The measure would ban the sale and provision of plastic bags of up to 50 microns in thickness by retailers.

Naghdalyan said Azerbaijan employs tactics common among perpetrators—blaming victims for their crimes.

It’s an important contribution to the global effort to fight genocides and crimes against humanity,” Sarkissian said.

A handful of inbound flights still appear to be operating, though many flights have been cancelled.

The country has thus improved its standing on by seven points since last year to score 42 in 2019.

About 498,000 people, including 2,500 Georgian and 13,500 Azerbaijani citizens, received Russian citizenship.

Raising its score to 5.54 in 2019 from 4.79 a year earlier, Armenia has jumped by 17 notches to rank the 86th.

After Soleimani’s death, Tehran swiftly appointed Esmail Ghaani as the new head of the Quds Force.

Countries from Europe, Africa and Asia are being considered for the expanded order, according to U.S. media.

The research team had invented a drug to stop blood vessels from forming a treatment resistant barrier around some cancers.

Armenia is checking the temperatures of passengers arriving in the country, Health Minister Arsen Torosayan.

The Libra Association has seen an exodus of backers including Paypal and Mastercard amid regulatory scrutiny.

Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri was among the 13 new ambassadors of Iran who met President Hassan Rouhani.

Armen Sarkissian and Apple CEO Tim Cook met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Martirosyan set a new world record and snatched gold in the 109kg category of the World Weightlifting Championships.

It is vital that the Armenian American community identifies their race/national origin as “Armenian”.

Boeing pushed back its forecast for when regulators will clear the return of the 737 MAX to commercial service.

The bloodshed is part of a surge in violence in the West African country that has killed hundreds.

President Armen Sarkissian met the Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shunichi Miyanaga.

Roma continue on their travels with their third away game against Juventus in the Coppa Italia.

Travel portal TourStat has unveiled a list of the most popular CIS destinations for tours with a travel expert.

Varti Ohanian is a social worker and the founder of Lebanon’s Zvartnots special education center.

An encrypted message from the number used by Mohammed bin Salman is believed to have included a malicious file.

In the episode, Marcus gets to know the people preserving and growing Armenian food culture in LA.

“The buildings and the instruments at Aragats remain, like ghost ships in the cosmic rain,” the article says.

French environmentalist and politician of Armenian descent Jeanne Barseghian is running for mayor of Strasbourg.

Every tobacco-free week after 4 weeks improves health outcomes by 19%, due to improved blood flow.

Russia has also delivered auxiliary equipment, spare parts and tools, an unnamed source was quoted as saying.

Maksim Manukyan, an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler and a top performer, has now slipped to the 11th spot.

As pointed out by Yoruk Isik, the Russian ship was likely transporting armored vehicles, in particular, tanks, to Syria.