Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 24.07.2020:

  • The Armenian MFA has issued a statement in connection with the incidents provoked by Azerbaijanis against Armenians in different countries of the world.

"We strongly condemn the actions of the Azerbaijani leadership to incite interethnic hatred and clashes in different countries, which is another manifestation of Baku's irresponsibility and fully fits into the rhetoric and policy of the Azerbaijani leadership to incite hostility between the two peoples without geographical restrictions," the statement noted.

After the military escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on July 12, clashes between Amenians and Azerbaijanis are recorded in different countries of the world.

Over 10 attacks on Armenians and cars with Armenian plates in Russia’s Moscow were reported last night.

Clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis were also reported in the US, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries.

  • One of the incidents happened in Russia's Moscow last night.

There was a brawl between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Moscow on Friday evening. The Azerbaijanis were looking for cars with Armenian license plates, stopping the drivers and hitting them, and their cars, 360 TV reported.

13 people were detained as a result of an incident.

  • CBS-LA reports that the Burbank Police Department believes the murder of Armenian businessman Armen Sahakyan from Armenia was not a coincidence.

Armen Sahakyan was found dead in his bedroom along with his wife, who had received a firearm injury and is still in extremely critical condition.

The body of 34-year-old Edward Lopez was found near the house. “Lopez is a suspect under the case which, apparently, wasn’t a coincidence. The motive behind the murder remains unclear, and investigation is underway,” Burbank Police Department Sergeant Dereck Green said.

There are 25,734 recoveries and 692 deaths in Armenia: 9,969 patients with COVID-19 are currently undergoing treatment. In total, 153,814 tests have been completed.

Thus, we have 451 new cases and 490 recoveries.

The Artsakh amendment calls for $1.4 million in US aid for the continuing life-saving de-mining efforts of The HALO Trust.

Artsakh aid has been long under attack by Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime, and over the past two years, aggressively targeted by the Trump Administration, even as it ramps up US defense and security aid to Baku.

Over 10,000 advocates have contacted Congress in support of continued US demining assistance to Artsakh through the ANCA’s online action portals.