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 …

Several rockets have been fired at Kabul’s international airport, a day before the deadline for the US troops to pull out of Afghanistan ends, Al Jazeera reported. The White House, which confirmed the attack, said that evacuation operations at the airport were not interrupted, adding that US President Joe Biden was briefed about the latest …

Since 11 a.m., Azeri troops deliberately set fires near the villages of Sotk and Kut, Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan wrote on his Facebook page. “During the day, the fires in the direction of Sotk village of the Gegharkunik province were extinguished, but those near Kut village were not,” the post reads. Tatoyan says the areas …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is set to pay a visit to Russia on August 30-31, Armenian Foreign Ministry says. Minister Mirzoyan is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovas well as CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas.

As reported earlier, a criminal case was launched in connection with the illegal crossing of Artsakh border by an Azeri serviceman Jamil Babayev who was found in Martakert. Artsakh Investigations Committee has charged Babayev with a number of crimes, including spying. Babayev has been detained. The investigation is underway.

Some 4,671 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing  275  new cases; seven  people died As of August 30 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,534,770 Confirmed positive cases – 241,611 Deaths – 4,830 Recovered – 226,665 Patients currently receiving treatment – 8,964

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is set to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on August 31. This is the first foreign visit of the Armenian Foreign Minister since his appointment. The ministers will discuss in detail the further steps towards the development of Russian-Armenian relations as well as coordination of their actions …