Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting on Thursday in Abu Dhabi to discuss next steps in finalising the peace agreement, their offices confirmed.
This is the first formal bilateral meeting between (...)
Hundreds of Chinese workers, students and tourists have fled or been evacuated from Iran to neighboring countries as the conflict with Israel spirals.
Masa Li, a 24-year-old Chinese citizen who has lived and worked in Tehran for the past few years, (...)
The Iranian capital Tehran, home to around 10 million people and one of the biggest cities in the Middle East, has seen a mass exodus as the conflict with Israel intensifies.
Early on Tuesday, the city's bustling downtown began to empty, with many (...)
Iran and Armenia conducted two days of joint military drills, involving high-level military personnel, which the two said involved simulated terrorist threats targeting border checkpoints.
The exercises were conducted last week on Iranian and (...)
Ruben Vardanyan is one of Armenia's richest men, but his millions are of little use now that he is facing a possible life term in jail in neighboring Azerbaijan.
The two neighboring Caucasus countries have agreed the text of a historic peace deal to (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi Council of Ministers denounced the resumption of Israeli occupation forces' aggression on the Gaza Strip. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session in Jeddah on Tuesday.
In a statement to the (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed on Friday the successful conclusion of negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, resulting in a peace agreement.
The Kingdom expressed hope that the agreement will mark the beginning of a new era of (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reiterated its firm rejection of extremist Israeli statements regarding the displacement of the Palestinian people. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session in Riyadh on (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia has reiterated its condemnation of Israel's grave violations against international laws, warning that the absence of accountability encourages further escalation and poses serious risks to regional security.
In a speech (...)
Azerbaijan and Armenia have made significant progress in peace negotiations, with nearly 80% of the peace treaty text already agreed upon, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday.
Speaking at an international forum in Cernobbio, Italy, (...)
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on Friday regulating the joint work of their border delimitation commissions, according to the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry stated that both countries are now conducting internal procedures to (...)
Norway and Israel have been in a diplomatic dispute for months following Oslo's decision to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that provoked a strong reaction from Tel Aviv. In response, Israel has taken several measures against Norway and the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia welcomed the decision of the government of Armenia to recognize the State of Palestine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that this decision is an important step that supports the path of establishing an (...)
Armenia will leave a Russia-led military alliance, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed Wednesday, accusing members of the bloc of plotting with bitter rival Azerbaijan to start a war against them.
Pashinyan has for months accused the Kremlin's (...)
The US and Europe have separately announced major takedowns of cybercrime networks that defrauded people of billions.
The US has arrested Chinese national YunHe Wang and seized assets including a Ferrari, luxury watches and 21 properties.
While (...)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported that his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday due to adverse weather conditions.
The incident took place near Vanadzor, the third largest city in Armenia and the capital of (...)
The British government hopes that its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be the law of the land before the week is out.
MPs will vote on it, again, later.
It follows the latest attempts by the House of Lords to change it, which are (...)
Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a prisoner exchange, and to work towards normalizing ties and a peace deal to a decades-long conflict — a move the United States and European Union have welcomed.
Azerbaijan will release 32 prisoners of war to (...)
The UN and its partners launched on Saturday an emergency response plan to help 136,000 refugees, appealing for $97 million to respond to urgent needs of those who fled the Karabakh region and their hosts in Armenia.
"We call upon the international (...)
The humanitarian response to the Karabakh crisis continued apace on Tuesday as UN agencies and partners warned of urgent health needs among the more than 100,000 refugees who have entered Armenia.
Concerns also remain for those unable to leave the (...)
UN World Health Organization (WHO) teams in Goris, Armenia, are tirelessly working to assist not only the vast numbers of refugees fleeing the Karabakh region but also to provide urgent medical support to individuals grappling with severe burn (...)
Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Some 65,000 have already been registered at government-run centers where long (...)
More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia said.
It means that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week.
Azerbaijan has said it wants to (...)
Every hour, the number of people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh climbs even further. The official count of refugees is now close to half the population of the enclave.
The scenes at the border suggest the region is being emptied of ethnic Armenians. As (...)
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.
Some 19,000 refugees have reportedly left the Karabakh Economic Region of the (...)
