While in Tbilisi on a working visit, RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan met with represantatives of the Armenian community in Georgia at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia. Chairman of the Writers Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan attended the meeting.
Mr. Hovhannes Manoukian, Ambassador Extraordinary...
It was a very modern day version of Romeo and Juliet.
Young lovers Emad al-Malalha, 21, and Manal Abu Shanar, 17, were determined to be wed.
The only problem was he is Palestinian and lives in the Gaza Strip and she is Egyptian and border authorities refused to give her a permit to cross the border.
Undeterred, the couple, who had been engaged for six months and forced...
Six of the world’s seven billion people have mobile phones – but only 4.5 billion have a toilet, according to a U.N. report.
The shocking statistic has prompted the international organisation to launch a global campaign to improve sanitation for the 2.5 billion people whose health is at risk.
U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called their plight ‘a...
Israel has formally apologised to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and both countries have now agreed to normalise relations.
The surprise breakthrough announced by U.S. President Barack Obama, could help efforts to contain spillover from the Syrian civil war and ease Israel’s diplomatic isolation in the Middle...
Pope Francis prepared to go face to face with his predecessor Benedict XVI on Saturday in a historic meeting between two men with very different styles but important core similarities.
The Argentine pope was expected to take a helicopter from the Vatican landing at around 1115 GMT at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo near Rome where the “pope emeritus”...
Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman before flying to Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later on Saturday as he seeks ways to revive long-stalled peace talks.
Kerry’s back-to-back meetings will follow up on President Barack Obama’svisits to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week...