Two Russian pilots have been kidnapped in Sudan's western Darfur region. They work for Sudan's Badr Airlines and were abducted in the town of Nyala on Sunday afternoon. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:14:09 -0500
A local restaurant caught fire this morning in Yerevan. Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia told Tert.am that it received the emergency call about the fire in Hin Erivan at 9:04 am. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:14:46 -0500
Investigators were trying to determine Wednesday what caused China's first fatal passenger plane crash in almost six years. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:31:26 -0500
Los Angeles County prosecutors now consider vandalism to a stone monument at St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church to be a hate crime. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:02:29 -0500
Forty one people have on August 19 been hospitalized with food poisoning syndromes. All the citizens are said to have been hospitalized from restaurant Geghama in Hrazdan Gorge. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:10:40 -0500
An Armenian businessman was shot dead in Moscow. Robert Margaryan, 40, Director of Aligasha Company producing shoes for children was killed in the yard of his house. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:57:56 -0500
At least 27 people have been injured after a suspected car bomb exploded outside a cafe in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:17:30 -0500
An American reporter, has been detained by police in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Jake Hess is facing accusations over alleged links with the Kurdish Communities Union, or KCK, and of leaking information to US security services. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:05:10 -0500
Doctors in Moscow are being told not to diagnose heatstroke as a cause of death after a jump in the mortality rate during the heatwave, Russia media say. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:42:06 -0500
Russia is mounting extra patrols to fight wildfires in a region hit by nuclear fallout from Chernobyl, amid fears that radiation could spread. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:56:15 -0500
Three Armenian citizens were drowned in Don River, Russia. The Russian rescue services found their bodies on the left bank of the river following an emergency phone call. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:13:31 -0500
More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:56:18 -0500
Flash floods brought on by rains in central Europe and the Baltic have killed at least 15, officials say. Rivers overflowed their banks, sending torrents of water through Bogatynia in south-west Poland and Goerlitz in eastern Germany. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:09:47 -0500
A gun shooting took place between Azerbaijanis and the Ossetians in Moscow, spokesman for the Moscow Police Office Victor Bryukov told. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:05:41 -0500
Georgian firefighters cannot extinguish wildfires in the woods near Atskuri village, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. Despite firefighting efforts the fire is gradually spreading engulfing more and more areas. Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:32:11 -0500
Gunmen of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) mounted military attacks in the eastern and south-eastern provinces of Turkey on Thursday. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:44:45 -0500
The incident, which has been widely covered by the German press, took place in the Side seaside town in the Manavgat region when six Turkish construction workers attacked S.T., who was walking around the hotel, and gang raped her. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:31:38 -0500
A British woman was arrested and charged with indecency after walking through a Dubai shopping mall wearing a bikini. The Foreign Office confirmed that the woman was arrested and charged, and said the charges had since been dropped. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:25:04 -0500
Armenia's Government agreed at a cabinet session today to listen to a proposal made by Armenia's Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan to help Russia extinguish the wood fires that have during the recent days devastated wide areas of the country claiming several human lives. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:01:57 -0500
