EN
22 February 2013 • 05:23 AMT
Russia to write off Cuba’s soviet-era debt

Russia and Cuba will sign an agreement on the settlement of Cuba’s debt worth $30 billion by the end of the year.

22 February 2013 • 05:14 AMT
Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest warned about possible breach

February has been a sad month for cybersecurity. Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all faced embarrassing intrusions recently.

22 February 2013 • 05:06 AMT
Twin bombs kill 14, wound over 100 in India

Top state police officer V. Dinesh Reddy said improvised explosive devices with nitrogen compound were used in the blasts.

22 February 2013 • 05:03 AMT
Anonymous hacking group becomes victim of Twitter hack

“The reason Anonymous fell victim is probably human weakness,” said Graham Cluley, senior consultant at security firm Sophos.

22 February 2013 • 05:01 AMT
Chavez still suffering respiratory problems, govt. says

Struggling to talk and breathing through a tracheal tube, Chavez is being treated at a Caracas military hospital.

21 February 2013 • 17:47 AMT
Google to launch touchscreen laptops line – report

Google has already made inroads in the budget computing market, selling around 100,000 $199 and $249 Chromebooks in the U.S.

21 February 2013 • 17:29 AMT
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang joins Lenovo

The tech entrepreneur, who left the web giant in January last year, will attend board meetings but

21 February 2013 • 17:16 AMT
French leader congratulates Sargsyan, vows to back Karabakh settlement

Francois Hollande expressed hope for Serzh Sargsyan’s reelection to promote democracy, stability and welfare of Armenia.

21 February 2013 • 17:01 AMT
New Indian envoy presents copies of credentials to Armenian FM

Edward Nalbandian stressed the importance if age-long Armenian-Indian ties, expressing hope for their further development.

21 February 2013 • 16:51 AMT
Mark Hamill to return as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars Episode 7”?

The movie is slated for a 2015 release Stateside, but it has been rumored that Abrams has yet to agree on the release date.

21 February 2013 • 16:20 AMT
Halle Berry in “The Call” suspense thriller trailer

When Jordan takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past.

21 February 2013 • 16:09 AMT
18 killed as Syrian warplanes bomb Deraa – activists

Fighting has intensified in southern Syria in the last few weeks, leading to a sharp increase in refugee flows to neighboring Jordan.

21 February 2013 • 16:05 AMT
Egypt adopts amended electoral law

The new law bars members of parliament from changing their political affiliation once they are elected.

21 February 2013 • 16:02 AMT
Czechia detects horse meat in food products labelled as beef

In Romania, 220lb (100kg) of horse meat mislabelled as beef was found in Bucharest, the agriculture ministry said.

21 February 2013 • 15:47 AMT
3 young sisters raped, killed in latest case of India violence

A new law enacted by the government has increased the sentences for rape from the existing seven to 10 years to a maximum of 20 years.

21 February 2013 • 15:45 AMT
Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexei German dies at 74

German came to prominence internationally for his 1983 production “My Friend Ivan Lapshin” about a police investigator battling a criminal gang.

21 February 2013 • 15:29 AMT
BBC orders Paralympics star Oscar Pistorius documentary

Pistorius has been in headlines in recent days for being accused of killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at their home last week.

21 February 2013 • 15:16 AMT
Imax net income doubles in Q4

The New York company earned $12.9 million, or 19 cents per share, for the three months ended Dec. 31.

21 February 2013 • 15:05 AMT
NATO chief urges against cutting defense budgets

According to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, continued reductions will compromise the safety of all of the military alliance’s 28 members.

21 February 2013 • 14:57 AMT
Russia’s VTB Bank offers $1 bn loan for Vietnam nuke plant construction

Vietnam plans to complete its first nuclear power plant in cooperation with Russia by 2020, and build a second plant in a joint project with Japan.

21 February 2013 • 14:52 AMT
Karen Grigoryan leading Rochefort chess tournament after round 7

Grandmaster Davit Jojua (Georgia) has scored an equal number of points, falling behind the Armenian chess player by a tie-break.

21 February 2013 • 14:39 AMT
Bestselling author Bill O’Reilly to write “Killing Jesus: A History”

O’Reilly’s previous two Killing books have been huge best-sellers, with more than 3.2 million copies of Killing Lincoln in print.

21 February 2013 • 14:32 AMT
Orlando Jones cast in “Sleepy Hollow“ supernatural thriller

Fox’s drama pilot follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s local female sheriff to solve the mysteries.

21 February 2013 • 14:21 AMT
Canadian paper dubs Azerbaijan “oil giant with democratic deficit”

“Azerbaijan doesn’t want a compromise,” de Waal said. “It spends $4 billion a year on its army.”

21 February 2013 • 13:53 AMT
Israel to launch oil exploration at Golan Heights

Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.

21 February 2013 • 13:43 AMT
Yemeni anti-Haidi protests leave 4 dead

The protests left the Arab world’s poorest country in a state of turmoil, emboldening one of al Qaeda’s most active wings.

21 February 2013 • 13:34 AMT
35 killed in Damascus car bomb attack

Rebels who control districts to the south and east of Damascus have attacked Assad’s power base for nearly a month.

21 February 2013 • 13:24 AMT
Steve Zahn to headline “Influence” ABC drama pilot

The project is described as a provocative workplace ensemble centered on the complicated relationship between two brothers.

21 February 2013 • 13:06 AMT
“Criminal Minds” veteran Paget Brewster to topline “Spy” comedy pilot

The single-camera comedy follows a well intentioned father of a highly intelligent son who inadvertently takes a job at the Secret Service.

21 February 2013 • 12:56 AMT
Munich, Bayern Munich launch bid to host Euro 2020

Euro 2020 will be held in 13 cities across the continent and the semi-finals and final will be played in the same stadium.