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23 November 2017 • 09:45 AMT
Military launches last operation to expel Islamic State from Iraq

The main objective of the offensive is to seal the Iraqi-Syrian border, which has been the Islamic State’s lifeline in both countries.

23 November 2017 • 09:38 AMT
Armenia improves standing on Social Progress Index by eight points

Armenia has improved its standing on the Social Progress Index by 8 points, taking the 59th spot against the 67th in the previous edition.

23 November 2017 • 09:12 AMT
Russia resumes gas delivery to Azerbaijan

Gazprom Export and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have agreed to resume supplies of natural gas to Azerbaijan.

23 November 2017 • 09:02 AMT
Karabakh state minister talks trade ties with California senator

The sides weighed in on the ways to deepen political and trade ties between Artsakh and California and agreed on future steps.

23 November 2017 • 08:26 AMT
7.5 mln liters of wine produced in Armenia in 2016: PM Karapetyan

“7.5 million liters of wine were produced in the country in 2016, which is by 14% more than the amount produced a year earlier,” Karapetyan said.

23 November 2017 • 08:00 AMT
Jazz producer George Avakian, Armenian by ethnicity, dies aged 98

An American jazz scholar and music industry architect, Avakian produced essential recordings by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and other stars.

23 November 2017 • 07:46 AMT
Armenia’s Levon Aronian draws round 6, still leads FIDE Grand Prix

Armenia’s Levon Aronian made a draw with Peter Svidler and remains the sole leader of the FIDE Grand Prix after six rounds.

23 November 2017 • 07:32 AMT
Iran president hails Tehran-Moscow ties that “promote peace, stability”

Rouhani hailed Tehran-Moscow bilateral, regional and int’l cooperation in line with diplomatic settlement of crises and challenges.

23 November 2017 • 07:23 AMT
Elitaliana may provide passenger transportation to Armenia’s provinces

Elitaliana is interested in exploiting its helicopters in Armenia to provide passenger transportation services to the country’s provinces.

23 November 2017 • 06:56 AMT
Congresswoman Jackie Speier puts spotlight on sexual harassment

Speier was a 23-year-old congressional staffer excited about her new job on Capitol Hill when her chief of staff got her alone in a room.

23 November 2017 • 06:33 AMT
Armenia establishing Honorary Consulate in Chicago

Armenia establishing an Honorary Consulate in Chicago with a Consular District covering the Midwestern United States

22 November 2017 • 14:12 AMT
Armenian director’s Karabakh movie named best at Pomegranate fest

Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Arsinee Khanjian, actor/producer Dean Cain, Montel Williams and many others attended the fest.

22 November 2017 • 13:30 AMT
Armenia offers Germany to take part in renovation of church in Syria

At a meeting in Yerevan, Ashotyan attached great importance to the interparliamentary cooperation with the Bundestag.

22 November 2017 • 13:01 AMT
Two Armenian wrestlers left out of World Championships

In the qualification round, Hakobyan deafeted U.S. wrestler John Mossing, but lost his bout against Turkey’s Murad Dagi.

22 November 2017 • 12:39 AMT
COAF students from Armenia take part in virtual chat with Terry George

The project was organized by Global Nomads Group to foster dialogue and understanding about various injustices occurring around the world.

22 November 2017 • 11:24 AMT
Sketches for new Armenian hybrid banknotes unveiled in Yerevan

And now, the Central Bank of Armenia has unveiled the sketches of the new banknotes that will be put into circulation in 2018.

22 November 2017 • 10:51 AMT
Karabakh army chief: Conflict settlement will be painful ‘for others’

His comments came after the Armenian president said recently that “the Karabakh conflict will have a very painful solution.”

22 November 2017 • 10:28 AMT
Islamic State executes, decapitates Iraqi prisoners in new video

The footage starts off with classic jihadist music and then shows battle footage from more recent hit-and-run raids.

22 November 2017 • 10:16 AMT
Armenian designer Talar Nina launching her third collection in Dubai

The designer donates part of profits to the ‘Moving Forward’ Centre for children in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri.

22 November 2017 • 09:53 AMT
S. Korea seeks free trade deal with EAEU amid pressure from U.S.

The meetings represent Seoul’s latest efforts to accelerate the ongoing negotiations between S. Korea and the EAEU for an open trade pact.

22 November 2017 • 09:24 AMT
Study reveals features of healthy and diseased aging of human brain

The data underlying the research is part of the Aging, Dementia and TBI resource, available through the Allen Brain Atlas data portal.

22 November 2017 • 09:02 AMT
Armenia to raise drinking water tariff by 6%

The Public Services Regulatory Commission decided to raise the price for one cubic meter of drinking water by AMD 11.4.

22 November 2017 • 08:33 AMT
Kachkar in memory of Armenian Genocide victims erected in Germany

Vardapet Serovbe Isakhanyan anointed the monument, and those in attendance walked to the Surp Sahak Mesrop-Church for a memorial service.

22 November 2017 • 08:13 AMT
Armenian village of Amrakits now has LED outdoor lighting system

Owing to the project implemented in 2 stages within a year, another village in Armenia’s Lori province has been illuminated.

22 November 2017 • 07:45 AMT
Syrian Army resumes offensive in last Islamic State towns in Deir ez-Zor

the Syrian Arab Army flanked the Islamic State’s positions this morning, scoring a new advance against the militant group.

22 November 2017 • 07:28 AMT
Russian channel apologizes for likening Armenia’s RPA with fascists

Veronika Krasheninnikova compared the members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) with the fascists.

22 November 2017 • 07:07 AMT
Three Karabakh soldiers killed in mine explosion

Defense Army soldiers Gegham Zakaryan, Sargis Abrahamyan and Sargis Melikyan died on Wednesday, while Narek Hoveyan was wounded.

22 November 2017 • 06:42 AMT
ANCA, U.S. Congresswoman explore bolstering U.S. – Artsakh ties

The sides explored concrete steps the U.S. can take to strengthen official, civic, cultural, educational and other ties with Artsakh.

22 November 2017 • 06:31 AMT
Reason for Mkhitaryan’s exclusion from Newcastle match revealed

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has addressed the media in Switzerland ahead of the Reds’ Champions League tie at Basel

21 November 2017 • 14:29 AMT
Man United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan looks lonely in training

But the Armenian star looked a forlorn figure at Carrington today as he sat on his own before joining in Manchester United training.