
Barev Yerevan bloc assumes seats in city council

Barev Yerevan bloc of parties will assume its 6 seats in the city council, Heritage party spokesman said.

14 May 2013 • 07:39 AMT
Airbus parent company EADS posts higher Q1 earnings

The Airbus parent company reaffirmed its forecast of lifting commercial aircraft deliveries this year to between 600 and 610.

14 May 2013 • 07:30 AMT
Melkumyan climbs 14th at European Individual Chess Championship

Gabriel Sargissian and Sergei Movsesian scored wins against Azerbaijan’s Gadir Guseinov and Vladislav Tkachiev.

14 May 2013 • 07:30 AMT
First group of Kurdish rebels enter Iraq under Turkey peace plan

“The next step is up to Turkey. If they deal with our move in a positive manner it will be quicker,” Ciger Gewker said.

14 May 2013 • 07:09 AMT
Vic Darchinyan spars UFC champ Ronda Rousey

Darchinyan picked up the NABF Super Bantamweight Title over the weekend with a 4th round TKO win over Javier Gallo.

14 May 2013 • 06:59 AMT
Aronian shares 4th-7th spots at Norway Chess Super-Tournament

Aronian scored 2.5 points after tying the 5th round of Norway Chess 2013 Super-Tournament against Radjabov.

14 May 2013 • 06:46 AMT
Suicide bomber targets U.S. special forces in Afghanistan

Woods said he could not confirm the death but said the special forces returned safely to their base “after engaging the enemy.”

14 May 2013 • 06:35 AMT
UK to double aid to Syrian opposition

We need to get Syrians to the table to agree a transitional government that can win the consent of all of the Syrian people,” Cameron said.

14 May 2013 • 06:29 AMT
Sweden named UEFA’s Respect Fair Play winners

This cut-off point is calculated by dividing the total number of UEFA matches by the number of national associations.

14 May 2013 • 06:25 AMT
Benchmark U.S. crude-oil futures rise in electronic trade

The dollar dipped against the Japanese yen, and the euro rose ahead of the release of euro-zone economic data.

14 May 2013 • 06:04 AMT
Blast at Airgas site in West Virginia leaves 2 injured

The Airgas distribution center handled industrial gases that did not pose an immediate threat to public safety.

14 May 2013 • 05:55 AMT
S. Korean FM delays first press conference amid sex scandal

The delay comes as the scandal involving the former presidential spokesman, Yoon Chang-jung, has rocked the nation.

14 May 2013 • 05:42 AMT
Maduro sends troops to fight crime in Caracas streets

Nicolas Maduro said he will also seek limits on television programming that promotes violence and a “cult of weapons.”

14 May 2013 • 05:36 AMT
UN chief to visit Russia for talks with Lavrov

“This will be Ban Ki-moon’s sixth visit to Russia with the previous one paid in April of 2011,” the ministry said.

14 May 2013 • 05:28 AMT
U.S. envoy won’t attend UN disarmament forum led by Iran

The 65-nation Conference on Disarmament, based in Geneva, is the world’s most important disarmament negotiating forum.

14 May 2013 • 05:16 AMT
U.S. abortion doctor convicted of murders

The case was seized on by both sides in the U.S. debate over abortion. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Gosnell.

14 May 2013 • 05:00 AMT
Boat carrying 100 Rohingya Muslims capsizes off Myanmar

The boat capsized while evacuating people ahead of a coming storm and an unknown number of people are missing.

13 May 2013 • 18:09 AMT
Google unifies its free storage products

Now the company has decided that it makes more sense to unify the free storage across its three services.

13 May 2013 • 17:45 AMT
Contemporary art, Albrecht Dürer works on display in Tower of London

The show, “Dark to Light” is part of the “Chambres à Part” initiative launched by the French art advisor Laurence Dreyfus.

13 May 2013 • 17:36 AMT
HP updates IT management tools for cloud deployment

HP Server Automation allows organizations to deploy and maintain the patching and updating of thousands of servers.

13 May 2013 • 17:20 AMT
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in NBC’s “Dracula” series trailer

Rather than attempting to modernize its vampire, Dracula goes old school, delivering a fresh look at the Victorian horror icon.

13 May 2013 • 17:11 AMT
Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe in “Man of Steel” new TV spot

“Man of Steel” will chart the early years of the superhero and his showdown with fellow Kryptonian General Zod (Michael Shannon).

13 May 2013 • 17:09 AMT
PayPal announces new Android SDK

The company says it is quick and easy to use, “and removes payment friction so developers can focus on creating amazing experiences.”

13 May 2013 • 16:54 AMT
Google enlisting Motorola’s help to build smartwatch – report

The report says that the tech product already exists in prototype form, having been glimpsed in the web offices.

13 May 2013 • 16:32 AMT
Scores escape from mental hospital in Kenya’s capital

In 2011, rights groups called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses at the hospital following a CNN doc “Locked up and Forgotten”.

13 May 2013 • 16:17 AMT
Syrian refugees say fear Turkey’s backlash after car bombings

The bombings in the border town of Reyhanli have increased fears that Syria’s civil war is dragging in neighboring states.

13 May 2013 • 16:04 AMT
Belarus to help Armenia upgrade agriculture equipment

Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan met his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Zaitsev to discuss import of agriculture equipment.

13 May 2013 • 15:46 AMT
Oscar winner Kate Winslet to headline “Dressmaker” bestseller adaptation

Kate will play an “avenging angel” who returns home to her remote Australian town, after fleeing when she was accused of murder as a child.

13 May 2013 • 15:38 AMT
Fifteen aircraft to ensure safe landing for International Space Station crew

The Soyuz TMA-07M will bring back to Earth ISS crew members Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Thomas Marshburn.

13 May 2013 • 15:33 AMT
Ukrainian prosecutors reopen murder case against ex-PM Tymoshenko

In late January, Prosecutor General accused Tymoshenko of ordering the killing of Ukrainian businessman Yevhen Shcherban.