Tropical cyclone Seroja, one of the most powerful cyclones ever to hit Indonesia, struck on Sunday killing 163 people, mostly on the islands of Lembata, Alor, and Adonara, among the poorest and least developed parts of Indonesia, Reuters reports. The sprawling archipelago, which is made up of more than 17,000 islands, is used to dealing …

On April 8 and 9, the operative-tactical stable situation along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line of the RA state border did not change. No border incidents were reported. According to the information received from the RA National Security Service, no change in the situation was registered on the Vorotan-Davit Bek section of the Goris-Kapan interstate …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a telephone conversation, Kremlin’s official website reports. According to the information, issues related to the fight against coronavirus were discussed in detail. In addition, a number of urgent international issues were touched upon, including the situation in Syria and Libya. At Erdoğan’s request, Putin …

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. A statement issued by the palace just after midday spoke of the Queen’s “deep sorrow” following his death at Windsor Castle on Friday morning. The Duke of Edinburgh, the longest-serving royal consort in British history, was at the Queen’s side for …

As of 11:00 on April 9, a total of 201.158 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 180.160 have recovered and 3697 been fatal. 16.357 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 894.461 tests were performed. Thus, 4.589 tests were performed yesterday, from which 1.029 new cases of COVID were confirmed. Since yesterday, …

Today, as a result of search operations in Jrakan, Artsakh rescuers found 7 bodies, according to the State Service of Emergency Situations in Artsakh. Two more bodies were handed over to the Armenian side, supposedly from the direction of Talish. A forensic examination will be ordered to determine the identity of the Armenian servicemen. From …

On April 7th, the operative tactical situation along the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact on the RA state border did not change, no border incidents were registered. According to the information received from the RA National Security Service, no change in the operative situation was registered on the Vorotan-Davit Bek section of the Goris-Kapan interstate highway, …

According to the Council of Europe’s annual criminal statistics (SPACE) report, Armenia is ranked among the countries with the lowest number of prisoners. Thus, it is noted that there are 75 prisoners per 100.000 people in Armenia, which is significantly lower than the European average of 103.2. According to the report, as of January 1, …

Armenian painter, member of the Artists’ Union of Armenia Armen Atayan passed away on Thursday. As the Union informed, the requiem service will take place on April 9. Armen Atayan was born in 1922 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1952, he graduated from the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and later lectured in the same Institute. …

RA Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan and Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov signed a joint statement on the intention to develop cooperation between the two Prosecutor General’s Offices, Arevik Khachatryan, Head of the Public Relations Department of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office wrote about this on her Facebook page. “The statement is aimed …