Armenia will host Belarus in a friendly scheduled for March 25, the Armenian Football Federation (FFA) reports, quoting the FFA Competitions Organizing committee.
The match will be played at Republican stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan in Yerevan. The kick-off is at 19:00.
The “Syrian Democratic Forces” said its fighters have captured the village of al-Saharij in Aleppo province.
The group did not provide any further details on its operation.
The Syrian Democratic Forces is an alliance of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrians, Armenian and Turkmen militants seeks to expel ISIL from Syria.
On December 10, fighters from the “Syrian Democratic Forces” engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL Takfiri militants in the terrorists’ stronghold of Raqqa province in Syria.
Informed sources said that the clashes erupted in the vicinity of Khirbet Hedlah village in the countryside of Ain Issa town Northwest of Raqqa.
The clashes left militants from both sides killed and injured.
The “Lost birds” – the first Turkish film on the Armenian Genocide – may be nominated for Oscar in 11 nominations. The award ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016. The final list of contending films will be published on January 14, Ermenihaber.am reports, quoting Turkish Sabah daily.
The film was recently screened in Los Angeles and was warmly welcomed by the audience.
Co-director of the film Ela Alyamac said the film had an unprecedented success not only among common viewers, but also some scientific circles. “This inspired us to nominate the film for an Academy Award,” she said.
The sitting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Moscow today under the chairmanship of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
The participants discussed the process of implementation of the decisions made during the September session of the Collective Security Council and approved a number of draft documents on the agenda of the Collective Security Council expected later today.
The Foreign Ministers of CSTO member states agreed on a draft statement on fighting international terrorism.
CSTO Secretary General briefed the participants on the sitting on the activity of the organization and the results achieved within the framework of cooperation.
Issues related to the rotation of officials in CSTO permanent bodies were also on the agenda.
Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the 8th in this week’s top 10 ranked players across Europe’s main leagues, according to , a unique website specializing in the in-depth analysis of detailed football data.
Mkhitaryan provided no goal or assist in Borussia Dortmund’s 4-1 win over Stuttgart, but he did complete more dribbles in a league match than any other player in the Bundesliga this season (10).
Neimar (Barcelona) tops the rating, followed by Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Riyad Mahrez (Leicester).
The information that Russia has struck Islamic State positions in Raqqa has been also reported by a senior French government source, cited by Reuters.
A US official told Reuters that Moscow has conducted a significant number of strikes in Syria using both sea-launched cruise missiles and long-range bombers.
Russia gave notice to Washington ahead of the airstrikes, in accordance with an agreement on air safety, US official said, adding that some of Russian strikes had targeted Raqqa, the stronghold of IS militants.
This is the second time Russia has hit Islamic State positions in Syria from the sea. The first attack was in October this year when Russian warships fired cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea to hit several Islamic State positions in Syria.
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A military source said the army, backed by popular forces, eventually managed to purge all parts of the town that is located in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo from the Takfiri militants.
There are no immediate reports about the exact numbers of the terrorists’ casualties.
The Syrian Army, National Defense Forces (NDF) and Hezbollah fighters could win a major part of Sheikh Ahmad after several days of fierce battles and came closer to the strategic Kuweires Airbase.
Reports on Monday evening said the army has completed its control over the town and is preparing to take the final step towards Kuweires airbase.
Three people have been shot and one is reported to be critically wounded at Tennessee State University in Nashville, US police say.
The entrance to the university is reported to have blocked off. There is no indication that an attacker is still active, AP news agency reports.
The gunfire is reported to have started on Thursday night.
The latest incident comes a week after three people were wounded by gunfire at an off-campus party near the college.
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in helping the country’s transition to democracy, the BBC reports.
Announcing the prize, the chairman of the Nobel committee said the group had made a “decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy” after the 2011 revolution.
They were among some 273 contenders for the prestigious prize.
German chancellor Angela Merkel and Pope Francis were among those tipped.
The Tunisian quartet was made up of four organisations: the Tunisian General Labour Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League, and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.
It was created in 2013 “when the democratisation process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political and assassinations and widespread social unrest,” said committee chairman Kaci Kullmann Five.
Facebook is planning to launch a satellite to provide internet access to remote parts of Africa, the social network’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has said, the Daily Mail reports.
Working with French firm Eutelsat, the Amos-6 satellite will provide large parts of East, West and South Africa with web access from the second half of 2016.
The satellite is the latest step in connecting the world to the web through Facebook’s Internet.org free mobile data scheme – but it has been slammed by online right’s groups.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the satellite was under construction and would be ready for launch into space in 2016 as part of the company’s Internet.org scheme. In a post on his personal page he said: ‘ We’re going to keep working to connect the world – even if that means looking beyond our planet’
In a post on his personal Facebook page Mr Zuckerberg said: ‘Connectivity changes lives and communities.
‘We’re going to keep working to connect the entire world – even if that means looking beyond our planet.’
Internet.org launched in August 2013. It is led by Facebook but is a collaboration between companies such as Nokia and Samsung, telecom giant Ericsson, and chip designer Qualcomm.
The project was set up to connect two thirds of people globally who are offline and, in five to 10 years it hopes to reduce the cost of providing mobile internet by 99 per cent.