Riots broke out in several Turkish cities on Tuesday night after the authorities invalidated the victory of Kurdish politician Abdullah Zeydan in a mayoral election, RT reports. On Sunday, Zeydan won the ballot to serve as mayor of the eastern city of Van. Two days later, the local electoral board disqualified him, citing his…
Donald Wilson Bush, President of the Woodrow Wilson Legacy Foundation and the Armenian National Association, respectively, and the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of HYECoin Inc. was invited by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem to address the members of St. James Brotherhood on certain matters in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. During the Easter…
Reuters. Large plumes of smoke were rising in Gaza on Tuesday (September 16) morning, amid reports from Axios citing Israeli officials said that the Israeli military had launched a ground offensive a day earlier to seize Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban centre. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to request for comment…
Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Member of European Parliament, referred to the ongoing blockade of Lachin Corridor. “More than 7 months ago, Azerbaijani fake eco-activists begun a blockade of the sole road connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh. This hateful behaviour is putting the life of hundreds of thousands people at risk due to a lack of food…
Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals around a peace treaty and is ready to sign it with that content, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting. “The Republic of Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals on a peace treaty and we are ready to sign the treaty with that content. I hope that…
The United States and Iraq are on the verge of reaching a landmark agreement that would see the gradual withdrawal of American-led coalition forces from the Middle Eastern nation, The National reports. According to Jawad al-Bulani, a member of the Iraqi delegation in Washington, both sides are at the “final stage” of concluding the…
More than six months after pledging a fleet of aging M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine, Australia has yet to deliver the vehicles due to pending international clearances. Defense sources told ABC News that the tanks — already decommissioned by the Australian Defence Force — have yet to receive export approval from the…
Romanian Senator Alina Gorghiu met with Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and shared her impression on her Twitter microblog. “Meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Romania and Armenia should strengthen the parliamentary dialogue. We discussed means to do so. Glad to know that gender quotas work in Armenia. I am happy to learn…
Sweden will phase out development aid to five countries in coming years and use the money to increase support for Ukraine, the government said on Friday, Reuters reports. The Nordic country plans to phase out aid to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia and Bolivia, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa said….
Syria’s Damascus airport will start operating international flights from Jan. 7, Syrian Civil Aviation Authority chief Ashad Al Saliby told Syrian state news agency Sana on Saturday (January 4), Reuters reports. Employees were seen by Reuters preparing Damascus International Airport on December 14 to resume operations after the airport had been closed on December…
U.S. Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA), and Brad Sherman (D-CA) were joined by a bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers in calling on the Biden Administration to take immediate measures to prevent an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia. “The opportunity to prevent further aggression by Azerbaijani forces and an…
Reuters. The U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (December 10), ratcheting up tensions with Caracas in a move that also raised oil prices. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday (December 13) to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks on the future of neighboring Syria, Reuters reports. Blinken is touring the region in the wake of the swift collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government in the face of an…
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Khoy City in northwestern Iran on Friday morning, IRNA reports. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of the University of Tehran, the quake occurred at 06:46 a.m. local time at a depth of 8 kilometers. The latitude of the 5.6-magnitude quake was 38.412 degrees north and its…
Reuters. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives early on Friday (July 18) passed President Donald Trump’s $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate…
The credentials of Azerbaijan’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the 2024 winter plenary session. Making the challenge, Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) cited political prisoners in the country, the violent displacement of people from Nagorno-Karabakh, the fact that…
A civilian has died as a result of Azerbaijani aggression against Armenian Human Rights Defender Kristinne Grigoryan said at the Government session today. She said the person was in no way involved in military service, and there are facts to prove it. “In addition to ambulances and its staff, reporters were also targeted. There is…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today unanimously passed a motion, introduced by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and co-authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Asbarez reports. The motion condemns Azerbaijan’s extensive war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of the basic human rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh in its genocidal campaign against the Armenian…
France’s new Prime Minister, François Bayrou, who replaces Michel Barnier, began consultations with representatives of the main political parties at the National Assembly as part of efforts to form a new government, Euronews reports. Bayrou’s first meeting is with far-right National Rally (RN) leaders Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, who criticised his appointment…
Residents and authorities in Istanbul are in recovery mode after a series of earthquakes shook the city Wednesday. No casualties have been reported, but officials said 151 people were injured after having jumped from heights in fear and have asked people to avoid potentially compromised sites as buildings are checked for damage. Three…
The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport has extended restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the southern and central part of the country until November 15, TASS reports. “Temporary flight restrictions to 11 airports in southern and central Russia have been extended until November 15, 2022,” the agency’s statement said. Flights to airports in…
“Kamala Harris did NOTHING as 120,000 Armenian Christians were horrifically persecuted and forcibly displaced in Artsakh”, Donald Trump, former US president and presidential candidate from the Republican Party said on his Truth social network. “Christians around the World will not be safe if Kamala Harris is President of the United States. When I am…
Illegal blockade of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan continues for 25 days. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this at the start of the Government session. “That operation, which caused a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, has caused a wide international response of calls to unblock the corridor. Despite this, Azerbaijan is not taking any step to…
Armenia will reach out to partners as needed to join efforts and mitigate the impact of the disaster. It is mentioned in the note of the spokesperson of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry. “We highly appreciate the solidarity expressed by our international partners, countries and organizations following heavy floods in Tavush and Lori regions of Armenia…
United States Welcomes Armenia’s Signing of the Artemis Accords, US State Department said in a statement. “Armenia became the 43rd signatory to the Artemis Accords yesterday at a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Artemis Accords were established in 2020 by the United States and seven other countries to set out a practical…
Member of the European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau has called for sanctions against the Government of Azerbaijan for its actions in Nagorno-Karabakh. “There’s a humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Nathalie Loiseau, Chair of the European Parliament’s Security and Defence Subcommittee said in a post on X. “It is time to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan and Aliyev”…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in the bilateral peace negotiation closing session with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, US Department of State informs. The meeting will be held at the George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building, urging the country’s authorities to comply with EU demands for candidate status. The gathered people insisted that if the government does not implement the relevant reforms within half a year, they will start indefinite protests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and MP Davit Arakhamia, who…
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Masim Mammedov, who was appointed as the special representative of the President of Azerbaijan in Lachin region. During the meeting, Aliyev referred to the previous negotiation process of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, emphasized that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs showed a special approach to Lachin region. “Armenia has always considered…
Tehran is ready to reach with Washington an agreement on prisoner swaps that would not be linked to the talks on reviving the nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Wednesday. “Away from the nuclear deal, Iran has repeatedly informed the United States across various channels of its willingness to address…
