The Islamic State group’s Afghan affiliate has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Monday, saying it fired at least six Katyusha rockets at the airport in Kabul. The rockets struck the Salim Karwan neighbourhood, which is close to the airport in the Afghan capital. The claim of responsibility was made by the militant group’s media arm, the Aamaq …

The speaker of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, initiated a closed working discussion on August 30, with participation of relatives of the servicemen who were captured or are missing in war. MPs from three NA factions, high-ranking representatives of relevant departments took part in the discussion. At the end of the discussion, it was decided …

Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan on August 30 met with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy, accompanied by newly appointed Deputy Chief of Mission William Laitenen and newly appointed Military Attaché Col. Gregory Pipes, the Ministry of Defense said. At the request of Ambassador Tracy, Minister Karapetyan briefed the guests on the situation on the …

The European Union said on Tuesday it was eyeing more support for Afghanistan’s neighbours as a senior official warned fighting could force half a million people to flee abroad. “The first priority is to continue to provide the best possible support according to the means available to those countries that are the most affected,” a …

The post-war period and the actions of international actors come to prove that the Karabakh conflict would have never been settled through negotiations, Azerbaijani media quoted Azerbaijani President Aliyev as saying in Shushi. He said the international community was trying to depict the frozen conflict as a conflict that had no alternative. Aliyev said Azerbaijan …

The Special Investigation Service is preparing materials in connections with the August 25 brawl in the National Assembly, no criminal case has been launched yet, SIS press service told Factor.am. SIS said several individuals were questioned but refused to give names or details. A brawl erupted between MPs during the speech of Armenia faction MP …

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 240 km/h (150 miles per hour), one of the strongest storms to hit the region since Hurricane Katrina, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Ida has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to move farther inland …

Some 1,341 calls were registered at the Crisis Management Center between August 23 and 29, Artsakh’s State Emergency Service reported. No fatalities were reported in connection with road accidents. In cooperation with deminers of The Halo Trust and the Humanitarian Demining Center, one air bomb, three cluster missiles and two explosives were found and destroyed …

On 21 December 2010, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing its deep concern on the increase of the enforced or involuntary disappearances in various regions of the world, including enforced or involuntary arrests and declared 30 August as International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Victims of enforced disappearance are in fact …

Armenian chess player Levon Aronian plays successfully in the Aimchess US Rapid online chess tournament, a1plus reported. After 10 rounds, our grandmaster has scored seven points and shares the 2nd and 3rd places with the world champion Magnus Carlsen. Russia’s Vladislav Artemiev is the sole leader of the tournament with 7.5 points. of Poland, Jordan …