DIGEST
01 Mar 2017

Daily news digest

1. The wife of French presidential candidate Fillon held for questioning. French presidential candidate faces claims of embezzlement public funds, 2. Georgian President has granted a pardon to 157 prisoners, 3. ISIS leader has admitted defeat in Iraq and ordered militants to flee...


1. The wife of French presidential candidate Fillon held for questioning. French presidential candidate faces claims of embezzlement public funds,
2. Georgian President has granted a pardon to 157 prisoners,
3. ISIS leader has admitted defeat in Iraq and ordered militants to flee,
4. The increase in upper respiratory tract infections is seen in Armenia,
5. Mkhitaryan is shortlisted for MU Player of the Month,
6. Today marks the ninth anniversary of the March 1, 2008 protests,
7. The train hit flock of sheep in Ararat province. 140 are killed, 25 injured,
8. French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen faces a loss of her parliamentary immunity and an investigation over tweets she posted of Islamic State violence.