- 10:54 | In the world Today marks World Refugee Day
2013 Theme: Take 1 minute to support a family forced to flee.
Source: un.org
- 10:28 | Armenia Yerevan’s Indoor Market to start operating this autumn
The construction work at Yerevan’s Indoor Market ('Pak Shuka'), launched two years ago, will finish this year.
Source: Zhamanak
- 10:03 | Armenia Ararat governor leaves Armenia
He may have done this deliberately, in view of the fact that major violations were revealed in Ararat province in the program of state assistance to land users for purchase of diesel fuel.
Source: Zhamanak - 09:33 | Armenia Armenian FM comments on co-chair leaders’ statement
In his statement, Nalbandian essentially expresses Armenia’s agreements with the points made by the three presidents of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries, saying that Armenia fully agreed to an exclusively peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Source: Asbarez.com
- 09:11 | In the world U.S. cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking
The State Department ranks countries according to the efforts they make to fight human trafficking and Russia, China and Uzbekistan all fell to the lowest level, Tier 3, in the new report.
Source: Reuters
- 09:06 | In the world Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
Gandolfini died while vacationing in Rome, the cable channel and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders said in a joint statement.
Source: AP
- 09:01 | In the world FBI uses drones for surveillance in U.S
FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft in the United States for surveillance in certain difficult cases.
Source: CNN
- 08:55 | In the world Obama calls for reducing U.S., Russian nukes
Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, where he said he would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads.
Source: CNN
- 08:50 | In the world China gives first lecture from space
China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space.
Source: BBC
- 08:46 | In the world Brazil fails to quell protests
Brazilian authorities have failed to halt nationwide protests, despite reversing the public-transport fare increases that sparked the unrest.
Source: BBC - 08:41 | Armenia Cloudy weather forecast for today
It will be mostly cloudy on June 20 almost the whole time, in the whole territory rains and thunderstorm is expected from time to time.
Source: Meteo-TV
- 21:00 | In the world Britain basks in hottest day of year
By lunchtime on Wednesday, the temperature had reached 26C at Charwood in Surrey, making it the warmest day of 2013 so far.
Source: The Telegraph - 20:45 | In the world Analysis: Putin basks in isolation over Syria as Obama's charm falls flat
At the end of a tense two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama - slumped over and serious - tried to lighten the mood with a joke about their favorite sports.
Source: Reuters - 20:33 | In the world Kim Kardashian Baby Name: Does Kimye's Baby Have One Of These 'K' Names?
Kim gave birth on June 15, but the reality star still hasn't revealed her daughter's name.
Source: The Huffington Post - 20:24 | In the world Somalia UN office attack by al-Shabab 'kills 15'
The gun-battle inside the office lasted for more than an hour, witnesses said.
Source: BBC - 20:17 | In the world Syria’s civil war is playing out not just on the battlefield but also online
Web watchers say the government recently cut off Internet access to apply stronger filters for future use.
Video: The Wall Street Journal - 20:10 | In the world Children born to a surrogate mother have more emotional difficulties than those carried by their biological mother
But children have less problems coping with the idea that they were conceived using a donor egg and sperm and are not related to their parents.
Source: The Daily Mail - 20:03 | In the world Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev
He has charged with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, his lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Wednesday.
Source: Ria.ru - 19:55 | In the world Extreme dog grooming contests
Photos: ABC News
- 19:50 | In the world Duchess of Cambridge opts for natural childbirth
The future king or queen will be born in the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, where the Duke of Cambridge, who was also born there, will be with his wife throughout the delivery.
Source: The Telegraph - 19:42 | In the world Egypt top cleric: Protests against Morsi permitted
Peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics.
Source: Associated Press - 19:36 | In the world Brazil sends national force to control protest trouble
The national force will be sent to Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza and the capital, Brasilia.
Source: BBC - 19:30 | In the world "I intend to seek negotiated cuts with Russia to move beyond Cold War nuclear postures"
Barack Obama said, speaking in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Source: Reuters - 19:25 | Region Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia congratulates Iran’s new President
“We pray for God to grant you more wisdom, health and vigor in the mission entrusted to you by the honest Iranian people.”
Source: IRIB
- 18:43 | In the world Syrian port city of Latakia hit by blast
State television said the blast was caused by a technical fault at a weapons store at a military engineering base, and said six people were hurt.
Source: Reuters
- 18:38 | Region NKR President visits south-east of republic
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the south-east of the republic, where he held an extended consultation attended by members of the National Assembly, Cabinet of Ministers and heads of several leading companies.
Source: presidential press service
- 17:28 | Armenia Levon Aronian to play in Sinquefield Cup
On September 9-15, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Aronian will be joined by Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky.
Source: armchess.am
- 17:12 | Region Iranian-Armenian community’s demands and expectations from Iran’s new President
Robert Beglaryan, an Armenian member of the Iranian parliament, has congratulated Iran’s new President Hassan Rohani and presented a number of proposals.
Source: Alik
- 15:18 | Armenia Police Chief: If there is a need to use arms, let me be the first victim
“We rule out the use of arms against our people under any circumstances,” Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan told reporters in Arzni.
Source: Panorama.am - 14:47 | Armenia Armenian police hold command and headquarters exercise
Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan voiced his satisfaction with the exercise.
Source: Panorama.am
- 13:57 | In the world Meeting of CIS Council for Cultural Cooperation to take place in Minsk, chaired by Armenian Culture Minister
The meeting will discuss cultural events that have been held and are scheduled in CIS states as well as expansion of cultural cooperation.
Source: Armenian Ministry of Culture
- 13:21 | Region Turkey unrest: Young protester loses eye from rubber bullet, mother wants justice
One young man, who was shot with a rubber bullet during the police intervention in the demonstrations in Taksim Gezi Park last week, lost his sight in one eye but counts himself lucky for being alive.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
- 13:19 | Region Key suspect of Hrant Dink murder case arrested
Ersin Yolcu is now again being held in Trabzon's Bahçeçik prison, pending the second trial.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
- 13:00 | Armenia Ashot Vardevanyan: Armenia is not poor in water resources, but it spends too much water
“25 percent of Armenian territory faces the danger of desertification, while 81 percent is subject to desertification,” said the coordinator of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
Source: Panorama.am
- 11:56 | In the world Resolution urges countries to join Convention on Cybercrime
Cyber attacks should be viewed as equal to conventional acts of aggression according to a resolution now pending at the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE.
Source: OSCE PA
- 11:48 | Armenia Fire in Martiros Saryan House-Museum
The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations received a call at midnight that Martiros Saryan House-Museum was on fire.
Source: MES
- 11:21 | Armenia Heritage again considered most prospective and authoritative opposition party
The Americans have understood that they should no longer have expectations from Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and the idea of turning Prosperous Armenia into opposition is an absolute failure.
Source: Iravunk - 10:48 | Armenia Lomonosov Moscow State University to open branch in Armenia
The issue was once discussed by the leaders of the two countries, and was lobbied by Armenian Education Minister Armen Ashotyan.
Source: Aravot
- 10:29 | In the world Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s move not yet certain
The information that Armenian international midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is moving to Liverpool is not confirmed.
Source: Haykakan Zhamanak
- 09:43 | In the world US, France, Russia issue statement on Karabakh
Presidents of the US, France and Russia, Barack Obama, Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin, as heads of states of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, issued a joint statement Tuesday regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process.
Source: Asbarez.com
- 09:16 | In the world Heavy blasts hit munitions depot in Russia’s Samara
More than 1,500 firefighters are combating the blaze, while thousands of locals have been evacuated and dozens hospitalized.
Source: RT - 09:07 | In the world Pentagon unveils plans for moving women into combat roles
The plans, which call for gender-neutral job requirements like scaling walls and lifting 55-pound (25-kg) tank ammunition, will require more years of study, education and training before some services open combat jobs to women.
Source: Reuters
- 09:03 | In the world U.N. recommends bringing Iraq closer to ending 1990s sanctions
Iraq is still subject to a U.N. arms embargo and asset freeze on individuals and entities linked to Saddam.
Source: Reuters
- 08:57 | In the world Mom, child held in 'subhuman' captivity in Ohio
A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant.
Source: CNN
- 08:49 | In the world Obama in Berlin to give Brandenburg Gate speech
He last addressed Berliners as a presidential candidate in 2008 - drawing a crowd estimated at 200,000 in the once-divided city.
Source: BBC
- 08:44 | In the world Afghan attack kills US soldiers hours after news of talks
The soldiers were killed by "indirect fire" from insurgents at Bagram air base, US officials said.
Source: BBC - 08:40 | Armenia Transitory rain expected in Armenia
The air temperature will not change.
Source: Meteo-TV
- 23:30 | In the world Angelina Jolie stunt double launches News Corp phone-hacking lawsuit
News Corporation is facing its first phone-hacking lawsuit in the US after a former stunt double for Angelina Jolie launched a lawsuit alleging her mobile phone messages were intercepted by the now defunct News of the World and the Sun.
Source: The Guardian - 23:20 | In the world German 'should be a working language of EU', says Merkel's party
The inferior status of German is a long-standing grievance for Berlin, which points out that it has over 100 million speakers, including German-speaking minorities in Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Poland.
Source: The Telegraph - 23:12 | Armenia Mali and Tuareg rebels sign accord
The nation of Mali signed an accord with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province, paving the way for the Malian military to return to the areas that remain under rebel control.
Source: Associated Press - 23:05 | In the world Obama opens 24-Hour trip to Germany
US President is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Source: ABC News - 22:58 | In the world Putin ‘not lonely’ at G8 summit
Russian President played down assertions that, regarding how to deal with the Syria conflict, he alone was opposing all other leaders of the Group of Eight powerful economies in talks this week in Northern Ireland.
Source: Ria.ru - 22:50 | In the world Laurent Koscielny will snub Bayern Munich AND Barcelona to remain at Arsenal
Koscielny’s agent, Stephane Courbois, had fuelled talk of a move by confirming that the defender is a summer target for Europe’s top clubs.
Source: The Sun - 22:37 | Armenia G8 leaders agree tax evasion measures
Leaders of the G8 major economies have agreed new measures to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders.
Source: BBC - 22:30 | In the world U.S. to hold Afghan peace talks with Taliban in Doha
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned that the process would likely be lengthy.
Source: Reuters
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Armenian FM comments on co-chair leaders’ statement
“Armenia shares the Co-Chairs’ approach that further delays in reaching a balanced framework agreement on the main principles for a comprehensive peace is unacceptable.”
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‘Tebi Javakhk’: An unforgettable experience
Under the Georgian government, the people of Javakhk are suffering. They are unable to keep and preserve the ancient Armenian churches or even worship in them.
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Today marks World Refugee Day
2013 Theme: Take 1 minute to support a family forced to flee.
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Brazil fails to quell protests
The continued protests come after the authorities in the two biggest cities, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, said they would reverse the public-transport fare increases.
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Armenian astrophysicists detect a bright star
“We recorded a strong flare of the star WX UMa, which became almost 15 times brighter in a matter of 160 seconds,” explains astrophysicist Vakhtang Tamazian.
The Steve Jobs of wine: Winemaker Paul Hobbs
"Armenia is one where I am working; Armenia has varieties I can’t even pronounce, so we are starting from scratch there."
Impact of Rohani’s presence on balancing US policy
“Considering the developments and balances in Iran’s domestic policies and their reflections in its foreign policy, the US will change its approach towards Iran,” says Dr. Hermidas Bavand.