YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS. Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior police officer said, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. A Pakistani passenger plane crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad on Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board, officials said, in the worst aviation accident in Pakistan, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

LONDON, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS: Resignation of BP’s chief executive Tony Hayward has been announced in London, Armenpress reports citing Itar-Tass. 

MEXICO, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez cancelled his visit to Cuba to take part in the celebration of the National Revolution Day due to the tension in relations with Columbia, Armenpress reports citing Itar-Tass. 

YEREVAN, JULY 24, ARMENPRESS. North Korea said on Saturday it would begin a 

PARIS, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS: France will build two helicopter carriers Mistral for Russia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday. He arrived at the naval shipyards of the company STX in Saint Nazaire on the Atlantic coast, where these warships will be built. These shipyards, which are badly in need of new contracts, employ 2,280 people and the same number of people work in the companies of subcontractors, Armenpress reports citing Itar-Tass. 

MILAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Italy for a working visit, has began talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The talks are held behind closed doors, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. North Korea on Thursday denounced planned U.S.-South Korean military drills as a grave danger to the region and criticized new U.S. sanctions as 

YEREVAN, JULY 21, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the sanctions after a visit to the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has closed a major international conference in Kabul with a call for his country to control its own security by 2014, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS. A train crash in eastern India has killed at least 52 people, officials say, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 17, ARMENPRESS. Two British servicemen have been killed in separate explosions in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 17, ARMENPRESS. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard called an election on Saturday for August 21, with the tightly-fought poll to be decided over policies on economic management, climate and border protection, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

IRAQ, JULY 16, ARMENPRESS: A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, possibly triggered by a gas leak, killed 30 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 22 others, police said on Friday, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS. Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalise gay marriage after the Senate voted in favour, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. The man believed to be the 

YEREVAN, JULY 12, ARMENPRESS. Suspected Somali Islamists carried out two bomb attacks that killed at least 64 people in the Ugandan capital as they watched the World Cup final at a restaurant and a sports club, authorities said on Monday, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

PAKISTAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. The death toll from a suicide attack in a volatile border region of Pakistan climbed to 102 on Saturday, showing the militants' continued ability to stage deadly strikes despite losing ground in army offensives, Armenpress reports citing Reuters. 

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Israel has stepped up its attempts to stop an aid ship breaking its blockade of Gaza, sending a letter to the UN and engaging Greece and Moldova in talks, Armenpress reports citing BBC News. 

YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS. Israel is prepared to take additional steps to ease Palestinian movement in the West Bank in a bid to coax Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas into direct peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, Armenpress reports citing Reuters.