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Armenia urges UN court to order Azerbaijan to end road blockade
Presiding judge Joan Donoghue, second right, opens the hearing in the case between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. The hearing at the International Court of Justice comes amid rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia just over two years after they ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh is a disaster waiting to happen, unless we act now
Neil Hauer
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Fatal shooting at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran raises tensions
The building of the Azerbaijan Embassy is seen in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Deal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe
From left, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Premier Nicolae Ciuca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili applaud after a signing ceremony at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan met in Romania's capital to sign an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan hold talks in effort to ease tensions
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pasjinian, left, arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. Leaders from around 44 countries are gathering Thursday to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, with Russia the one major European power not invited. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Blinken hosts Armenian, Azeri foreign ministers, urges return to peace talks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C-R) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (2nd L) in New York on September 19, 2022, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. (Photo by Craig Ruttle / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CRAIG RUTTLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ceasefire holds between Armenia and Azerbaijan
A military volunteer speaks on a phone in the city of Vardenis on September 15, 2022. - A ceasefire was holding on September 15 on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Yerevan said, after the worst clashes since 2020 killed dozens of troops and jeopardised a fledgling peace process. The clashes that erupted on September 13 ended "thanks to the international involvement" overnight, Armenia's security council said, after earlier failed attempts from Russia to broker a truce. Baku and Yerevan have traded accusations of initiating the violence along their shared border, which saw 105 Armenian troops and 50 Azerbaijani servicemen killed and hundreds of Armenian civilians flee their homes near the frontier. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Armenia, Azerbaijan trade blame for new rounds of shelling as hostilities reignite
Firefighters work among the ruins of a house, which is said was hit by Azeri shelling during recent border clashes with Azerbaijan, in the settlement of Sotk, Armenia, on September 14, 2022. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Putin calls for calm as Azerbaijan and Armenia engage in deadliest clashes since 2020
A still image from video, released by the Armenian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Azerbaijani service members moving along an unidentified mountainous border area with Armenia, in this still image taken from handout footage released September 13, 2022. Armenian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THE IMAGE OBSCURED AT SOURCE.
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Blast at Azerbaijan nightclub leaves one dead, 31 injured
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Russia and Azerbaijan trade barbs over Nagorno-Karabakh
FILE PHOTO: An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021. Picture taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov/File Photo
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Former Bombardier VP acquitted in Swedish bribery probe
FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bombardier is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Armenia says six of its soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan on Nov. 16
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrive to attend the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan, Armenia, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)
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Defense in Bombardier bribery trial says former VP could not have been involved
A Bombardier FV-Dosto double-decker train of Swiss railway operator SBB is seen at the central station in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 29, 2019. A November audit by the World Bank alleged the Canadian train maker colluded with senior officials at Azerbaijan Railways to win a 2013 contract worth US$339-million to install rail-signalling equipment in the country.
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Azerbaijan asks World Court to order Armenia to hand over maps of landmines
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 file photo, ethnic Armenian volunteer recruits gather at a center near Hadrut, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, where they receive their uniforms and weapons before being dispatched to the frontline. Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister has accused Armenia of “ethnic cleansing” and continuing to lay landmines in Nagorno-Karabakh even after a ceasefire ended a six-week war in the disputed region late last year. His comments Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 came as a second case related to the conflict opened at the United Nations' top court. (AP Photo/Karen Mirzoyan, File)
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Boxing bouts fixed at 2016 Olympics, investigation finds
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Boxing - Preliminary - Men's Light Fly (49kg) Round of 32 Bout 42 - Riocentro - Pavilion 6 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 08/08/2016. A general view of the boxing ring as Samuel Carmona Heredia (ESP) of Spain and Patrick Barnes (IRL) of Ireland compete. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS./File Photo
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Armenia takes Azerbaijan to UN court alleging discrimination
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 file photo, ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. Armenia is taking its decades long territorial dispute with Azerbaijan — that erupted into armed conflict again last year — to the United Nations’ highest court. Armenia filed a case at the International Court of Justice alleging breaches by Azerbaijan of an international convention that aims to eliminate racial discrimination, the court announced late Thursday Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/File)
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Death toll rises to four in southern Turkey wildfires
A firefighter extinguishes a forest fire near the town of Manavgat, east of the resort city of Antalya, Turkey, July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kaan Soyturk
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Armenia’s governing party wins election seen as vote on peace deal with Azerbaijan
FILE PHOTO: Armenia's acting Prime Minister and leader of Civil Contract party Nikol Pashinyan receives a ballot at a polling station during the snap parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia June 20, 2021. Lusi Sargsyan/Photolure via REUTERS
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Armenia’s acting PM claims victory as party takes lead in parliamentary election
People read their ballot papers at a polling station during a parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, June 20, 2021. Armenians are voting in a national election after months of tensions over last year's defeat in fighting against Azerbaijan over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Gareth Bale sets up both goals as Wales beats Turkey at Euro 2020
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 16: Gareth Bale of Wales celebrates after their side's second goal scored by Connor Roberts (Not pictured) during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group A match between Turkey and Wales at Baku Olimpiya Stadionu on June 16, 2021 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic - Pool/Getty Images)
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Former top Bombardier employee charged in Swedish corruption probe
FILE PHOTO: Bombardier's logo is seen on the building of the company's service centre at Biggin Hill, Britain March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
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Armenian military says six of its troops have been captured by Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan denies firing at Armenian positions
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In Armenia, a Canadian brings food and comfort to refugees from conflict with Azerbaijan
METSAMOR, ARMENIA - MARCH 31, 2021: Haik Kazarian, founder of the Transparent Armenia Charitable Foundation, delivers an aid package to the Aleksanyan Family in the small town of Metsamor on 31 March 2021. The Aleksanyan family lost their home when their village in Karabakh, Nor Aygestan, was handed over to Azerbaijan as part of the crushing ceasefire terms. (Photo by Kiran Ridley)
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E-mails show made-in-Canada airstrike gear used in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict was earmarked for Turkey
Closeup of metal plate on side of airstrike targeting gear that includes the name of L3 Wescam, an older operating name for a Burlington, Ont. manufacturer of this gear which now operates as L3 Harris Wescam and the model number CMX-15D . Armenia says this gear was on a drone captured in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Date of Photo is October 29, 2020. Photo was taken at Armenian military compound . Photo credit: Neil Hauer.
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Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Armenia to demand PM Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation
Opposition supporters rally outside the National Assembly building to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over his handling of last year's war with Azerbaijan, in Yerevan, on March 3, 2021.
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Political tensions escalate in Armenia as rival rallies held
People attend an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in Yerevan, on March 1, 2021.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Russia for first meeting since Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks during a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in Moscow, on Jan. 11, 2021.
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Thousands protest in Armenia, demand PM’s resignation over handling of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Opposition supporters rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in Yerevan, Armenia, on Dec. 22, 2020.
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Nagorno-Karabakh officials accuse Azerbaijan of capturing dozens of ethnic Armenian soldiers
Unexploded ammunition is scattered near Aeygestan, in outskirts of Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Nov. 23, 2020.
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Protesters in Armenia besiege parliament, demand PM Nikol Pashinyan resigns
Armenian law enforcement officers block protesters, who attempt to block a street during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the signing of a deal to end a military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia December 8, 2020. Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
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Hundreds block streets in Armenia after PM Nikol Pashinyan ignores deadline to step down
Armenian law enforcement officers stand guard during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the signing of a deal to end a military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
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Azerbaijan says 2,783 troops were killed in fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
A building is destroyed following recent shelling in the town of Shusha, in the course of a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Oct. 28, 2020.
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Azerbaijan fully reclaims territory around Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani soldiers celebrate the transfer of the Lachin region to Azerbaijan's control, in Aghjabadi, Azerbaijan, on Dec. 1, 2020.