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13 December 2014 • 18:00 AMT
First Armenian church opens in Abu Dhabi

“Shaikh Zayed gave us land to build our churches and Shaikh Khalifa has continued to help us,” Father Mesrob, the church priest, said.

13 December 2014 • 17:52 AMT
Kerry, Lavrov discuss situation in Mideast on phone

“The Secretary and Foreign Minister Lavrov discussed the situation in the Middle East,” a State Department official said.

13 December 2014 • 17:40 AMT
Ukraine’s Defense Minister says military budget must be doubled

Prime Minister Yatsenyuk said his country would have to increase defense expenditure at the cost of slashing social payments.

13 December 2014 • 14:25 AMT
Ameria Group of Companies holds Sport for Life charitable auction

“During the previous 4 years we have raised AMD 300 million to help over 100 children,” Ameriabank general director Artak Hanesyan said.

13 December 2014 • 13:25 AMT
European Commission head warns UK against discriminating migrants

Under the European Union’s freedom of movement rules, EU citizens are entitled to work anywhere in the bloc.

13 December 2014 • 13:17 AMT
Islamic State militants shoot down Iraqi helicopter

An official said the militants used a shoulder-fired rocket launcher to shoot down the EC635 helicopter on the outskirts of the city.

13 December 2014 • 13:12 AMT
Air strikes, clashes rock Libya

Thinni said his government were trying to control the oil revenues by setting up a payment system outside the central bank in Tripoli.

13 December 2014 • 13:05 AMT
1600 ceasefire violations by Azeris reported Dec 7-13

Azerbaijan fired over 18000 shots from various caliber weapons towards the positions of Nagorno Karabakh defense army.

13 December 2014 • 09:07 AMT
2 U.S. troops, top court official killed in Afghanistan

Late Friday, a militant attack targeting a military convoy killed two U.S. soldiers by the Bagram air base in Parwan province.

13 December 2014 • 08:57 AMT
Russia to take counter measures if U.S. imposes new sanctions: official

The Ukraine Freedom Support Act implies new sanctions on weapons companies and investors in the country’s high-tech oil projects.

13 December 2014 • 08:30 AMT
Armenian civilian wounded by Azeri sniper fire

“The incident took place near the village’s reservoir, which is located near to the Azeri positions,” Artur Madatyan said.

13 December 2014 • 06:28 AMT
Strong winds, torrential rain hit California

Even after the fast-moving storm cleared out, the risk remained that sodden topsoil on wildfire-scarred hillsides could collapse.

13 December 2014 • 06:21 AMT
Armenia, EU hold sixth round of human rights dialogue

The talks focused on elections and electoral framework, freedom of expression and information, freedom of assembly and association, etc.

13 December 2014 • 06:06 AMT
Lawyer says Dink killer’s new testimony contradictory

The lawyer of Erhan Tuncel said the testimony is part of a plot designed to link the faith-based Hizmet movement with the murder.

13 December 2014 • 05:19 AMT
UN Security Council backs agreement for NATO to train Afghan forces

“No doubt, there are challenges ahead: al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to launch brutal terror attacks,” Tanin said.

13 December 2014 • 05:11 AMT
Russian MFA says U.S. ‘cannot abandon outdated phobias’

The ministry said the possible damage to U.S.-Russian relations was comparable to that done by the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment.

13 December 2014 • 05:00 AMT
Microsoft sells 1.2 million Xbox Ones in Nov

Microsoft cited sales figures from NPD, which tracks retail sales of game consoles, OCs and more in the United States.

13 December 2014 • 04:53 AMT
Italy’s finance minister says Europe at fork in the road

Padoan warned that “June is a long way off for the time-scale of the economy”, saying something had to be done in the meantime.

13 December 2014 • 04:17 AMT
Facebook revamps search offerings, excludes Bing results

The decision may reflect the increasing importance that Facebook sees in Web search technology, a market dominated by Google.

13 December 2014 • 03:56 AMT
ANCA-WR discusses issues of concern with Congresswoman Bass

“We are glad to count Congresswoman Karen Bass as a strong friend of the Armenian American community,” Nora Hovsepian said.

13 December 2014 • 03:49 AMT
U.S. Senate approves new annual defense bill

The bill had already been passed by the House of Representatives and has now been sent to President Obama to sign into law.

12 December 2014 • 13:54 AMT
311 civilians killed by Syrian rebel ‘hell cannons’: monitor

Syria’s war started with a pro-democracy movement that grew into an armed uprising and has inflamed regional confrontations.

12 December 2014 • 13:41 AMT
Global appetite for oil to grow at slower pace in 2015: IEA

Market share lost to renewable energy sources was unlikely to be replaced again by cheaper crude, the IEA said.

12 December 2014 • 13:39 AMT
Consul: no change in procedure for 10-year U.S. visa

Describing the reform as very good news, the consul said he hopes that it would also boost the tourism development.

12 December 2014 • 13:35 AMT
Gucci creative director, CEO to step down

Giannini joined the Florentine fashion house in 2002 as the lead designer for leather goods, adding women’s ready-to-wear in 2005.

12 December 2014 • 13:19 AMT
Germany’s highest court rejects by opposition bid for Snowden hearing

However, the government doesn’t want to allow Snowden into the country, citing the potential damage to relations with the U.S.

12 December 2014 • 13:18 AMT
Azerbaijan repatriates family of Armenian defector

The family was repatriated through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Armenia-Azerbaijan border.

12 December 2014 • 13:04 AMT
Google reportedly shutting down its engineering operation in Russia

Google is moving engineering employees out of Russia, confirmed an anonymous source with knowledge of the development.

12 December 2014 • 13:00 AMT
Greece to hold series of events on Genocide centenary

Exhibitions dedicated to the Genocide centenary will be held at the Greek and Cypriot parliaments.

12 December 2014 • 12:53 AMT
Lenovo announces voluntary global recall of power cords

544,000 systems are affected in the U.S. and Canada alone, but the exact number of power cords recalled worldwide remains unclear.