Paris’ most well-known landmark, the Eiffel Tower will turn off its lights at midnight on Tuesday, as a mark of respect to the victims of Monday’s explosion on the St Petersburg metro system, Euronews reports.
Russia’s investigative committee said the 22-year-old detonated the bomb in the carriage, and added that his DNA had been found on an unexploded device left at a second metro station, and that this along with CCTV footage led them to believe the same person was behind both attacks.
“Congratulations to the Republican Party of #Armenia for their clear victory in Armenian parliament elections on Sunday. A strong mandate means more responsibility: to deliver on necessary reforms that benefit citizens & to improve further cooperation with EU,” he writes on Twitter.
China’s Iranian crude oil imports may rise to a record this year as state-owned oil firms lift more crude through their upstream investments while extending their current supply contracts, senior industry and trading sources told Reuters.
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed in a phone call on Tuesday to speed up the exchange of data aimed at fighting terrorism, the Kremlin said.
Prominent actors and singers worldwide continue to show support for the Armenian Genocide movie The Promise. Hollywood actor Dean Cain, who visited Armenia recently, posted a video on his Twitter account commenting on the movie.
“13 of them were released from the hospital. All patients are examined by the best specialists, all are provided with medicine and blood”, she said.
Critics see the constitutional amendments as part of Sargsyan’s efforts to retain control of the country after he steps down in 2018 due to term limits. If his party controls parliament, he could be appointed prime minister after that.
The banner, which is hanging above the tunnel on the eastern side of the bridge, reads “Armenian Genocide 1915” with a link to GenocideEducation.org. The sign is designed to raise awareness about the roughly 1.5 million Armenians who were killed by the Ottoman Empire more than one century ago.
The planned pipeline – stretching about 2,000 kilometers (1,248 miles) on the bed of the Mediterranean Sea – aims to link gas fields off the coasts of Israel and Cyprus with Greece and possibly Italy, at a cost of up to 6 billion euros ($6.4 billion).
