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19:00 29/01/2019
An easyJet flight from Manchester to Keflavik had to be diverted to Edinburgh after a 'drunken, aggressive' passenger starting behaving disruptively on board

Flight EZY1805 on 28 January took off at 4.07pm but touched down in the Scottish capital, where police removed the passenger from the plane, not long into the flight to south-west Iceland.

18:16 29/01/2019
Angelina Jolie Teams With Taylor Sheridan On 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'

Oscar-winner Jolie is finalizing a deal to star. Sheridan’s script is described as a hard-boiled chase thriller set against a wildfire in the Montana wilderness and uses the novel as a jumping-off point.

16:38 29/01/2019
Woman trapped in billionaire's New York lift all weekend

The woman, reported to be 53-year-old Marites Fortaliza, entered the elevator at the Manhattan townhouse owned by investment banker Warren Stephens on Friday evening.

16:16 29/01/2019
Elderly women die in Malaysian food coupons stampede

Only 200 coupons were available but more than 1,000 people showed up at an indoor market in the Pudu district in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.

15:45 29/01/2019
UK slammed for not granting asylum to Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi over security fears

The Foreign Office’s decision, made public last week, has been slammed by lawmakers, religious leaders, and other critics who have accused the office of enabling Pakistan’s hardliners to control government asylum policy.

15:01 29/01/2019
$1,000 price tag for unique Indonesian durian raises a stink

Images on social media show the fruit on sale in the mall, presented nestling on a bed of red satin, under a protective perspex case.

14:44 29/01/2019
A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years

The study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, uses radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of plants collected at the edges of 30 ice caps on Baffin Island, west of Greenland.

14:26 29/01/2019
Famous Russian painting recovered after brazen daytime heist

Security footage from the Tretyakov Gallery on Sunday evening showed the suspect strolling through the gallery before leaning forward and pulling "Ai-Petri.Crimea," a romantic mountain scene by prominent Russian landscape artist Arkhip Kuindzhi from its display.

14:02 29/01/2019
Human 'hot pot' in China invites tourists to take a dip

The hotel says it aims to promote a healthy lifestyle in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, or spring festival, which begins the first week of February.

13:41 29/01/2019
Apple rushes to fix FaceTime bug that let users eavesdrop on others

Serious glitch, which can also turn on video without people’s knowledge, comes amid increasing concerns over privacy.

13:00 29/01/2019
Danish minister calls for EU-wide sanctions on Russia over Azov Sea

Anders Samuelsen will meet Ukraine’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, on Tuesday and Wednesday and visit the city of Mariupol by the Azov sea, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

12:43 29/01/2019
Elderly women die in Malaysian food coupons stampede

Only 200 coupons were available but more than 1,000 people showed up at an indoor market in the Pudu district in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.

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Pashinyan: State and church should remain separate
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Armenia among top travel destinations for Russians
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14:54
Armenian ambassador meets with Georgian FM
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14:27
Archbishop slams Pashinyan's remarks about state
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13:45
Apartment building collapses in central Turkey
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13:36
Temperatures to fall across Armenia
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Opposition MP raises concerns about 'numerous violations' by Armenian leadership
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12:36
MP: Azerbaijan seeks to settle so-called 'refugees' in strategically important parts of Armenia
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12:00
Armenian church commemorates Patriarchs Athanasius and Cyril
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US issues pause on foreign aid
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11:23
National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia closed
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Snow hits parts of Armenia
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17:14
Union of Judges reacts to ECHR ruling on Suren Antonyan's dismissal
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