Azerbaijan reports attack on its troops in Nagorno-KarabakhMOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said Monday its army units have been attacked by "an illegal Armenian armed group" in Nagorno-Karabakh, killing one Azerbaijani serviceman and wounding another.
The ministry said the attack took place in the Khojavend region on Sunday afternoon and wa....
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Armenia's 'Songs of Solomon' to Compete for International Feature Film OscarArmenia has chosen Arman Nshanian's feature film debut “Songs of Solomon” as its official submission to the 93rd Academy Awards in the international feature film category. “Songs of Solomon,” written by Audrey Gevorkian and based on "The Past Unsung" by Sirvart Kavoukjian, e....
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US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defenseWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, setting the stage for further confrontation between the two nations as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.
The move comes at a delicat....
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Azerbaijan: Mine blast in ceded region kills 1, wounds 2MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijani authorities say one person was killed and two injured when an anti-personnel mine exploded in a region ceded to Azerbaijan under a peace deal with Armenia that ended recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Law enforcement officials said the blast occurred Sunday in the ....
Azeris accuse Armenians of truce violation, killing fourBAKU: Azerbaijan announced on Sunday that four of its troops had been killed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region since a peace deal with Armenian separatists was agreed in early November.
The defence ministry said a group of Armenian fighters remained in the mountainous province — breakin....
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Erdogan hopes France 'will get rid of Macron soon'ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped France would get rid of Emmanuel Macron as soon as possible, the latest salvo in an escalating war of words between the two leaders.
Turkey is embroiled in a series of disputes with France and its EU partners, from tensions....
Azerbaijan says 2,783 soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fightingAzerbaijan said on Thursday that nearly 2,800 of its soldiers were killed in recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the first details it has released of military losses in weeks of clashes with Armenian forces.
The defence ministry in Baku said in a statement that "2,783 servicemen of the Azerbai....
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Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-KarabakhBAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Tuesday completed reclaiming territory ceded by Armenia under a Russia-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hailed the restoration of control over the areas as a historic achie....
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Karabakh residents return to homes destroyed by warSTEPANAKERT: Housing, livestock, crops: they had to give up everything.
In Stepanakert, the main city of disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenians displaced by the conflict with Azerbaijan return to destroyed homes and an uncertain future.
Between 75,000 and 90,000 of the region's 150,000 residents....
Turkey, Russia discuss involving other countries in Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire effortsTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the possibility of involving other countries in efforts to maintain a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered ceasefire on Nov. 10 that halted six weeks of ....
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Azerbaijan's troops enter first district handed over by ArmeniaBAKU: Azerbaijan said on Friday its troops entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of fighting in the region.
Troops moved into the district of Aghdam, one of three to be ceded, the Azerbaijan defence ....
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Street cats in Shanghai: Why you should jog onThere's an estimated 3 million stray cats in Shanghai. To put that in perspective, Armenia has less people. There's quite literally a nation of stray cats living among us. Minus one. Fuxing Park is fast....
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What Is Russia's Stake in the Nagorno-Karabakh War?As the world discusses the sudden cessation of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the deployment of Russian "peacekeepers" to the region to monitor the truce, one critically important question is overlooked: Why did Russia not discourage Azerbaijan....
Armenian leader calls for halt to violence over peace deal after attempt on lifeArmenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has fuelled outrage over a controversial peace deal with Azerbaijan, called on Monday for a halt to violence after reports of an attempt on his life.
Last week, Pashinyan announced a Moscow-brokered peace deal that ended weeks of heavy fighting over th....
Armenia ceasefire: a truce to lastTHIS time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this week and fanning out to police the ceasefire lines in Nagorno-Karabakh are being sent there for five years renewable, and neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan will challenge them. Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the....
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Corpses and burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russian troops deployCorpses of ethnic Armenian soldiers lined stretches of a mountain road in Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday as Russian peacekeepers in trucks and armoured personnel carriers moved in after a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russia is deploying almost 2,000 troops along with tanks and other armour....
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Fresh rallies held in Armenia against deal with AzerbaijanArmenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed an agreement to end military conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands have died and roughly 100,000 have been displaced but some say the deal is a betrayal.....
How Israel Factors into the Armenia-Azerbaijan ConflictFor decades, Israel and Azerbaijan have maintained a special partnership. Israel has relied on the Caucasian country's gas and oil for energy imports, while Azerbaijan's military has turned to Israel for advanced weaponry.
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Turkey, Russia to supervise Karabakh truce: ErdoganPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia would jointly supervise the implementation of a ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Turkish leader's office said Erdogan discussed the creation of a "joint centre" in a telephone conversatio....
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Iran welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire agreementA senior Iranian administration official says Iran welcomes the recent agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to cease fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.....
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Russian peacekeepers go to Nagorno-Karabakh to bolster truceMOSCOW (AP) — More than a dozen planes carrying Russian peacekeepers headed for Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, hours after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to halt fighting over the separatist region and amid signs this cease-fire would hold where others hadn't.
The truce came after significant adva....
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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end fight in Nagorno-KarabakhArmenia and Azerbaijan announced an agreement early Tuesday to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under a pact signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of et....
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Russian military helicopter shot down in ArmeniaMOSCOW: A Russian military helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan on Monday, the defence ministry in Moscow said, killing two crew members.
The ministry said that the Mi-24 helicopter was hit by a man-portable air defence system close to the border with Azerbaijan, wh....
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Azerbaijan, Armenia agree to ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh warArmenia and Azerbaijan announced an agreement early today to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under a pact signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial.......
Russian military helicopter shot down in ArmeniaRussia said Monday that one of its military helicopters was shot down in Armenia, near the border with Azerbaijan, killing two servicemen.The incident occurred near the border with the Azerbaijan exclave of Nakhchivan. Read More.......
Fighting rages around strategic city in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia saysArmenia reported heavy fighting around a strategic city in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, a day after Azerbaijan said it had captured it in a major breakthrough after six weeks of bloodshed. People celebrated in the streets of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Sunday when President Ilham Aliyev anno....
Club quarantines prevent players from joining national teamsROME (AP) — Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a hat trick for Roma on Sunday and is in perfect form entering the international break.
Too bad he won't be allowed to join Armenia on Monday for decisive Nations League games against regional rivals Georgia and North Macedonia.
The pandemic is further d....
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Heavy fighting near key town in KarabakhYEREVAN: Armenia reported on Saturday that "fierce combat" with Azerbaijani forces took place overnight near the town of Shusha, a key stronghold in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
After weeks of heavy fighting over the mountainous province, Azerbaijan appears to be closing in on the strat....
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U.N. says Nagorno-Karabakh attacks could be war crimesArtillery strikes on civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could amount to war crimes, the U.N. human rights chief said on Monday, reiterating a call for Azerbaijan and Armenia to halt attacks on towns, schools and hospitals in the mountain enclave. Separately, Armenia’s prime minister ca....
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Armenia calls for probe into 'foreign mercenaries' in KarabakhArmenia’s prime minister called on Monday for an international investigation into the presence of “foreign mercenaries” in Nagorno-Karabakh after ethnic Armenian forces said they had captured two mercenaries from Syria. Azerbaijian has repeatedly denied the presence of foreign comb....
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Despite Lebanon's woes, Armenians spring to action for Nagorno-KarabakhBEIRUT: When Lebanon's financial crisis pushed Vartkes to leave for Armenia this summer, he never imagined he would volunteer to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh.The young Lebanese-Armenian didn't think twice, however, when the conflict between Azerbaijani and ethnic Armenian forces erupted soon after his ....
Armenia, Azerbaijan trade fresh accusations of Karabakh attacksArmenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Shelling was reported by both sides within hours of the latest agreement to de....
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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to defuse Nagorno-Karabakh conflictArmenia and Azerbaijan failed to reach agreement on a fresh ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during talks in Geneva on Friday, but did agree to measures to defuse tensions, including vowing not to target civilians, mediators said.
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and his Az....
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan vow to avoid targeting residential areasArmenia and Azerbaijan promised Friday to avoid shelling residential areas amid the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a pledge that follows a day of talks in Geneva even as Azerbaijani troops pushed deeper into the separatist territory.The.......
Iran on peace drive to end the Nagorno-Karabakh warAs Azerbaijan and Armenia announced the failure of the third humanitarian ceasefire, which was brokered by the United States in a bid to end violence in the war-torn region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Iran stepped up to the plate and began new efforts to help deescalate military tensions between its two wa....
