Weekly news digest

1. Armenia signs agreement with Russia on $100 mln defense loan
2. One of 1999 Armenian parliament shooting perpetrators dies in prison
3. Downtown Yerevan shooting suspects detained in Georgia
4. Hostage taker in Armavir arrested, three people injured
5. Drug smuggling attempt prevented at Meghri border checkpoint with Iran
6. Human Rights Defender of Armenia appeals to Constitutional Court to make school books free
7. Armenia’s MES launches additional “112” emergency call service
8. Train service linking Baku-Tbilisi-Kars launched
9. Navalny sued Putin - court accepted the lawsuit
10. Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani steps down as independence vote backfires
11. 8 killed, dozens injured as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack