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Israel's Prime Minister has announced a program to roll out a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine to people over the age of 60, becoming one of the first countries in the world to make such a move, CNN reports. People over 60 will need to show they received their second dose of the vaccine at least five months ago. Thursday...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia have discussed the situation in Belarus and Russia and interfaith relations in a telephone conversation, TASS reported on Saturday, citing the Belarusian leader’s press service. "The focus was on the situation in Belarus and Russia, while a...

July 31, 2021 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The delta variant of the coronavirus appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal federal health document that argues officials must “acknowledge the war has changed”, The Washington Post reports The document ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow will continue provide assistance to Ankara in extinguishing forest fires, TASS reported on Saturday, citing the Kremlin press service. "On July 31, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had ...

July 31, 2021 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It is a "realistic possibility" that a new Covid variant could emerge which could kill more than a third of the people it infects. Documents published by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) on Friday, July 31 have said that future strains of the novel coronavirus could...

US President Joe Biden said he is hopeful about the Russian-American strategic stability talks, the first round of which took place earlier this week in Geneva. Talking to reporters at the White House on Friday Biden was asked by a TASS correspondent to clarify whether he is satisfied with the way the first round went, TASS rep...

July 30, 2021 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani opposition blogger Huseyn Bakixanov has been found dead in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, where he was seeking asylum, FRE/RL reports. Bakixanov's relative Avtandil Mammadov and the Germany-based investigative journalist Afqan Muxtarli say the blogger, known for his critic...

Saudi Arabia announced Friday it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, AFP reported, citing the state news agency. However, Riyadh did not announce any lifting of restrictions on the umrah, a pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time, which u...

July 29, 2021 - 17:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia hopes that the development of relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey will not be at the expense of stability in the region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, July 29, RIA Novosti reports. Peskov's comments came after the speaker of the Turkish parliament, Musta...

July 29, 2021 - 10:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 28 voted overwhelmingly to restrict U.S. foreign military financing and training assistance to Azerbaijan, passing a bipartisan amendment led by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and twenty of his House coll...