Demonstrators gathered across Brazil on Sunday to call for the resignation of President Michel Temer who is implicated in a widening corruption scandal that is undermining his government’s fragile efforts to end a historic recession, Reuters reports.
North Korea says it’s ready to deploy and start massproducing a new medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan and major U.S. military bases there following a test launch it claims confirmed the missile’s combat readiness and is an “answer” to President Donald Trump’s policies, ABC reports.
In addition, the Azerbaijani forces fired also 60 mm mortar (4 shells) at the northern direction of the line of contact. The Artsakh Defense Army forces mainly refrained from taking countermeasures and continue condently conducting the military service.
Areg Galstyan (Russia), PhD, regular contributor to Forbes, the National Interest, the Hill and the American Thinker, editor-in-chief and head of American Studies, commenting on the statement issued by OSCE MG Co-Chairs, condemning Azerbaijani actions, told “168 Hours” that it has several reasons.
“There are two main streams contributing to peace and stability in the region: Armed Forces of Artsakh and Armenia, their combat readiness, this is one of the most important factors. The other crucial factor is consolidated opinion of the international community, that war is impermissible. In particular, they more seriously refer to these issues after April 2016.”
Armenian lawmakers elected chairmen for the 9 standing committees. Chairman of the counting commission Gagik Melikyan released the voting results in the Parliament.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan appointed Aram Araratyan as his press secretary on May 20, the government’s press service informed.
“Unfortunately, we recorded a casualty—this is irreversible loss, like any of them. Azerbaijan simply is playing with the fire. Such behavior, manifestation of such impudent, irreverent attitude towards the international community, I consider shouldn’t remain with no reply. Soon it may be anticipated that in case of continuity of such behavior tougher and more painful steps will be taken toward Azerbaijan: we hope it’ll be so,” Davit Babayan said.
70th jubilee edition of Cannes has been launched at Côte d’Azur gathering world cinematography giants here. The feeling of cinema fete, felt in the air, pleasantly and successfully makes forget after-effects of tiring road, however, this mood has less probability to last long if you are here to work.
“It is difficult to build statehood in the conditions of the armed conflict, which, unfortunately, is being escalated. I visited Nagorno Karabakh in August, 2014, the period when the situation was tense. I have visited there also during the constitutional referendum this year, and we were together in the place when the residents of Talish were resettled.
