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The City of Los Angeles’ General Election resulted in all but one...
ISTANBUL — An Istanbul court has sentenced Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nisanyan to 58 weeks in prison for an alleged insult to the Prophet Muhammad in a blog post, the Hurriyet Daily...
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned previous rulings acquitting the Hrant Dink murder convicts of connections to a criminal organization, saying the murder was committed by an armed...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has canonized more than 800 15th-century martyrs who were killed after refusing to convert to Islam. The “martyrs of Otranto”, whose identities are largely unknown, were...
AMMAN — On Wednesday, April 10, Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, received formal recognition from King Abdullah II of Jordan, who presented Archbishop Manougian with a royal decree...
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam began a second day of consultations Wednesday by meeting with parliamentary blocs, including the Armenian Solidarity Bloc, over the formation of a new Cabinet. Salam is expected to...
PARIS — A group of municipalities, members of the French National Assembly and Senate, who represent France’s major political forces, announced the formation of Circle of Friendship with Nagorno Karabakh Republic...
Argentina’s Armenian community has welcomed the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as new Pope. The community members have stated that Archbishop Bergoglio has always been in friendly ties with them...
MOSCOW ((R-Sport)) — A debut hat-trick from Yura Movsisyan for Spartak Moscow brought his team a 3-1 win over Terek Grozny on Sunday. The nine-time Russian champions move to fifth in...
YEREVAN — The family of Armenian army officer Gurgen Markarian, who was hacked to death in Budapest nine years ago has sued Hungary and Azerbaijan in connection with the recent release...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenian Republic Edward Nalbandian has given an exclusive interview to the Austrian news agency. Following is the full text of interview. - Mr. Minister, efforts aimed...
PARIS — French MP, author of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, Valerie Boyer said she will never visit Turkey because of threats she receives, Turkish Milliyet reports....
By Ragip Zarakolu Conscience is a distinctive moral quality of mankind. The conscientious, the honest, the righteous or whatever you may choose to call them represent the true pride and honour...
PARIS — New bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was introduced to French National Assembly again. Valérie Boyer, representative of the Bouches-du-Rhône Department and five other parliament members representing the...
BAKU — A pro-government party in Azerbaijan has offered a reward to anyone who cuts off the ear of prominent novelist Akram Aylisli, who is under attack from critics of his...
BAKU — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has stripped a prominent novelist of the title of “People’s Writer,” as well as his presidentially awarded pension. Azerbaijani media reported on February 7...
ISTANBUL — A Kurdish independent MP has extended apologies to the Armenian nation on behalf of his ancestors who took part in the 1915 anti-Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire. “We...
WASHINGTON, DC (RFE/RL) — John Kerry, a veteran pro-Armenian senator who will take over as the new U.S. secretary of state on Friday, has reaffirmed Washington’s strong support for an unconditional...
PARIS (RFE/RL) — The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan discussed Armenian plans to launch commercial flights to Nagorno-Karabakh when they met in the presence of international mediators in Paris on...
ISTANBUL — Residents, civil society groups and political party representatives gathered in the central square of Istanbul’s Samatya neighborhood on Sunday to protest a number of attacks committed against elderly Armenian...
MEXICO CITY — Statue of Azerbaijan’s ex-president Heydar Aliyev that has been erected along a main boulevard of the Mexican capital has been removed from the place in thAbout 400 riot...