Some 6,402 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 896 new cases; 22 people died. As of September 28 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,705,213 Confirmed positive cases – 260,675 Deaths – 5,299 Recovered – 241,191 Patients currently receiving treatment – 12,567

US Congressman Adam Schiff posted a statement on his Facebook page on the anniversary of Azerbaijan’s 44-day war against Artsakh. One year ago today, an autocrat facing domestic discontent chose to provoke war with a peaceful neighbor. Over 44 days, Azerbaijani forces targeted and murdered many innocent civilians in Artsakh, and displaced tens of thousands …

The situation with the coronavirus is tense in the country, 20 medical centers are already fully or partially serving patients with Covid, Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan told journalists today. “During this week, regional medical centers – Artashat MC, Gyumri Infectious Diseases Hospital – will start serving patients with Covid. We see that our bed …

Russia stepped up airstrikes in northwestern Syria on Sept. 26, several sources said, three days before leaders Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are due to meet for talks, Duvar-Reuters reported. Residents, as well as rebel and military sources, said that Russian jets bombed villages around the city of Afrin on Sept. 26, intensifying airstrikes …

The president of Azerbaijan told FRANCE 24 that the first meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia last week in New York was a “good indicator” that dialogue could be restarted and a peaceful solution sought. He said he was ready to enter peace negotiations but lamented that Armenia’s leadership had so far failed …

The Ministry of Defense said on September 28 that at around 11:30 am, Garnik Abrahamyan, a serviceman of a military unit positioned at the village of Kut in Gegharkunik province, was wounded in the arm by a shot fired by Azeri troops, and that his life is not in danger.

Paris will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden addressed their submarine dispute in a phone call on Wednesday. “President Emmanuel Macron has decided that the French Ambassador will return to Washington next week. He will then start intensive work with senior US officials,” the …

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is planning to return home for local elections on October 2, will be arrested as soon as he gets in the country, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters on Tuesday, TASS reported. “As soon as Saakashvili sets foot on our soil, he will be arrested and taken to …

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs agreed in New York with Baku and Yerevan to resume working visits to Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov h as said, TASS reported. He also said that the agreements ending military activities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which were reached by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan last year, …