Putin appoints Russian-Armenian diplomat as envoy to Venezuela

Putin appoints Russian-Armenian diplomat as envoy to Venezuela

February 18, 2020 - 12:37 AMT  08:37 GMT
By another decree, Putin dismissed Vladimir Zaemsky, who was ambassador to Venezuela, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Priest arrested in Turkey for giving bread and water to PKK militants

Priest arrested in Turkey for giving bread and water to PKK militants

February 18, 2020 - 11:58 AMT  07:58 GMT
Fr. Bileçen was arrested after an informant testified that he provided bread and water to Kurdish separatists in 2018.
Pashinyan says personnel changes coming to the Armenian army

Pashinyan says personnel changes coming to the Armenian army

February 18, 2020 - 11:57 AMT  07:57 GMT
“There is no division between the army and the society. We are like one family, one organism,” he said.
Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change

February 18, 2020 - 11:10 AMT  07:10 GMT
Bezos wants "to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting" climate change.
Senior Wuhan doctor dies after contracting coronavirus

Senior Wuhan doctor dies after contracting coronavirus

February 18, 2020 - 10:47 AMT  06:47 GMT
Confirmation also emerged of the death of the former director of the Ezhou city Chinese medicine hospital in Hubei.
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