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…
The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment, BBC reports. Some 140 books by women – including titles like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory” – were among 680…
Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia’s hopes of becoming members of the European Union gained momentum this week, with the bloc’s European affairs ministers discussing their membership options at a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, DW reports. Last year, four months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU unanimously agreed to grant Ukraine and neighboring Moldova EU candidacy…
US President Donald Trump has once again accused the BRICS bloc and its members of undermining the strength of the US dollar. During a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said the United States would impose new tariffs on countries choosing to work alongside BRICS, Financial Express reports….
Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed their interest in Russia’s mediation in the settlement of the conflict. Press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, announced this. “The parties have confirmed their interest in continuing our mediation efforts, so the work will continue,” Peskov said.
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…
The diplomatic mission of US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mark Libby ended. Libby had previously announced that he was stepping down due to health issues and was returning to the US to fully focus on his health.
Iran is to hold run-off presidential election on July 5 as no candidate secured 50% of voters the interior ministry said on Saturday (June 29), Reuters reports. Earlier preliminary results from Friday’s vote had shown the sole moderate candidate Massoud Pezeshkian held a slight lead over his hardline challenger former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili….
We have talked about the territorial integrity of Armenia, which is under threat from Azerbaijan today, and let me tell you how concerned we are about that, given that the rhetoric from Baku is becoming more and more extreme. This was announced by French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné during a press conference after the meeting…
US President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia, DW reports. Hours after the pact that held the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals in check for more than two decades expired, Trump said that the New START treaty was “badly negotiated” and…
Russia has launched 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine in one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks, Ukrainian officials say, BBC reports. One person was killed in a drone and missile strike on the western city of Lviv, while 15 others were reported wounded in an attack on the south-western Transcarpathia region. …
Statement by Yukiya HAMAMOTO, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, Agenda item “Armenia Letter dated 13 September 2022.” “This week, the Members of the United Nations have assembled to discuss international peace and security. We have talked about the ways and the need to…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his Government was interested in establishing “long-term peace and stability” in the South Caucasus region and making a “significant contribution” to the objective, agenda.ge reports. Garibashvili highlighted “concrete results” in the Government providing “important mediation” that led to an agreement between Azerbaijani and Armenian governments in…
A group of activists of the Democratic Movement of Azerbaijan held a protest rally in Baku on May 14 against threats of growing violence against public figures and journalists. The action was held under the slogan ‘We do not want a mafia state’. Most of the organizers of the protest were arrested before the start…
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he hopes his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan will soon pay a visit to Russia. “Our dialogue continues. Ararat Mirzoyan has been invited to Russia. He has accepted the invitation. We are expecting him, I hope the visit takes place soon”, Lavrov said at a press conference.
On the occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day, the Madrid City Hall illuminated the famous Neptune Fountain at Cánovas Square. The Embassy of Armenia to Spain reported this. Earlier, it was reported that on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Republic of Armenia’s independence, Tehran’s Freedom Tower was illuminated in the colors…
A brawl erupted in Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday after lawmakers from the ruling AK Party and the opposition clashed over the appointment of a controversial figure to the Justice Ministry in a Cabinet reshuffle, Reuters reports. Opposition legislators tried to block Akın Gürlek, who President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed to the top judicial portfolio,…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, held a telephone conversation on Tuesday. “During the call, [the two foreign ministers] discussed the latest developments as part of the Istanbul grain deal and the purchase of large-size planes from Russia to manage wildland fires”, a Turkish diplomat told a TASS. …
Reuters. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (January 5) he told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call that Venezuela must not be dragged into instability after the toppling of its leader Nicolas Maduro. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan also said Ankara would stand with the people of Venezuela. He…
Azerbaijan and Armenia are not ready to sign a reconciliation agreement under any conditions, there are still some difficult issues that need to be resolved. Denis Gonchar, director of the fourth department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said this in an interview with TASS. “The signals coming from Baku and Yerevan…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine’s aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue on Monday, Reuters reports. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said “a lot of progress was made”…
A peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia may be signed in the foreseeable future, but in the end, what matters most is not when it is inked but that all issues are resolved, Russian presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday, TASS reports. According to the Kremlin spokesman, representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and…
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine moved from being a distant, abstract conflict to something more tangible for the leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies on Monday with an address by the embattled country’s president, CBC reports. Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders that despite their efforts to arm his country and to isolate the…
Spokesperson of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan wrote in her X microblog (former Twitter). “Investigative committee of Armenia published data on numbers of killed and wounded, among them civilians, including children, as result of large-scale military attack by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. 14 individuals were tortured and 64 died on the move…
Charles Michel, President of EU Council, referred to the meeting in Moldova between him, Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders, President of France, and German Chancellor. “We just had a very good meeting together with President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan — and with the President of France Emmanuel Macron and the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz. …
A fire erupted in the construction of a hotel in the southern Antalya province’s Alanya district, Turkey, on Jan. 27. The fire erupted in the construction of a 12-storey hotel while the workers were at the site around 4.30 p.m. local time. Alanya Mayor Osman Tarık Özçelik said the firefighters rescued four workers…
The masks are torn, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) no longer has a place in Azerbaijan, that’s how the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, responded to the continued support of the agency’s head, Samantha Power, to Armenia. Hajiyev blamed the United States for standing by Armenia and not supporting…
Olivier Decottignies, Frenc Ambassador to Armenia referred to the continuing blockade of Lachin corridor. “France calls for the restoration of free movement of goods, people and merchandise, along the Lachin corridor, in both directions, and of a continuous supply of gas and electricity to the population”, Decottignies tweeted.
On November 24, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protocol was signed in Abu Dhabi by the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the UAE, Karen Grigoryan, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large, refers to the flow of forcibly displaced people from Nagorno- Karabakh on his Twitter account. “Rivers of cars are flowing to Armenia with refugees forced out of Nagorno Karabakh, from their ancestral land, their homes, communities, villages and cities, because no one guaranteed their rights and securities in Nagorno Karabakh. This…
