Apr 24 Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press With the acknowledgement, Biden followed through on a campaign promise he made a year ago Saturday — the annual commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day — to recognize that the events of 1915 to 1923 were a deliberate effort to… Continue reading
Mar 01 Armenia's political tensions rise amid rival rallies By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Political tensions in Armenia heightened Monday, with supporters of the embattled prime minister and the opposition each staging massive rallies at separate sites in the capital. Continue reading
Feb 26 Armenia's political tensions still high after PM's coup talk By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Nikol Pashinyan has faced opposition calls to step down over a Nov. 10 peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh by handing over large parts of the region and surrounding areas to Azerbaijan. Continue reading
Feb 25 Armenian prime minister slams 'coup attempt' as political tensions rise By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Armenia's prime minister accused top military officers of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down, adding fuel to months of protests calling for his resignation. Continue reading
Dec 27 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter By Molly Enking It’s been decades since one world event has dominated the news cycle so completely. We lost more than 1.75 million people globally and more than 330,000 in the U.S. to COVID-19. Here’s a list of some other events that shook the… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: Alex Padilla is tapped to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat In our news wrap Tuesday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is tapped to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the E.U.'s executive body calls for an end to travel bans aimed at confining a… Continue watching
Dec 02 Armenian opposition pushes prime minister to step down over peace deal By Avet Demourian, Associated Press Thousands of demonstrators have rallied in Armenia's capital to to continue to pressure the ex-Soviet nation’s prime minister to resign over a peace deal with neighboring Azerbaijan that domestic critics see as a betrayal of national interests. Continue reading
Nov 22 Azerbaijanis who fled war look to return home, if it exists By Associated Press More territory is being returned as part of the ceasefire agreement that stopped the latest fighting. But as Azerbaijani forces discovered when the first area, Aghdam, was turned over on Friday, much of the recovered land is uninhabitable. The city… Continue reading
Nov 14 Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan By Associated Press In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from houses that his neighbors had already torched before fleeing this… Continue reading
Nov 10 Russian peacekeepers go to Nagorno-Karabakh to bolster truce By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for decades. Continue reading