Nikol Pashinyan

Azerbaijan: Armenia targets civilians in new Karabakh fighting

Baku says Yerevan attacked its civilians who were visiting a cemetery in western Tartar city, causing fatalities and injuries, as fighting over the occupied Karabakh enclave runs into its third week.

Armenia targets Azerbaijan's civilians in fresh fighting

Armenian soldiers hit Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, away from the flashpoint occupied Karabakh region, with Baku threatening retaliation.

Karabakh: Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 5 days

The rival Caucasus nations have been locked in some of the fiercest clashes over Karabakh after it was occupied by Armenians in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Armenia not ready for Russia-mediated peace talks with Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan and Armenia are accusing one another of firing directly into each other's territory and reject pressure to hold peace talks.

Azerbaijan kills over a dozen Armenian servicemen in Karabakh fighting

Authorities in Armenia-occupied Karabakh say more than 100 fighters were also wounded in clashes with Azerbaijan's soldiers. Separately, Baku says it has captured seven of its Armenian-occupied villages in heavy fighting.

Virus cases in Italy soar 40 percent; US urges Americans not to go

Death toll from coronavirus rises to 34, five more than a day earlier, officials say, as government prepares to boost spending to help fragile economy as cases rise to nearly 1,700.

Armenian court orders arrest of ex-president Kocharyan - RIA

Robert Kocharyan, who was president from 1998 to 2008, has been charged with acting unlawfully by introducing a state of emergency in March 2008 following a disputed election. At least ten people were killed in clashes between police and protesters.

Armenia premier's bloc winning vote, early returns show

The Republican Party, that controlled the old parliament before election frontrunner Nikol Pashinyan led massive protests that forced the government to step down earlier this year, is struggling to overcome a 5-percent threshold.

Polls close in Armenia's snap parliamentary elections

Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan who led protests against the government for months, is expected to get a majority in the new legislature. He vowed to make Armenia "an industrial, high-tech, export-oriented country" and work closely with the EU and US.

Armenian PM resigns for early election

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan came to power in May after spearheading weeks of mass anti-government rallies that toppled veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian.

Armenia's new PM angers Azerbaijan with visit to disputed region

Armenia's newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan marks his first full day in office by visiting the contested territory of occupied Karabakh that is part of rival Azerbaijan. Baku says Pashinyan "seems to prefer political agitation."

Thousands celebrate as Armenia's Pashinyan elected PM

The election of Nikol Pashinyan, a former newspaper editor who spent time in prison for fomenting unrest, marks a rupture with the cadre of rulers who have run Armenia since the late 1990s.