DAYTON, Ohio — Dawn Anahid MacKeen’s book, The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey, is a finalist for the prestigious Dayton Literary Peace Prize in nonfiction. She is one of 12[...]
TEHRAN (Aljazeera) — The Syrian government has signed an agreement Iran to repair parts of the war-torn country’s power grid, state media said, in an early sign of the major[...]
YEREVAN — In its third year, the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity has received 750 submissions for 509 unique candidates. During the nomination period which opened the day after the[...]
By Dr. Arshavir Gundjian I have no doubt that the appeal expressed in the title of this article will not come as a surprise to any of the readers who[...]
By Rick Gladstone WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Turkey’s president denounced what he called the “scandalous” American judicial system on Friday, September 1, responding to new indictments of his bodyguards[...]
BAKU (Guardian) — Azerbaijan’s ruling elite operated a secret $2.9-billion scheme to pay prominent Europeans, buy luxury goods and launder money through a network of opaque British companies, an investigation[...]
HOUSTON — The Category 4 Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall on August 25, dumped more than 50 inches of rain in some spots of Houston and its suburbs, putting large[...]
YEREVAN — The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative has announced a new annual scholarship for Yazidi students, established in partnership with renowned Yazidi human rights activist Lamya Haji Bashar. It is the[...]
HOLLYWOOD — Plans are currently underway for a spectacular weekend (November 3 to 5) marking the 20th anniversary of Arpa International Film Festivalhttp://www.arpafilmfestival.com/. The three-day festival will once again feature[...]
LONDON — The newly-formed Pan-Armenian Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2017, widely regarded as the Oscars of the classical music world. Led by conductor Sergey[...]
BOSTON — The Boston Area Orphan and Child Care Committee of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) will celebrate its 26th annual In the Spirit of Giving Gala, a[...]
