“The Secretary and Foreign Minister Lavrov discussed the situation in the Middle East,” a State Department official said.

Prime Minister Yatsenyuk said his country would have to increase defense expenditure at the cost of slashing social payments.

“During the previous 4 years we have raised AMD 300 million to help over 100 children,” Ameriabank general director Artak Hanesyan said.

Under the European Union's freedom of movement rules, EU citizens are entitled to work anywhere in the bloc.

An official said the militants used a shoulder-fired rocket launcher to shoot down the EC635 helicopter on the outskirts of the city.

Thinni said his government were trying to control the oil revenues by setting up a payment system outside the central bank in Tripoli.

Azerbaijan fired over 18000 shots from various caliber weapons towards the positions of Nagorno Karabakh defense army.

Late Friday, a militant attack targeting a military convoy killed two U.S. soldiers by the Bagram air base in Parwan province.

The Ukraine Freedom Support Act implies new sanctions on weapons companies and investors in the country's high-tech oil projects.