Armenian leader travels to Russia despite tensions and promises economic bloc cooperation

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whose country’s relations with Russia grew tense this year, says that when Armenia takes the rotating chairmanship of a Moscow-dominated economic alliance he will try to suppress politics obstructing regional in… TALLINN, Estonia — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whose country’s relations with Russia grew tense this year, said Monday … Read more

The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream

BEIRUT — The swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world. Traumatized by genocide a century ago, they now fear the erasure of what they consider a central and beloved part of their historic homeland. The … Read more

How Russia’s war in Ukraine fueled Armenian tragedy in Nagorno-Karabakh

Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. The exodus continues. In a matter of days, roughly half of the ethnic Armenian population of … Read more

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian exodus raises specter of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. An entire community may be on the verge of abandoning its ancestral homeland. After months of … Read more

Azerbaijan and Armenian forces attain cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh

YEREVAN, Armenia — Azerbaijan claimed full management of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh area Wednesday after native Armenian forces there agreed to put down their weapons following the newest outbreak of preventing within the decades-long separatist battle. Authorities within the ethnic Armenian area that has run its affairs with out worldwide recognition since preventing broke out within … Read more

Beleaguered Armenian area in Azerbaijan accepts pressing help cargo

Authorities in an remoted ethnic Armenian area of Azerbaijan have allowed entry of a humanitarian help cargo in a step towards easing a dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan that had blocked transport to the area since late final 12 months ByThe Related Press September 12, 2023, 9:51 AM YEREVAN, Armenia — Authorities in an remoted … Read more

In Jerusalem’s contested Outdated Metropolis, shrinking Armenian group fears displacement after land deal

JERUSALEM — An actual property deal in Jerusalem’s Outdated Metropolis, on the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian battle, has despatched the historic Armenian group there right into a panic as residents seek for solutions concerning the feared lack of their houses to a mysterious investor. The 99-year lease of some 25% of the Outdated Metropolis’s Armenian … Read more