The 95-year-old has been in a Pretoria hospital for two months for treatment of a recurrent lung infection.

Special events of the Traditional Blessing of the Grapes and Festival are scheduled at California Armenian Home.

The army continued with their military duty in line with ceasefire principles, taking necessary measures to protect the frontline.

Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from the area on Palue island. The volcano has been rumbling since October 2012.

Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin were to sign the two deals at their meeting in Moscow on September 3.

One source said the Israeli aircraft had observed the militants preparing three rocket launch pads to hit Israel.

The U.S. and the EU have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran with the purpose of stunting its nuclear program.

The strikes came amid a push by Assad's forces to regain control of several Alawite villages in the Mediterranean coastal region.

There is no information yet about where their nationality but one port official speculated that they were Syrian.