Daily news digest

1. Prominent film director Albert Mkrtchyan passes away aged 81
2. Armenian lawmakers elect five members of Supreme Judicial Council
3. Ex Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan elected as chairman of parliamentary committee
4. Armenian FM meets with Director-General of UN Office at Geneva
5. American-Armenians protest outside Azerbaijani embassy
6. Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church reopens after protest
7. Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan
8. Georgia’s President pardons 116 prisoners
9. Afghanistan offers to recognize Taliban as legitimate 'political party'
10. U.N. links North Korea to Syria’s chemical weapons program
11. Russian Embassy in Washington now located on Nemtsov Plaza