The Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins consideration of President Obama’s nominees to these two Caucasus countries.

Other winners at the Deauville American Film Festival include David Robert Mitchell's “It Follows.”

Sample, a Texan, was a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, which later became known simply as The Crusaders.

In the film, Katniss reluctantly leads the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical and corrupt Capitol.

The World War II drama, directed by Morten Tyldum, will be released by the Weinstein Company on Nov. 21.

Fuad Masum, who is co-hosting the conference, said the international community must pursue the jihadists wherever they were.

According to the Tourism Ministry, only 9.5 million visitors came to Egypt in 2013, compared with over 14 million in 2010.

Basis is already shipping the first-generation model of its Peak smartwatch, with its successor tipped to make an appearance at CES early next year.

The European Union and the United States imposed late last week a fresh set of sanctions against Moscow for its policy on Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Cook denied that Apple's iCloud was recently hacked, instead calling it "a phishing expedition."