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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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