Ten people, including two children, were killed and 52 were injured on Sunday (November 17) night when a Russian missile hit a residential nine-story building in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy, Ukraine’s emergency services and military said, Reuters reports. Firefighters battled a blaze consuming cars and rescuers carried people out of the building. The…
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that the value of the trade between Iran and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states will hit $10 billion after a new agreement is signed between the two sides, Tasnim reports. Speaking in a joint meeting with the EAEU’s Minister in Charge of…
Reuters. Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday (March 12) he had discussed the current energy crisis with his U.S. counterparts as part of a meeting of the U.S.-Russia working group on economy that took place in Florida. Nearly 20 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply – roughly a fifth of global…
During the briefing, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the visit of the head of the British intelligence and the high-ranking representative of the American military intelligence to Baku. “Certainly, such ‘voyages’ by representatives of an aggressive military bloc do not contribute to increasing the stability and security of…
“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…
US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s post on Twitter. “Secretary Blinken is very engaged in facilitating peace discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and we are encouraged by the progress made toward lasting and sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. We very much appreciate Nikol Pashinyan’s message on…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day, abc NEWS reports. A statement Saturday said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of…
Russian and Ukrainian commissioners held talks on the humanitarian issues on the sidelines of an international ombudsman conference in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Thursday, Reuters reports. This is the third meeting between the two sides on the sidelines of the conference. Two meetings have been held on Tuesday evening and Wednesday noon. This was a…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia, referred to the closure of Lachin corridor and setting up illegal customs by Azerbaijani “eco-activitst”. “”Environmental activists” of Azerbaijan have taken responsibility for checking humanitarian cargo and are preventing the unhindered passage of cargo through the Lachin Corridor. Basically, they have illegally reserved customs duties. This nonsense has to…
Iranian leader Ebrahim Azizi, who is head of the national security commission of the Iranian parliament, said on Saturday that Ukraine is now a “legitimate and lawful target” after it offered to provide Israel support with drone warfare. “By providing drone support to the Israeli regime, failed Ukraine has effectively become involved in the War…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is on an official visit in the State of Qatar, met with the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Welcoming Prime Minister Pashinyan, the Emir of Qatar praised the good-neighborly relations and mutual trust between Armenia and Qatar, emphasizing that Qatar is…
Mélanie Joly, Foreign Minister of Canada met with the members of Armenian Diaspora. “A treat to meet Armenian-Canadians here in Scarborough (no matter how small or tall! We discussed the strong relationship between Canada and Armenia, supporting Armenian democracy, and building a more vibrant community. Thank you Sevag and the ANCC team for hosting…
Residents from Romania and Bulgaria can now travel freely in the Schengen area, Euronews reports. The combined 25 million residents of Bulgaria and Romania now join nearly 450 million EU citizens who already have the freedom to move around the Schengen zone, after land border checks were officially lifted. It had been a…
Washington and Ankara are committed to close cooperation in resolving current geopolitical issues. This is stated in a joint statement issued by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu following a meeting of the US-Turkish Strategic Mechanism in New York on May 18. “Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Cavusoglu intend…
The Georgian authorities intend to carry on trying to settle relations with Russia, according to the government program of Irakli Kobakhidze, a prime ministerial candidate, which he submitted to the parliament, TASS reports. “In parallel with the country’s European integration, Georgia’s main task remains to restore its territorial integrity in a peaceful manner and…
Two soldiers of the Iranian army were killed in an Israeli attack on Iranian territory, Mehr reports. Early Saturday morning in the Iranian capital Tehran, air defense forces in Tehran province were mobilized to counter enemy targets. According to a spokesperson for Tehran province’s air defense public relations department, the sound heard in…
German chancellor Olaf Scholz referred to the plane crash in Kazakhstan’s Aktau, which killed 38 people. Azerbaijani aircraft was heading from Baku to Grozny but was forced to change direction. “Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine is affecting more and more innocent people – even outside Ukraine. This is demonstrated by the plane crash in…
Protesters outside a ballot-counting site in South Korea on Saturday rallied for a second day, demanding a re-run of local elections held earlier this week, Reuters reports. Around 10,000 citizens were estimated to have gathered at the SK Olympic Handball Stadium as of 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT), where votes were counted from Wednesday’s elections…
The parliamentary delegation of Georgia holds meetings in Kyiv. The group, headed by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, includes eight deputies, including representatives of the opposition. On his Twitter, Papuashvili commented on the visit: “I arrived in Kyiv together with my fellow deputies from Georgia to convey a message to Georgia: we share your grief, Georgia…
The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, BBC reports. Ukraine’s president was speaking after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person. Mr Zelensky did not mention Tuesday’s blasts but said: “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it…
Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan, has met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House in Washington, Grigoryan’s office said. Grigoryan and Sullivan discussed issues of mutual interest in the areas of security and the economy, and lauded the steady dynamics of development of Armenia-U.S. bilateral relations….
Reuters. Six people, including three police officers, were wounded in an attempted terror attack in front of an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday (February 6), which resulted in the two shooters being killed in a gun battle, according to authorities. The shooters, identified as a woman and a man, are believed to be affiliated with…
Reuters. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Rafael Grossi that Iran will never negotiate ‘under pressure and intimidation’ during a meeting in Tehran on Thursday (November 14). In a post on his X account, Araqchi said that Iran will continue their full cooperation with the IAEA. “Iran has…
On 5-6 July, International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief was held in London. The Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom Varuzhan Nersesyan represented Armenia at the Ministerial conference. In the national pledge Ambassador Nersesyan reiterated Armenia’s commitment to democratic values, human rights including freedom of religion and belief….
The interview of the Foreign Minister of Armenia to RFE/RL: Question: The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated that their proposal to commence the works on the peace agreement has not received a response from the Armenian side yet. How would you comment on that? Answer: Both publicly and in the international arena, as…
The meeting of Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has started, hosted by Foreign Minister of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.
The protest at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London yesterday, Thursday 4 August 2022, was carried out by supporters of The Mahdi Servants Union in opposition to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and his government. This was stated in the press release published on the institution’s official website. “This government is responsible for longstanding…
A bipartisan group of US senators is urging Hungary to stop buying Russian energy ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, Bloomberg reports. US lawmakers expressed concern that Hungary has shown “no signs of reducing its reliance on Russian fossil fuels” and called on Orbán and…
Iran has agreed to allow a technical team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog to visit in the coming weeks to discuss “a new modality” on relations between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Tehran, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “The delegation will come to Iran to…
Iranian intelligence services have discovered remotely controlled Spike anti-tank missile systems in the territory of the Islamic Republic, which were deployed by Israeli agents. This was reported by the Iranian Press TV channel. According to it, the Spike complexes, which are equipped with remote control and control systems via the Internet, were designed to…
