Protests taking place in western and northeastern Iran have turned into riots, Tasnim reports. “On Friday evening, a protest rally was held in the city of Bojnourd over fluctuations in the exchange ra...
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Bulgaria has adopted the euro as of today, becoming the 21st member of the eurozone, Euronews writes. This means the country abandons its national currency, the Bulgarian lev. The Balkan country, with...
At least 10 people have been killed in a fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration at a ski resort in Switzerland, RT reports. According to The Mirror, another 10 people sustained burn injur...
Ukrainian armed forces made a drone attack on a café and a hotel on the Black Sea coast in the Kherson region on New Year’s night, killing more than 20 people, RIA Novosti writes, citing Kherson regio...
Tourists in Italy’s capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 ($2.34) entrance fee if they want to see its famed Trevi Fountain up close, the BBC writes. The new barrier for visitors to view the Baroque...
Two tankers off the Florya coast in Istanbul—one Azerbaijani and the other flying the Turkish flag—have sent a distress signal, Turkish media report. Rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene. Th...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent congratulatory messages to foreign leaders on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pas...
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The drone strike, the details of which have not been prev...
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov held a phone conversation. During the call, the ministers discussed the current state and future prospects...
The Catholicos of All Armenians visited Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, Primate of the Shirak Diocese, at the Izmirlian Medical Center today, the hospital told ABC Media. Ajapahyan’s condition is assess...
Bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed $90,000 for the first time in seven days, according to RBC. On the morning of Dec. 29, the leading cryptocurrency rose nearly $3,000, climbing from around $87,500 to $90,30...
MPG – Gallup International in Armenia conducted a survey asking citizens to evaluate the current political situation in Armenia. The results showed that 31.5% consider the political situation very ten...