Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call Wednesday with the Italian prime minister, Turkish Communications Directorate said. Erdogan stressed that with Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban, a new situation has arisen in the field and that engagement with the Taliban should be continued at the point of delivering humanitarian aid, as …

Iranian jets and drones have carried out attacks on members of an Iranian Kurdish separatist party based in northern Iraq, the group said on Thursday, MEE reported. An official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), a group seeking autonomy for Kurds in Iran, said there were no casualties from the strikes, which targeted …

The search for the bodies of the killed servicemen was carried out today by one rescue detachment in Varanda (Fizuli) region, Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs said, adding that as a result, the a body of another Armenian soldier was found. His identity will be confirmed after a forensic examination. A total of 1,660 bodies …

Due to the sharp increase in the COVID-19 cases, Armenia has once again listed in an epidemically dangerous “red” zone by EU standards. This means that entry restrictions for Armenian citizens can be tightened, Armenian Ministry of Health said. The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) updates the list of epidemiologically safe countries …

Taliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and third country nationals who remained in Afghanistan after the end of the U.S. evacuation operation to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport, a U.S. official said, Reuters reported. The Taliban were pressed to allow the departures by U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, said the …

The CSTO is ready to repel all possible threats from Afghanistan, RIA Novosti quoted the head of the joint headquarters of the organization Anatoly Sidorov. “Now the whole world is worried about how things will turn out in Afghanistan. We all know that there are member countries in our organization that are directly bordering Afghanistan. …

Joint Azerbaijani-Turkish tactical exercises are under way In the Lachin region, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement. It said special forces carried out operations in difficult terrain, organizing ambushes in road junctions, detecting and destroying subversive groups, as well as overcoming various obstacles, covert approach to the conventional enemy.

Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan met with newly appointed Commander of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces in Artsakh, Maj Gen Mikhail Kosobokov, and the Commander of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Armenia, Col Dmitry Ovcharov as well as Russian Defense Attaché Col Igor Shcherbakov. Karapetyan praised the efforts of Russia aimed at stabilizing the military-political …

Armenia’s private sector is set to benefit from new resources for green financing thanks to an US$ 8 million financial package put together by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The funds will promote the private sector’s transition to more sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient …

Some 5,670 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 587 new cases; 14 people died As of September 9 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,594,150 Confirmed positive cases – 246,997 Deaths – 4,968 Recovered – 230,820 Patients currently receiving treatment – 10,040