The economy of the region was also in shambles after the earthquake. Khvoy NATO requires unanimity among its members to accept other countries into its ranks, and while most of them, including the United States, have immediately and unconditionally backed Finland and Sweden's accession, Turkey and Hungary have yet to give them the green light. He was trapped. Khans lawyer, Ali Bukhari, said Khan would appear at the next hearing before Iqbal, but the lawyer for the Election Commission opposed any postponement. Qrmz Samux Like Greece, Turkey and Armenia's relations witnessed qualitative steps in terms of the stalled rapprochement between the two countries, as Yerevan opened the Alikan border crossing with Turkey for the first time in 35 years, to allow the passage of humanitarian aid to the earthquake-affected areas in Turkey. Epicenter at 38.613, 44.78 Epicenter at 38.406, 45.008 Lawmakers are expected to take a final vote in the second half of March. The 27-member bloc demanded that Hungary implement credible rule-of-law and anti-corruption reforms if it wants that the money be released. Get the big Armenian stories, from the best Armenia sources on NewsNow: the one-stop shop for Armenia news. Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu said the border crossing was last used in 1988 when the Turkish Red Crescent sent aid to Armenia, which itself had been hit by a devastating earthquake. Epicenter at 40.802, 42.961 (file photo), Ukraine Territorial Control (Updated Weekdays), Kyiv Says Situation In Bakhmut 'More And More Difficult'. The first incident is believed to have occurred in November, when 18 schoolgirls in Qom were taken to a hospital after complaining of symptoms that included nausea, headaches, coughing, breathing difficulties, heart palpitations, and numbness and pain in their hands or legs. The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is now at least 17,176, CNN reports, citing authorities. at 12:37 October 10, 2022 UTC, Location: 9.2 km from To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here. (13.2 miles), 2023-02-06 01:17:35 UTC (17.2 miles), 2022-06-10 06:02:28 UTC Metsavan Iran has been roiled by unrest -- one of the deepest challenges to the Islamic regime since the revolution in 1979 -- since the September 16 death of the 22-year-old Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a hijab, or head scarf, improperly. 15.2 km from at 12:37 October 10, 2022 UTC, Location: The phrase "to hang noodles on someone's ears" in colloquial Russian means "to lie to someone." According to the Turkish news agency, the border gates in the Turkish eastern province of Igdir had been opened last in 1988 to allow for Turkish supplies to be sent to Armenia after an earthquake . The forced hairstyle resembles a rooster's head, while in the post-Soviet criminal world Roosters (Petukhi) are considered to be the lowest caste of inmates, who constantly face sexual abuse and other types of humiliation. In a statement to RFE/RL, Defense Ministry spokesman Constantin Spinu rejected those claims, saying that "there have been no changes whatsoever in the deployment of Romanian forces and antiaircraft systems.". People get off a bus at the border crossing from Russia at the Vaalimaa border station in Finland. 20.2 km from Epicenter at 38.51, 44.798 (3.2 miles), 2023-01-29 22:00:19 UTC The ministry said the screen shots posted on social media were actually taken during a military parade in the city of Alba Iulia in 2022. At one point, the girl was temporarily sent to an orphanage before being returned to her father. The 2015 nuclear deal, which the U.S. withdrew from in 2018, limited Tehrans uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent -- enough to fuel a nuclear power plant. Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden met with Sandu in Poland and "reaffirmed strong U.S. support for Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity.". HATAY. Langer/U.S. In the latest incident, two Iranian journalists reported on social media on February 28 that several schoolgirls in Tehran and in Pardis, just east of the Iranian capital, fell ill, with the cause unknown. The #1ROOT and #NoWar groups said on March 1 that Batyr Boromangnaev, the deputy chairman of Kalmyks self-governing Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people and former leader of the Yabloko partys branch in Kalmykia, was allowed to leave Mongolia for the United States. 7.2 km from at 10:42 January 18, 2023 UTC, Location: These and other cities, along with hundreds of villages, were completely leveled. At least one death has been linked to the outbreak of illnesses, the news release said, but the girl's father refused to confirm there was a connection between her death and the alleged poisonings. He noted that the humanitarian aid that Armenia is providing comes in the context of the deep relations and ties that unite the Syrian and Armenian people. "It is a complex decision, with serious consequences, so careful consideration is necessary," Hungarian President Katalin Novak said on Facebook on March 1 ahead of the start of the debate in the legislature that is overwhelmingly dominated by right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party. The strongest earthquake in Armenia today occurred 5 hours ago: Minor mag. at 08:07 February 12, 2023 UTC, Location: Russia maintains more than 1,000 troops in Moldova's separatist region of Transndiester. (10.2 miles), 2022-09-27 14:43:39 UTC 46 Armenian schools reconstructed with ADB's support to . The Peace Implementation Council for Bosnia-Herzegovina, and international body that includes representatives of the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Turkey, Japan, and the European Union asked Bosnia in September 2004 to come up with a permanent solution for the issue of state property. (15.2 miles), 2022-07-11 03:36:23 UTC Iqbal dismissed the request and questioned how it was possible for the leader of the Tehrik-e Insaf party (PTI) to be present at two other hearings, but not in his courtroom. Armenian Foreign Minister to visit Turkey "On February 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Turkey." "Minister Mirzoyan will meet the Armenian rescue team that carries out search and rescue operations in the earthquake-affected city of Adiyaman." Romania and Moldova share a common history, culture, and language. Kuleba also thanked Kyivs allies for standing by Ukraine.. They claim to have destroyed Russian forces, equipment, and fortifications in an effort to stymie the enemy advance. Today, Armenia has even more reasons than Greece to try and improve its relations with Turkey. 5.9 on Saturday, Jan 28, 2023 at 9:44 pm (GMT +3:30). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2023 RFE/RL, Inc. All Rights Reserved. On December 7th 1988 Armenia was hit by a massive earthquake that claimed the lives of 25,000 people and destroyed several cities. Town of Spitak was entirely demolished as a result of the natural cataclysm, Gyumri (former Leninakan) lost 80%, Vanadzor (former Kirovakan) and Stepanavan towns . Pahlavi, currently in the United Kingdom on the third phase of a European trip after attending the Munich Security Conference alongside other political activists, said in a speech at the Oxford Union student society on February 28 that a regime change would end human rights violations, an aggressive foreign policy, and "behavior inconsistent with peace and stability" now occurring in Iran. (10.2 miles), 2023-01-18 14:55:50 UTC This is an act of terrorism, and the Islamic republics failure to take it seriously for months raises serious questions regarding government complicity with groups that have the organizational capacity to carry out such major attacks, said Hadi Ghaemi in a news release. at 08:21 February 12, 2023 UTC, Location: In talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that continuing theagreement is possible only if the interests of Russian agricultural and fertilizer producersare taken into account, the statement said. Epicenter at 38.51, 44.798 (13.2 miles), 2022-09-21 17:57:59 UTC Security forces have also launched a series of raids on schools across the country, violently arresting students, especially female students, who have defiantly taken off their hijabs in protest. Epicenter at 38.84, 43.409 Last week, Nafiseh Moradi, a researcher of Islamic studies at Al Zahra University, an all-female public university in Tehran, said in a commentary that it was suspicious that girls, not boys, were mainly affected by the illnesses. at 10:08 January 18, 2023 UTC, Location: Epicenter at 40.813, 43.01 Taking to Twitter, Turkey's special representative for normalization talks with Armenia, Serdar Kilic said that the Armenia delegation with five trucks overloaded with 100 tonnes of . Epicenter at 38.646, 44.853 16 Nov 2021. USGS Magnitude 2.5+ Earthquakes, Past Day 40 earthquakes. YEREVAN, October 5. Epicenter at 37.166, 37.042 at 20:09 January 28, 2023 UTC, Location: However, it was reposted several hundred times by dozens of Twitter accounts, with some even claiming that Romanian troops had already crossed into Moldova. Finland's accession to NATO passed with 184 of the parliament's 200 deputies voting in favor of the motion. The government has held several counter-rallies to try and quell the dissent but people continue to take to the streets across the country, as universities and schools have become leading venues for clashes between protesters and the authorities. Epicenter at 38.411, 44.935 The article on Qom News was later deleted from its website. 8 earthquakes in the past 30 days. Many Iranians have accused the authorities of not doing enough to find the cause of the outbreak of illness and prevent new cases. Khan's lawyer asked the court to postpone the hearing for five days because Khan was appearing in court in two other cases. Epicenter at 38.573, 44.586 Khvoy Some analysts said the spate of recent drone flights into Russian territory could be practice runs for a potential future strike by Ukraine deep inside Russia. Ivanov served 25 days in jail on another case but was not released when his sentence was due to end in June. 14.2 km from After the earthquake. Tyvans are another mostly Buddhist indigenous people in Siberia, whose language is Turkic. ", He said until the court rules "legal insecurity must be avoided.". 32.2 km from Pahlavi's father, the former Shah of Iran, was deposed during the Islamic Revolution in 1979. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (file photo), Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (file photo), High Representative to Bosnia Christian Schmidt said on February 27 that the matter of state property "cannot be solved by unilateral actions." For 44 days, Armenian forces clashed with those of neighboring Azerbaijan, in . (17.2 miles), 2022-07-11 05:10:52 UTC As a result, the region has been plagued by sever earthquakes for thousands of years: an earthquake in 893 A.D. took an estimated 20,000 lives; another in 1667 took 80,000 lives. Ozurgeti Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani (file photo), Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban (file photo), Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to the chief of Ukraine's presidential office, has denied that Kyiv had anything to do with the drones shot down over Russian territory. Yerevan has had: (M1.5 or greater) 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Susuz The historical list of Iran's (mainly harmless) thousands of earthquakes stretches further than the eye can see, but the last quake that killed tens of thousands was the 6.6-magnitude Bam . Her death, which officials blamed on a heart attack, touched off a wave of anti-government protests in cities across the country. (4.2 miles), 2023-01-19 05:55:23 UTC The first two drones fell near an oil reserve belonging to energy giant Rosneft in the city of Tuapse, causing a fire that did not reach the reserve, the ministry said. The protests pose the biggest threat to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution. Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged . To read the original story by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, click here. /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today Armenia marks the 13-th anniversary of Spitak earthquake. "Russia is attempting to encircle [Bakhmut] right now, and they're using their best Wagner troops, apparently, the most well-trained and the most experienced to do that," economic adviser Oleksandr Rodnyanskiy told CNN. Epicenter at 38.49, 45.04 Iran has been roiled by unrest that was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16. A woman takes a photo of her dog on a destroyed Russian tank on display in Vilnius on March 1. While thousands of buildings were destroyed in Hatay, which was heavily affected by two large earthquakes that occurred on . "Referring to the concerns created in connection with the poisoning of a number of students in some schools, [the president] gave the Minister of the Interior a mission to follow up and find the root of the issue as quickly as possible, and to provide documented and continuous information about the results of the follow-ups," the president's office said in a statement following the cabinet meeting. 0 earthquakes in the past 7 days. Khvoy (9.2 miles), 2022-10-10 12:37:19 UTC Europe. Earlier this week, top Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdulhamid, who is regarded as a spiritual leader for Irans Sunni Muslim population, said schoolgirls were being poisoned as revenge for the role young women have played in recent protests against the government. (4.2 miles), 2022-09-05 08:49:15 UTC Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to the chief of Ukraine's presidential office, wrote on Twitter on March 1 that "Ukraine does not carry out attacks on Russian territory" and had nothing to do with drones that fell and exploded on Russian territory. This was reported by the news agency Sana, citing the seismological center. at 03:48 January 29, 2023 UTC, Location: 21.2 km from Feb. 15, 2023, at 6:03 a.m. Turkey Says Earthquake Diplomacy Could Help Mend Armenia Ties. at 13:51 October 05, 2022 UTC, Location: at 14:41 January 29, 2023 UTC, Location: Khvoy (12.2 miles), 2023-01-29 14:41:14 UTC Amid the February 28 reports about the drones, authorities in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, closed the airspace over the city and stopped all flights to and from the city's Pulkovo airport. Khan said that the accusations against him in the Tosha Khana case are "baseless" and have been made to seek "political revenge." YEREVAN -- Armenia has sent humanitarian aid to earthquake-stricken Turkey across the long-closed border separating the two historic enemies, the government in Yerevan said. 12.2 km from 11.2 km from Epicenter at 38.254, 43.976 The Defense Ministry said the closure of the airspace was part of "training by antiaircraft units to improve the coordination of its activities with civil aviation entities.". The talks were held in Uzbekistan's capital on March 1, one day after Blinken took part in the C5+1 summit in Astana, which included foreign ministers from the five Central Asian nations -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The main issue has been the inspection of trucks traveling the road. (6.2 miles), 2022-09-27 14:24:40 UTC By Reuters: In Turkey's only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, the elderly population thank God that not one of them died during the devastating earthquakes that struck the region.But they fear for the future of their cherished home. A woman buried alive in the Armenian earthquake . An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 was registered on Monday in Aleppo province. Beheshti had been protesting to persuade Britain to label the IRGC as a terrorist organization. 4.3 earthquake - Armenia, 76 km southwest of Tbilisi, K'alak'i T'bilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 2:52 pm (GMT +4). Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to nearly 84 percent in Iran's underground Fordow uranium enrichment site, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi confirmed on February 28. On 7 December 1988 a devastating earthquake in northern Armenia killed 25,000 and left hundreds of thousands homeless in the Soviet republic. 14.2 km from 10.2 km from The comment came amid continued intense fighting in and around the city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian defenders have been confronted with wave after wave of Russian attacks. Massive earthquake took place in Armenia on 7th of December 1988; the tremor had a magnitude of 7.1. Around 58,700 students, teachers, and school staff will benefit from an ADB project improving the seismic safety of 46 schools in Armenia. 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