A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said. A black ISIS flag was flying from the truck’s rear bumper, and the attack is being investigated as…
The Margara bridging Armenia and Turkey is ready for operation, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports, but when the parties will be ready to operate it is not yet known. Official Yerevan announced at the highest level that there are no obstacles on this side of the border. According to the pre-arranged agreement, the Armenian-Turkish…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson referred to ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations during a regular press briefing. “I’m not going to get into the private diplomatic conversations, but as we said in the readout that we put out, we continue to support engagement between Azerbaijan and Armenia and continue to work to try to resolve…
Iran effectively shuttered the crucial waterway in the early days of the war and in mid-April the US responded by imposing its own blockade on Iranian ports, Euronews reports. Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Tehran was collecting fees for “navigational services” on ships transiting the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but is not…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday left for a visit of Azerbaijan where he will hold a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, agenda.ge reports. Following the meeting of the leaders of the neighbouring countries, they will make joint comments to the media, the Georgian Government Administration said. The delegation headed by the…
The number of people injured during the earthquake in the Duzce region of Turkey has reached 50. The state of one of the injured is serious. No deaths were reported in the underground tremors. Due to the earthquake, classes have been suspended today in Sakarya, Bolu, and Duzce. A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near…
Nearly 200 people have been arrested for alleged poor building construction following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey earlier this month, Turkey’s Justice Ministry said, CNN reports. About 50,000 people were killed across Turkey and Syria after the earthquake struck on February 6. The ministry said that 626 people were “suspects” after buildings fully collapsed or were…
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated New Delhi’s position on the need to build dialogue to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, as Singh himself wrote on Twitter. “Had a telephonic conversation with the Defense Minister of Russia, Mr Sergey Shoigu today. We discussed bilateral cooperation,…
Moscow is ready to hold talks on Ukraine conflict settlement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “As for negotiations, we have always said that we are ready for them,” Putin said. According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to ban dialogue with Russia makes possible negotiations illegal. Putin noted that the West should force the…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-large of Armenia, responded to the article of Parvin Hayam oglu Mirzazade, Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, in which the latter referred to Marukyan and a number of his posts on Twitter. In his answer, Marukyan expressed confidence that there is a long-term and sustainable peace path in…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the US peace plan presented by the Trump administration, DW reports. Kyiv’s three European allies stressed their “full and unwavering” support for Ukraine, adding that a solution to the…
Reuters. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Istanbul on Friday (July 22), where Russia and Ukraine will later sign a deal to facilitate grain exports. Shoigu will also hold a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing Russia’s defence ministry. The Turkish government said…
Ukraine is preparing a response to today’s massive Russian shelling, which killed and injured civilians, says Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov on Facebook. “Russia struck our cities again overnight. Civilians were injured, homes were destroyed, and critical infrastructure was damaged,” he said. The minister adds this is another proof of Ukraine’s…
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on his victory in the election that extended his term to another six-year, making him the longest-serving leader in the post-Soviet era, IRNA New agency reports. In his message, Raisi felicitated Putin’s landslide win and his re-election as the president of the Russian Federation….
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday reportedly warned the U.K. that it would be “very dangerous” for the country to do business with China, after London and Beijing announced steps aimed at mending ties, CNBC reports. After years of strained relations, China and the U.K. are looking to develop a long-term strategic partnership following…
I had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece George Gerapetritis, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan informed on his Twitter. “Had telephone call with Foreign Minister of Greece George Gerapetritis. Appreciating targeted calls by intl partners, stressed need of concrete steps to implement CIJ_ICJ Orders on Lachin Corridor, blocked by…
Today, the party founded by Alt-Info opened an office in Akhaltsikhe. The founders of the party were present at the site. Giorgi Kardava General Secretary of the “Conservative Party” says they have sponsors from Russia and Europe. The plan of the “Conservative Party” in the region is the opening of the Russian market and the…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will hold talks in Berlin on April 26, the Spokesman of the German Government said. “In addition to bilateral relations, foreign policy, security policy, as well as economic and energy topics will be discussed,” said Steffen Hebenstreit.
On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation New York Office, convened a roundtable entitled “From Ambition to Action: Strengthening Biodiversity Governance and Financing.” The discussion brought together representatives of Member States, the United Nations system,…
Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Monday (March 23) the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. Trump’s move followed a threat by Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those…
Israel is considering announcing “symbolic” withdrawals from occupied territory in southern Lebanon as part of upcoming talks, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter, CNN reports. The idea has been discussed ahead of three days of talks between Israel and Lebanon set to take place under the auspices of the Trump administration…
Azerbaijani forces closely approached this suburb of Stepanakert and even entered the first houses. Former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh Artak Beglaryan informed about this in his X (former Twitter) microblog. “The ceasefire violation of September 21 occurred here. Entire Krkzhan is empty because of security high risks,” Beglaryan tweeted.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani addressed the issue of opening the Lachin Corridor in Twitter. “Following up to my phone conversations from last week, as OSCE Chairman-in- Office I requested my Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk to visit the Lachin area and to report back to me on the current situation on the ground. I…
Iran is prepared to reach a nuclear agreement in the indirect talks with the United States provided the negotiations are conducted on equal terms and the national interests of the Islamic Republic are respected. “In negotiations with the United States, we are ready to reach an agreement within the established framework while preserving national interests,”…
In Strasbourg the PACE Session goes on. The MPs, who are on the waiting list, but have no opportunity to give a speech due to time constraints, can send their speeches for publication. The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Sona Ghazaryan also took such an opportunity. In her speech the MP noted:…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made significant statements regarding the escalating tensions in the Middle East during a joint press conference held with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi. Fidan’s remarks focused on Israel’s actions and their potential consequences for regional stability. “Our region is facing an extremely great threat. Israel, which continues genocide in…
On October 21, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Armenia Andrey Kovatchev. The NA President, in the person of the guest, expressed his gratitude to the European Parliament for adopting relevant resolutions and reports in favour of Armenia. At the meeting, the issues of the anti-Armenian rhetoric consistently…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was disinvited from a reception for world leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations General Assembly, Georgian media reported on Wednesday, in the latest blow to the once close U.S.-Georgian relationship, Reuters reports. Georgian officials told local media that Kobakhidze, who is due to address…
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in the Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday (October 23) to attend the meeting of the heads of states of BRICS group, the TASS news agency cited local authorities as saying, Reuters reports. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry criticized Guterres this week for his acceptance of an invitation from Russian…
Israel bombed Iran’s Fordow nuclear bunker site south of Tehran again Monday, following the U.S.’s strikes on the secretive underground facility over the weekend, according to media outlets in Israel and Tehran, The Hill reports. “The aggressor attacked the Fordow nuclear site again,” Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported, quoting a spokesperson for the crisis…
