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Officials say at least four soldiers were killed and several others wounded in a border clash between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces early on December 29.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani visited Armenia on December 21 as part of a swing through three former Soviet republics.
Armenia is looking to increase imports of natural gas from neighboring Iran after the two countries signed an agreement earlier this week.
Armenia’s main opposition party is optimistic about achieving a democratic change in next year’s parliamentary elections.
Senior officials from former Soviet republics, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are gathering in Yerevan to attend a session of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
A son of an opposition candidate for the post of mayor of Armenia's second-largest city, Gyumri, has been found dead.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has announced his widely anticipated resignation, citing his government’s failure to address the many economic and political challenges facing the country.
Armenian police said on August 29 that they have detained a Russian national at the request of the U.S. government after being informed the man was wanted in the United States on charges of money laundering and illegally transferring military technology from the United States to an undisclosed foreign country.
A court in Yerevan has granted bail to a leading member of the opposition Heritage party, who was charged in connection with a recent rally.
An Armenian court has found Russian Army Private Valery Permyakov guilty of murder charges and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the 2015 killing of seven members of an Armenian family.
A court in Armenia has rejected more appeals filed by some of the three dozen members of an armed group that seized and held a police station in Yerevan last month.
A Yerevan appeals court has granted bail to another leading member of the Heritage opposition party who was charged in connection with his participation at a recent rally.
An Armenian court has finished hearings in the high-profile case of a Russian soldier accused of killing an Armenian family of seven.
A Yerevan appeals court has granted bail to the deputy chairman of the opposition Heritage party, who was charged in connection with a recent rally.
Armenia's opposition Heritage party has pulled out of local elections because of the recent arrests of its three leading members.
An Armenian prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for a Russian soldier charged with killing a family of seven.
The remaining opposition gunmen holed up in a police station in Yerevan have laid down their arms, ending a two-week standoff with the Armenian authorities, which has left two police officers dead.
Armenian security forces have shot and wounded three gunmen in a continuing standoff with an armed opposition group barricaded inside a police compound in Yerevan.
Armenian Health Minister Armen Muradyan on July 27 was blocked by police from trying to meet with a group of gunmen who are occupying a police building in Yerevan and have taken four medics hostage.
Thousands of demonstrators were marching in Yerevan late on July 25 in support of a group of gunmen who have occupied an Armenian police station for more than a week.
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