Daily news digest

1. Garo Paylan awarded Gold medal of Yerevan State University
2. Armenian citizen wanted for 17 years detained at Bagratashen border crossing
3. Russia’s Western Military District refutes rumors of journalists hit at “Zapad-2017” exercise
4. In Kiev, Saakashvili demands documents that stripped him of Ukrainian citizenship
5. Germany grants asylum to 196 Turkish diplomats
6. US sends 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan
7. Iraq top court rules to suspend Kurdish referendum
8. Hurricane Maria 'devastates' Dominica
9. 40 million slaves estimated in world in 2016: UN report