California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed a fast-moving wildfire, which destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes, AP reports. Northwest of Los Angeles, the Mountain Fire exploded in size and prompted evacuation orders for more than…
The uncertain future of EU-US relations under a second Donald Trump presidency will be one of the main issues when European leaders meet in Budapest, Euronews reports. A large contingency of European leaders, including most members of the European Union, have descended onto Budapest for a high-level meeting that is set to be dominated…
Multiple explosions were seen and heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Wednesday (November 6) evening, as Israel continues hostilities against Hezbollah, Reuters reports. Earlier on Wednesday Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said there could be a road to indirect negotiations through the Lebanese state, but only if Israel decided to stop its attacks…
The fifth meeting of the European Political Community will bring together leaders from across the continent in Budapest, Hungary. The leaders will discuss Europe’s security challenges, including Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, irregular migration and issues related to economic security and connectivity in terms of…
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Adam Schiff has been elected to the US Senate in California. Rep. Adam Schiff has long represented the largest Armenian diaspora in the country and served as Vice Chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus. For decades, he has fought side-by-side with his Armenian American constituents for the recognition of…
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have pledged to strengthen European unity after Donald Trump’s projected victory in the US presidential election. In a statement on Twitter, Macron said he and Scholz discussed the election results during a phone call Wednesday morning. “We will work for a more united, stronger,…
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is the first foreign leader to congratulate Republican Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election, calling him “president-elect”. “Congratulations to the President-Elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump,” he stated on X, and attached a photo of himself and Trump.
North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday (November 5). The Japanese government also said North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile. The move follows North Korea’s test last week of a huge new solid-fuel…
We stand with the people of Georgia, Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department Spokesperson said during a regular press briefing. A journalist asked whether the U.S still stands with the people of Georgia. “We have made clear that we stand with the people of Georgia. We have made clear that we support their EU…
Current issues of Russian-Azerbaijani trade-and-economic and scientific-and-technical cooperation were the focus of a phone call between the two countries’ prime ministers, Mikhail Mishustin of Russia and Ali Asadov of Azerbaijan, the Russian government’s press service said, TASS reports. “Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishudtin held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov. The…
More than 50 children were killed in a devastating weekend of violence in northern Gaza that left many humanitarian workers at risk, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in north Gaza. In the past 48 hours alone, over 50 children have reportedly been…
Ursula von der Leyen talked to Salome Zurabishvili – the President of the European Commission is spreading this information on the social network. “I recently spoke with President Salome Zurabishvili. The post-election situation remains worrisome. If Georgia wants to maintain its strategic orientation towards the European Union, we need specific actions from the government….
Iranian military planners are preparing an extensive retaliatory strike against Israel that could employ enhanced warheads and sophisticated weaponry, according to Iranian and Arab officials familiar with the planning who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. The warnings emerge in defiance of American diplomatic pressure to avoid escalation, though analysts remain divided on whether…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that Ukraine was essentially sabotaging the process of exchanging prisoners of war, Reuters reports. Zakharova said that Russia’s defence ministry had offered Kyiv to hand over 935 Ukrainian prisoners of war but that Ukraine had taken only 279. “Russia has never refused to have…
Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative party leader after defeating Robert Jenrick in a members’ vote, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party and the fourth woman to lead the Tories, The Guardian reports. Badenoch took just over 56% of the 95,000 votes, in a poll that had a 73% turnout…
Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on European Integration are participating in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) for the third time. According to the Parliament, this year’s conference is being held in Budapest because Hungary is the presiding country. The presidency term lasts six…
On November 1, Ambassador Lilit Makunts participated in the Diwali reception at the U․S․ Department of State, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma delivered remarks. Earlier this week, Ambassador Makunts also participated in the “Lighting a Diya” Ceremony along with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard…
In the aftermath of catastrophic flooding in eastern Spain, residents in Alfafar, a suburb outside the city of Valencia, faced scarcity as they navigated muddy roads and struggle to access water and basic supplies on Friday (November 1), Reuters reports. Footage showed various vehicles in a tangled wreckage strewn across rail tracks and a…
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, destroying dozens of buildings in several neighborhoods, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday, The Washington Post reports. There was no immediate word on casualties. Recently, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the northeastern city of Baalbek and nearby villages, as well as…
The US commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said in a post on X. “The U.S. commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, demonstrating that progress is possible through sustained dialogue. We support both sides’ work…
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office announced that it is investigating 47 criminal cases linked to incidents before and on the day of the recent parliamentary elections, 1tv.ge reports. These cases involve alleged election falsification, voter bribery, interference with voting rights, obstruction of journalism, election commission disruptions, pre-election violence, and property damage. The investigations were…
State prosecutors in Georgia say they have launched an investigation into opposition allegations of “falsification” in recent parliamentary elections won by the governing Georgian Dream party, Al Jazeera reports. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that it has also summoned President Salome Zourabichvili, who has repeatedly said the vote count was…
United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has been urging China, which maintains relations with North Korea, to put pressure on Pyongyang to withdraw North Korean troops from Ukraine’s front line, CNN reported on Oct. 29, citing a U.S. official. According to the unnamed official, Sullivan “directed the US government to engage the PRC…
An investigation has been launched in Georgia over alleged fraud in the parliamentary elections. In this regard, President Salome Zourabichvili was summoned for questioning, according to the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office. Thus, the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, based on the Central Election Commission’s appeal of October 30, launched an investigation into alleged fraud in the…
At least 51 people have been killed in flash floods sweeping the eastern Spanish region of Valencia following torrential rain on Tuesday that left roads and towns under water, local authorities said on Wednesday (October 30), Reuters reports. Eyewitness videos from Alfafar region showed drivers moving slowly through inundated roads on Tuesday evening as…
At night, Russia carried out new strikes in the direction of Ukraine with an unknown missile launched from the Belgorod region, as well as 62 ‘Shaheed’ strike and unknown drones, the Air Force of Ukraine reported. According to the source, the target of the Russian missile was the private sector in the Sumy region….
Reuters. Drone footage from the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office showed massive destruction in a residential neighbourhood on Tuesday (October 29) after local officials reported a Russian bomb killed four in the area. Reuters was able to confirm the location from the position, shape and design of the buildings and walls seen in the video…
Reuters. Sheikh Naim Qassem was named as Hezbollah’s new leader today, October 29. Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years. Born in 1953 in Beirut to a family from Lebanon’s south, Naim Qassem’s political activism began with the Lebanese Shi’ite…
“European Union integration remains our primary foreign policy priority, and Hungary’s role in this process is invaluable,” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at the joint briefing with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to the PM, he is grateful to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for visiting Georgia. …
The Georgian people went to the polls on Saturday in an election environment shaped by the ruling party’s policies, including misuse of public resources, vote buying, and voter intimidation, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew A. Miller stated during the Department’s Press Briefing. “This contributed to an uneven playing field and undermined public and international trust…
