Armenia

Heritage party leader not surprised with Tsarukyan’s statement
Asked why he has not voiced about it, Heritage party leader said it was a private meeting and the question should be forwarded to Tsarukyan...

Armenia’s DM spokesperson should reveal names of human right advocates who visited murdered conscript’s family – Arthur Sakunts
“The statement of the DM spokesman is at least strange for me. He has to make a clear statement and tell the names,” Head of Helsinki Civil Association Vanadzor office Arthur Sakunts said...

Region

Russia ready to develop long-range air defense system with Turkey
Turkey launched a tender for the purchase of long-range air defense systems long ago but no winner has been announced to this day...

Iran hangs two men for spying for Israel and US
Kourosh Ahmadi was convicted of providing intelligence to the CIA, Tehran's prosecutor's office said...

Press digest

Haykakan Zhamanak: Armenia gives up new nuke plant plan?
That’s especially interesting in the light of President Serzh Sargsyan’s 2008 statement that “Armenia is beginning the construction ...

Zhoghovurd: Circle around Karabakh conflict getting tight
“It isn’t known yet what losses Armenia will suffer as a result of such agreements, but that we will be deprived at least some of the liberated lands ...

Business

Google accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme
Barney Jones, who worked for Google from 2002 until 2006, said the company has 'pulled the wool over the eyes of HMRC and the British population'...

EBRD awards Armenia’s most active issuing bank
The honorable award, which adds to the numerous prizes from different international organizations and authoritative banks, is yet another evidence of Ameriabank's ...

Event

'Briton' held in France over deaths of two children
The bodies of the children, aged five and 10, were discovered on Saturday afternoon in a flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon...

China Premier Li Keqiang in India for first foreign trip
Border tensions and trade ties are expected to be among the issues discussed by the two men. The neighbours are the world's two most populous countries...

Science/tech

Asteroid nine times the size of the QE2 to pass Earth
Luckily, the giant space rock will get no closer than 3.6 million miles, or 15 times the distance between the Earth and the moon, The Telegraph reports...

Meteor slams into moon causing explosion
About 300 lunar impacts have been logged over the years but this latest impact, from March 17, is considered much ...

Culture

John Lennon's guitar sells for $408,000
After playing the guitar, Lennon gave it as a 25th birthday present to Alexis "Magic Alex" Mardas, a member of The Beatles' inner circle in the 1960s...

Russian cult film director Alexei Balabanov dies
Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose gritty crime films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, has died at the age of 54...

Sports

Rafael Nadal hammers Roger Federer in Italian Open final
In the 30th career meeting between the pair, who share 28 Grand Slam singles titles, the Spaniard raced to a 6-1 6-3 victory at Rome's Foro Italico...

David Beckham: Tearful midfielder signs off with win in Paris
Paris St-Germain's game against Brest was briefly halted as Beckham, captain for the night, was substituted after 81 minutes, his team-mates congregating in the middle of the pitch to applaud him...

Lifestyle

'Daring' Doris Long's 99th birthday abseil record bid
A great-great-grandmother has abseiled down a Hampshire building to celebrate her 99th birthday...

Beyonce ‘expecting second child’
Suspicions were first sparked by the careful camouflage of the Givenchy gown the singer, 31, wore to attend the Met Ball in New York ...