the Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives unanimously debated in favour of a motion calling on the Australian Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). The motion paid respect to the upcoming International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide …

The State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan has officially confirmed the information that 14 servicemen were killed in a military helicopter crash today, Azerbaijani media reported. The deputy head of the Border Guard Service said that 14 people were killed, two others — Lt. Col. Emil Jafarov and Capt. Ramin Adilov — injured. Thirteen out …

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar met in Yerevan today and discussed bilateral relations, as well as issues of regional significance. Issues related to the agenda of the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Brussels on December 15 this year were …

Israel has shared intelligence over the past two weeks with the U.S. and several European allies suggesting that Iran is taking technical steps to prepare to enrich uranium to 90% purity — the level needed to produce a nuclear weapon, Axios reported. Enriching to 90% would bring Iran closer than ever to the nuclear threshold. …

Armen Muradyan, the rector of the Medical University, and Haykuhi Minasyan, the director of the Soldier’s House, briefed today Ambassador of the European Union to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin, who visited the Soldier’s House, on the treatment and rehabilitation process of servicemen in the House. They also presented to the Ambassador Wiktorin the social, educational and …

In the village of Shikahogh, Kapan community, Syunik region, people face many personal problems on the Chakaten-Kapan road, from education to agriculture, due to so-called border and customs control imposed by Azerbaijan; the same goes for Chakaten, Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan wrote on his Facebook page. Yesterday, accompanied by head of Kapan community Gevorg Parsyan, …

The head of drugmaker Moderna  said COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as they have been previously, sparking fresh worry in financial markets about the trajectory of the pandemic, Reuters reported. “There is no world, I think, where (the effectiveness) is the same level . . . we had …

The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver on 7 December 2021,  its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures made by the Republic of Armenia in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia …

At least six have been killed after a powerful storm pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey on Monday. One woman died in the city’s Esenyurt district, where strong winds tore off part of a roof and blew it onto her and her child. The child survived with injuries, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. …

Azerbaijani troops have withdrawn from the territory of Ishkhanasar, its mayor Marat Petrosyan told Factor.am. He said the Azerbaijani armed units withdrew to the area where the border of Soviet Azerbaijan passed before. Since May 12, Azerbaijani troops have gone 3 km into Syunik province, occupying the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. There …