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08 April 2019 • 06:37 AMT
Charity headed by Armenian PM’s wife raises $150,000 in Boston

Hakobyan, the event’s keynote speaker, is chairman of the board of the Yerevan, Armenia-based organization.

08 April 2019 • 06:23 AMT
VSCO files lawsuit against PicsArt over “reverse engineered” filters

The suit focuses on 19 PicsArt filters that were supposedly “reverse engineered from VSCO’s filters.”

06 April 2019 • 20:50 AMT
Kurdistan opens first Armenian Orthodox church in Erbil

The church was built and supervised by the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs and is located in the district of Ankawa.

06 April 2019 • 12:02 AMT
Russia, Armenia sending humanitarian aid to Iran flood survivors

Humanitarian aid shipments will be delivered to the Iranian Red Crescent Society in the northern city of Rasht.

06 April 2019 • 11:27 AMT
Karabakh frontline troops control contact line situation

The Karabakh frontline units continue controlling the situation on the contact line and protecting their positions.

06 April 2019 • 10:29 AMT
20 U.S. states file motion to block Trump border wall funding

The states filed a lawsuit in February after Trump declared a national emergency to help build a border wall

06 April 2019 • 09:48 AMT
Artsakh President, Armenia General Staff Chief talk army building

Issues related to army building and cooperation between the two Armenian states were on the agenda.

06 April 2019 • 09:27 AMT
Georgia should take UK’s place in EU, President says

“We are looking at this situation with the determination to get the most out of it,’’ Salome Zourabichvili said.

06 April 2019 • 08:52 AMT
Kim Kardashian’s next trip to Israel “in the works”

Kardashian did not specify why she called off her visit to Israel in March just days before she was scheduled to arrive.

06 April 2019 • 07:49 AMT
Lavrov will attend next Armenia-Azerbaijani meeting

“In the very near future a meeting will be announced at the level of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia,” Mammadyarov said.

06 April 2019 • 07:25 AMT
Iran planning to build naval port in Syria: report

Iran has allegedly been invited by Russia to setup a fortified base at Hmeimim Airport and another in the port-city of Tartous

05 April 2019 • 14:30 AMT
Lawmaker: Italian Senate will review Armenian Genocide recognition

Maurizio Lupi has revealed that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is currently on the agenda of the Italian Senate.

05 April 2019 • 13:55 AMT
Trans woman delivers remarks in Armenia parliament

Her speech angered the chairwoman of the human rights and social affairs committee, lawmaker Naira Zohrabyan.

05 April 2019 • 13:10 AMT
Guam legalizes recreational use of marijuana

Sen. Clynton Ridgell’s Bill 32-35 decriminalizes the recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and older.

05 April 2019 • 12:14 AMT
Poor diet “kills more people than smoking”

A poor diet is the world’s deadliest health risk and kills more people than smoking, a study has found.

05 April 2019 • 11:58 AMT
Study links even one drink a day with higher stroke risk

The study found no evidence of light or moderate drinking having a protective effect, in other words, reducing the risk of stroke.

05 April 2019 • 10:55 AMT
Muslim soldier suing US army after ‘being forced to remove hijab’

“My religious preference is only to unveil in front of my husband in the comfort of my own home,” she said.

05 April 2019 • 10:27 AMT
Amazon will launch +3000 satellites to provide internet around the world

Project Kuiper is a new initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites, said a spokesperson.

05 April 2019 • 10:14 AMT
Armenia Foreign Minister headed for Rwanda

Mnatsakanyan will also be meeting the Rwandan President, the Foreign Minister and other top officials.

05 April 2019 • 09:35 AMT
Dutch Willem II terminates contract with Armenia’s Aras Özbiliz

The Armenian player will return to the Turkish Besiktas, from which Willem II had rented him in August 2018

05 April 2019 • 08:42 AMT
42.6m-year-old fossil of four-legged whale discovered

The giant 42.6m-year-old fossil, discovered in Peru, appears to have been adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle.

05 April 2019 • 08:19 AMT
New way to better predict Alzheimer’s progression discovered

Researchers were able to better predict progression of the disease than with beta-amyloid PET imaging.

05 April 2019 • 08:04 AMT
New research clarifies how brain perceives metaphors

The new study in the looks at when, exactly, different regions of the brain activate in metaphor comprehension.

05 April 2019 • 07:28 AMT
Armenia opens criminal case against Prime Minister’s relative

“This is a new Armenia, and no one with close ties to the Prime Minister can be above the law or have privileges,” Pashinyan said.

05 April 2019 • 06:50 AMT
Colorado designates April as “Genocide Awareness Month”

The proclamation highlights the importance of genocide education, calling out perpetrators who are still denying their crimes.

05 April 2019 • 06:39 AMT
Germany ratifies Armenia-EU agreement

The Foreign Affairs Committee had offered the parliament to adopt the law ratifying the document without amendments.

05 April 2019 • 06:27 AMT
Syria activated S-300 system during Israeli attack on Aleppo: report

Avia.Pro news site alleged that both the Syrian and Russian air defenses failed to track the Israeli warplanes.

04 April 2019 • 14:42 AMT
Armenian President will travel to Jordan

This year’s World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa will take place in Amman on April 5-6.

04 April 2019 • 14:17 AMT
HPV vaccine linked to huge cervical disease drop

The researchers said the vaccine has nearly wiped out cases of cervical pre-cancer in young women.

04 April 2019 • 14:04 AMT
Germany set to ratify EU-Armenia deal on April 4 evening

The Foreign Affairs Committee of Germany’s Federal Parliament offered the parliament to adopt the law without amendments.