Daily news digest

1. Armenia signs agreement with Russia on $100 mln defense loan
2. Drug smuggling attempt prevented at Meghri border checkpoint with Iran
3. Forester arrested as 408 trees cut down in Lori forest
4. Media centers with up-to-date equipment to be created for journalists in the National Assembly
5. Armenia’s population is 2 979 600 as of October 1
6. 8 killed, dozens injured as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack
7. Ukraine's anticorruption agency reportedly detains Interior Minister's son
8. Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala detained over alleged ties to 2016 coup attempt
9. Spanish judge summons Puigdemont, 13 deposed Catalan ministers in 'rebellion' investigation
10. No precipitation expected, air temperature to drop in upcoming days