The women's war: Karine Ghazaryan
Foreign service official Michael Sestak pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering in a US District Court in Washington DC, according to a release from the US Justice Department. Sestak, 42, admitted accepting more than US$3 million in bribes in exchange for approving visas.
Roman Anin, an Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Novaya Gazeta reporter, received the Knight International Journalism Award last night at a ceremony in Washington D.C.
Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was cleared of corruption charges on Wednesday and will return to his duties as a part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, the BBC reports.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has taken a decisive and courageous step today as it moved to remind the nations of the world of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
These daily growing media outlets had a need for new staff and filled the void with young people who were untrained and unfamiliar with professional standards. As a result, serious analytical and investigative journalism almost disappeared.
Russian law enforcement seized US$46 million of Afghan heroin in a series of raids, authorities announced on Wednesday. RIA Novosti reports that the Federal Drug Control Service, Russia's anti-drug agency, conducted several raids throughout multiple regions, collecting a total of about 145 kilograms of drugs.
That container was destroyed in the fire.
We have pulled out of one minority investment in the Armenian Development Bank.
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