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Azerbaijan reports attack on its troops in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Monday its army units have been attacked by “an illegal Armenian armed group” in Nagorno-Karabakh, killing one Azerbaijani ...Armenian opposition sets up protest tents to pile pressure on PM
Hundreds of opposition supporters set up a protest camp outside Armenian government headquarters in central Yerevan on Tuesday, escalating a campaign against ...Thailand holds provincial elections in test of democracy
Thais voted nationwide on Sunday in provincial elections that mark the first test of democracy since a general election last year that ...Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged tanker off Saudi port
An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel’s owner said, in the latest ...Singapore approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, expects first shots by year-end
Singapore has approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s novel coronavirus vaccine and expects delivery of the first shots by the end of December, Prime Minister Lee ...Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon denied bail on fraud charge
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody on Thursday after being charged with fraud, the latest in a string ...New Zealand joins Australia in denouncing China’s tweet
New Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a ...Sydney records hottest November night as heatwave sweeps city
Sydney recorded its hottest November night as Australia’s largest city suffered through a weekend heatwave that saw daytime temperatures peak above 40 ...Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according ...Karabakh peace deal fuels confusion, anxiety over new borders
An Armenian fighter in camouflage with a Kalashnikov assault rifle slung over his shoulder peers through binoculars over towards an encampment of ...














