- Andranik Simonyan appointed Director of the National Security Service.
- No nuclear fuel waste is being transported to Armenia: Ministry of Nature Protection.
- We use all available information in our visa screening and vetting to identify visa applicants who are inadmissible to US: US Embassy to Armenia.
- Earthquake 8 km north of Spitak town, with a depth of 10 km, magnitude 2.9. The intensity of the tremor in the epicenter zone was 4 points.
- We expect that Russia will conduct an investigation into the case of Azerbaijanis killed in Yekaterinburg: Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
- Charge d’Affaires of the Russian Embassy in Baku summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
- 455 families evacuated due to wildfires in Izmir, Turkey.
- Ukraine reports downing of Su-34 aircraft at Volgograd airport.
- US to demand external control over Iran’s nuclear program: Trump.
- US and China agree to develop trade relations: Trump.
Ruben Rubinyan meets with Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk
On October 16, the President of the RA National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan being in Rome to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
18/10/2026
