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American movie theater chain AMC Theatres states it will no longer host movies produced by Universal Studios, in response to "The Wall Street Journal" reporting that NBCUniversal plans to release its movies simultaneously in cinemas and streaming moving forward.
2020-04-28

The United States House of Representatives votes 405 to 11 to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide as a genocide for the first time. Turkey condemns the resolution, describing it as "a meaningless political step", and that "its sole addressees are the Armenian lobby and anti-Turkey groups".
2019-10-29

Pope Francis, in his first speech upon arrival at the presidential palace of Serzh Sargsyan in the Armenian capital Yerevan, denounces the planned genocide of Armenians by Ottoman-era Turks a century ago, though the word "genocide" was not included in his prepared speech.
2016-06-24

Eleven Turkish-German members of Germany's Parliament, the Bundestag, who voted in support of declaring the Ottoman Turks slaughter of Armenians in 1915 a genocide, are under police protection. The legislators have faced heavy criticism from Turkish officials, as well as from Turkish Germans.
2016-06-13

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warns Germany against recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
2016-06-1

Armenia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire.
2015-04-24

"The Wall Street Journal" reports that the FBI and SEC have launched an insider trading investigation involving billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Las Vegas gambler and investor Billy Walters, and golf superstar Phil Mickelson. No wrongdoing has yet been alleged.
2014-05-30

A suspect, Qari Abdul Saeed, is arrested in Pakistan for the 2002 beheading of "The Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl.
2013-03-19

Israeli lawmakers dedicate a session of parliament to possible commemorations of the Armenian genocide, now that relations with Turkey have deteriorated since Israel killed nine Turks in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea in 2010.
2012-06-12

France's National Assembly votes in favour of a bill criminalising any denial that the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the 1910s was genocide.
2011-12-22