The first supermoon of 2024 was visible over Germanan city of Dortmund on Monday (August 19), Reuters reports. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the time of year when the Moon is closest to the Earth. A blue moon happens once every two or three years on average, according to…
A bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolized the online search market, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations, Bloomberg reports. The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company…
Reuters. Ukraine has the right to defend itself and thus conduct a military operation in Russia’s Kursk region, said Finnish Prime Minister, Petteri Orpo, backed by Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal, at a press conference in Helsinki on Wednesday (August 14). “Ukraine has the right to self-defence and it’s clear that they can do…
Turkey is preparing a bill on making fingerprinting mandatory for foreigners entering the country. The Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya told Sabah. He also announced plans to chip the ID cards of people, who have received temporary protection status in the republic, especially Syrians. Yerlikaya said that it is impossible to forge such…
President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen referred to the transfer of more than €4 billion to Ukraine. “Today, we’re disbursing nearly €4.2 billion to Ukraine from the €50 billion Ukraine Facility. To keep the Ukrainian state running as you fight for your survival. With our Member States, we’ve provided support of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Mahmoud Abbas during his official visit to Russia. In addition to discussing current issues of further development of bilateral cooperation, Putin and Abbas exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East in light of the current aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the…
Reuters. Ukraine has received a new 4.2 billion euro tranche from the European Union’s lending facility, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday. Shmyhal said that the government expected to receive one more tranche from the EU’s four-year facility by the end of this year and would channel the funds to finance social and…
Reuters. Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed anger that Vice President Kamala Harris had been swapped in for Biden on the Democratic ticket during his Monday (August 12) interview with Elon Musk. “She hasn’t done an interview since this whole scam started,” Trump said, claiming that Biden dropping off the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who is paying an official visit to Moscow, having arrived on the previous day, TASS reports. In addition to pressing issues of bilateral cooperation, the sides are expected to exchange views on the situation in the Middle East in light of the…
U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, State Department’s Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a statement. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan about the importance of Hamas’ return to negotiations on August 15 to finalize the framework for achieving an…
Reuters. Ukraine detained one of its four deputy energy ministers and three other suspects as they were caught “red-handed” receiving a tranche of a $500,000 bribe, state prosecutors and anti-graft police said on Monday. Ukraine has stepped up a wartime campaign against official corruption to prove the country’s credentials for joining the European Union,…
Turkish Foreign Ministry said Gaza school attack by Israel is a crime against humanity. “Israel has committed a new crime against humanity by massacring more than a hundred civilians who had taken refuge in a school building in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City. This attack demonstrated once again that the Netanyahu Government…
Russian units have prevented attempts by Ukrainian mobile armed groups to penetrate deep into Russian territory in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. According to it, units from Battlegroup North and reserves have been thwarting Ukrainian attempts to break through with army aviation and artillery near Ivashkovskoye, Malaya Loknya and Olgovka in…
On August 9, the Ambassador of Armenia to India, Vahagn Afyan had a meeting with the Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Kumar Tuhin, Armenian Embassy in India reports. At the meeting, it was mentioned about the side event of Armenian painter Sargis Katchadourian’s works depicting the murals of Ajanta…
Lithuania will send additional military assistance to Ukraine, the Baltic country’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. “Lithuania continues to provide essential military aid to Ukraine: Lithuanian Ministry of Defence is preparing another significant support package. In August, we will deliver combat equipment, anti-drone systems, transportation and logistical resources, also, some really necessary weaponry”,…
Yerevan joined the call by Washington, Cairo and Doha to Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks. “Profoundly realizing importance of ceasefire and hostage release when human lives and regional peace are at stake, Armenia welcomes initiative by leaders of US, Egypt & Qatar. Hopefully, tangible outcome will be achieved during next discussions to…
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said the EU is joining Washington Doha and Cairo in their call to Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks. “The EU joins Egypt, Qatar and the US in their call for concluding, without delay, the ceasefire & hostages release deal….
Reuters. Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday. The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos survey, which found her up 37% to 34% over Trump. The…
Reuters. U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris will debate on Sept. 10 on ABC, the network confirmed on Thursday, while Trump said he wants to add two more debates that month on Fox and NBC. In a rambling news conference at his Palm Beach, Florida, residence, Trump said he…
Washington has warned Turkey that there will be “consequences” if the country does not curtail its exports to Russia of US military-linked hardware, Financial Times reports. Matthew Axelrod, assistant commerce secretary leading US efforts to keep sensitive technology out of the hands of America’s adversaries, recently met Turkish officials and executives in Ankara and…
Reuters. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Thursday (August 8) that Russia’s aggression was the reason for any escalation, including events in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions. “The root cause of any escalation, shelling, military actions, forced evacuations, and destruction of normal life forms, including within (Russia’s) own territories like Kursk and Belgorod…
EU Mission in Armenia carried out patrol in south of Armenia, the mission said. “Yesterday, EUMA carried out a successful patrol to Nerkin Hand in southern Armenia to assess the humanitarian and security situation by the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Head of Mission and the EUMA team met with Mayor Khachatur Baghdasaryan, who warmly welcomed us…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the Islamic Republic is committed to peace and security in the region but reserves the right to respond to the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil, IRNA reports. The president made the remarks as he took a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, who expressed…
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, referred to the support provided by the community to Ukraine. “The EU has stood by Ukraine since day 1 of Russia’s war of aggression. With our Member States, we have provided support of almost €108 billion. Ukraine will prevail in this war for survival. And…
Armenian Foreign Ministry congratulated Côte d’Ivoire on Independence Day. “We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the Government and people of Côte d’Ivoire on the occasion of Independence Day. Armenia is committed to strengthening cooperation in all areas of mutual interest”, the ministry posted on X.
Attacks on the borderline Russian region of Kursk where a Ukrainian infiltration attempt was registered yesterday continue. The number of civilian casualties has increased to five, while as many as 28 people have been injured, TASS reports. Over the past 24 hours, air raid sirens repeatedly rang out in the region. Four unmanned aerial…
The vice president won 99 percent of participating delegates in an unusual, virtual roll call vote that concluded Monday, the party said, the New York Times reports. Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the Democratic nomination for president, becoming the first woman of color to win a major party’s nomination and officially setting up…
Ukraine is set to receive close to €4.2 billion in funds after the Council greenlighted the first regular payment of grants and loans under the EU’s Ukraine Facility, to support Ukraine’s macro-financial stability and the functioning of its public administration, EU Council press office reports. In a decision adopted today, the Council concluded that…
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed by the national security team on developments in the Middle East on Monday (5 Aug). From the White House Press Office: Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris were briefed by the national security team on developments in the Middle East. The…
Russia supports the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, stated Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu during a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Shoigu emphasized the successful development of Moscow and Baku’s relations in the fields of regional security, military-technical cooperation, transportation, and economy. Aliyev noted that the relations between…
