The United States has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million over allegations of drug trafficking and links to criminal groups, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced, Reuters reports. In a video posted to X, Bondi accused Maduro of collaborating with prominent criminal groups…
The EU and UK announced on Monday that they are entering negotiations for London to join the bloc’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, months after similar talks over Britain’s participation in the EU’s defence loan scheme ended in failure. The loan, greenlit in April after months of Hungarian blockage, is meant to cover roughly…
Irakli Garibashvili, the Chair of the Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said he hoped to have “less misunderstanding” with the country’s “strategic partners and friends” on the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence. Garibashvil’s remarks followed a letter, sent by the bipartisan group of the United States senators to Georgian Prime Minister…
Another shipment from Russia to Armenia will be carried out via transit through Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani media reported. Twelve wagons of fertilizer weighing 828 tons and six wagons of anthracite (coal) weighing 414 tons will be sent from Bilajari station to Boyuk Kesik today, according to the report. Since transit shipments began, more…
After several weeks of consultations between member states, EU Commission and industries, the EU adopted retaliatory measures on Wednesday against US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium, Euronews reports. EU member states approved on Wednesday 25% tariffs on a wide range of US products, including almonds, orange juice, poultry, soyabeans, steel and aluminium, tobacco…
Reuters. Firefighters battled yet another fire in Los Angeles that broke out late Wednesday night (January 22). The Sepulveda brush fire was burning near the city’s affluent Bel-Air neighborhood near the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass. Aerial images showed multiple fire engines on scene as firefighters attempted to hose down the fire….
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian denounced the Biden administration’s policy of accusations and sanctions, saying that he will not be able to impose his will on the Islamic Republic through such tactics. “If the window of diplomacy is still open, that is due to Iran’s proactive initiatives,” Amirabdollahian tweeted late Monday. “@POTUS cannot impose unilateral…
Reuters. Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Monday (October 6) that he no longer understood President Emmanuel Macron’s decisions, speaking on the French channel TF1. He spoke after outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was asked by the president to start two days of last-ditch talks on Tuesday (October 7) with members of…
Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan sent a message of thanks to his outgoing colleague Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania for the support shown to Armenia. “Dear friend Gabrielius Landsbergis, I want to thank you for your contribution to strengthening bonds and partnership between Armenia and Lithuania, support towards Armenia’s stronger engagement with EU….
Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe is concerned by recent escalation, caused by Azerbaijani aggression. “Concerned about reports of exchange of fire along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Call on both sides to abstain from the use of force. Dialogue is the only way to lasting peace”, Pejčinović Burić posted on her…
Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan trilateral working group co-chaired by Deputy Prime Ministers Mher Grigoryan, Alexei Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev, held its 11th meeting in Moscow on December 6, the Armenian Government’s Press office reports. The parties highlighted the Russia’s positive role in the settlement of the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as in the efforts…
EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Peter Michalko expressed his disappointment regarding the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. “I was appalled by the reports of denigrating treatment of some of the journalists recently arrested in Azerbaijan, particularly young women, handcuffed in courtroom, put in glass cages or not allowed basic human needs. Everybody has the right to…
On December 1, the Armenian side transferred the bones of presumably 10 victims of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, as well as 2 maps showing the possible location of 4 bodies to the Azerbaijani side, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia reports. Since November 9, 2020 the Armenian side handed over to Azerbaijan the bones…
Reuters. Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka on Monday (August 5) in defiance of a nationwide curfew to press Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and leave the country, a day after deadly clashes in the South Asian country killed nearly 100 people. At least 91 people…
At least 28 people were killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli airstrikes. According to media reports, four children and two women were among at least 13 people killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, late yesterday. Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes…
Reuters. Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was formally nominated as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday (October 21) after winning votes in parliament’s both lower house and upper house. An acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s accusations that Ukraine had attempted to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region as “lies.” In a social media post, he said that Russia was trying to undermine the progress made in the Ukraine-US peace talks and that Moscow was preparing to attack Ukrainian government buildings in…
American Senator Bill Cassidy described Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh as a crime against humanity. “The humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is growing more and more dire by the day. If Azerbaijan doesn’t lift the blockade people will starve. Weaponizing food constitutes an Article 7 Violation of the Rome Statutes, a ‘Crime against Humanity’,” Cassidy tweeted.
The chief adviser of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mehmet Uçum, stated that the authorities do not plan to hold snap presidential elections until the end of Erdoğan’s term of office in 2028. “Turkey will carry out reforms in all areas for four years without snap elections until 2028. Under his leadership, President Erdogan…
European Union deal to allow Russia to transit some sanctioned goods to its Kaliningrad exclave via the EU, but the problem had not been resolved, Reuters reports. “There’s no solution to this problem just yet. We are expecting some progress (to allow Russia to transit goods), but at the moment we can’t say that the…
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili urged the government to publicly convene the National Security Council and debate the imposition of 3-month visas with Russia, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. At the briefing to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move exempting Georgian citizens from visa requirements and lifting a ban on direct flights, President Zourabichvili said Russia’s…
Sinan Ogan, who finished third in last week’s Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the the run-off that takes place on May 28, Al Jazeera reports. Ogan endorsed Erdogan at a news conference in the capital Ankara on Monday and said his campaign made nationalists “key…
Ukraine carried out a successful test of the first domestic-made ballistic missile, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 27, The Kyiv Independent reports. “It may be too early to talk about it but I want to share it with you,” the president said at the Ukraine 2024 Independence forum in Kyiv. …
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reacted aggressively on the appointment of Philip Reeker as US OSCE Minsk Group. US State Secretary Antony J. Blinken announced about his new position on August 24. “The statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the appointment of Philip Reeker as the chief negotiating adviser in the Caucasus is…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted on the X page. “We welcome the announcement that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed upon the 1991 Alma Ata declaration as the basis for border delimitation between the two countries. This is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement,” Blinken stated.
On September 29, a protest was held in front of the Iranian Embassy in Baku, oficially “against violations of the rights of citizens and repressions against women in Iran”. Several dozen participants in the action chanted: “Freedom to South Azerbaijan!”, “Down with the mullah regime!”, “Death to Iran!”, “Down with the dictator”! Then…
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin’s statement that in early November technical delegations of the Armenian and Turkish governments met at the border. Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan told ARMENPRESS that Armenian Vice Speaker of Parliament and Special Representative for Normalization…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today in Munich. The US State Department reported this. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is participating in the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
Two men killed in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester have been named by police as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, BBC reports. Three others are in hospital with serious injuries after a man drove a car at members of the public before stabbing people on Thursday. The attack came…
Turkey will not allow the expansion of the territorial waters of Greece in the Aegean Sea from the current 6 miles, as well as the formation of a status quo in the region to the detriment of Ankara, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said on Monday in the province of Kocaeli, Turkish media…
