The Economist has named Armenia as its country of the year, saying the South Caucasus nation has a "chance of democracy and renewal" after street protests led to a peaceful change of government.
A 23-year-old soldier serving at a Russian military base in Armenia has been charged with beating an Armenian woman to death, lawyers for the victims' daughter say.
Armenia's Central Election Commission has officially confirmed the landslide victory of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's My Step alliance in the December 9 snap parliamentary elections.
A Russian soldier has been arrested as a suspect in the beating death of a woman in northwestern Armenia. The incident has again has again caused outrage in the city of Gyumri after past killings by soldiers from a Russian military base there.
The whereabouts of a Russian soldier arrested in Armenia over the killing of a local woman have been unknown for days.
Armenian authorities say they have detained a Russian soldier on suspicion of killing a woman in the northwestern city of Gyumri.
U.S. officials say a Turkish-American businessman has admitted lying to congressional investigators about a trip taken by U.S. lawmakers to Azerbaijan five years ago.
Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections respected fundamental freedoms and were characterized by “broad public trust” and “genuine competition,” international observers say, calling for further electoral reforms to preserve public trust.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political rival, Serzh Sarkisian, were among early voters in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, in snap parliamentary elections on December 9. The landmark vote comes after a peaceful change of government prompted by April protests.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s alliance scored a landslide victory in Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections, capturing more than 70 percent of the vote and giving the Caucasus nation what he called a "revolutionary majority."
Weekend elections will test whether tens of thousands of Armenians' demands for a political reboot have been rewarded.
The astonishing story of six people rescued from the rubble 35 days after a devastating 1988 earthquake grabbed headlines around the world -- before it was unmasked as "fake news."
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