WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The treatment of U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch – disparaged by President Donald Trump and abruptly recalled from Ukraine – exemplifies what current and former U.S. officials describe as a campaign by Trump against career diplomats. A... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A resurgent dollar and higher borrowing costs are smashing through Argentina and Turkey’s currencies like a wrecking ball and raising the likelihood more broadly that emerging markets’ three-year long interest rate cutting cycle is at an end... More »
YEREVAN (Reuters) – A group of Armenian soldiers joined an illegal anti-government protest in the capital Yerevan on Monday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said, promising they would be harshly punished according to the law. Images of hundreds of men wearing mi... More »
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Police in Armenia detained three opposition leaders and nearly 200 protesters on Sunday, drawing a rebuke from the European Union after demonstrators demanded newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan quit. Protesters accuse Sarksyan, 6... More »
French singer Charles Aznavour finally got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, capping a more than 70-year career as one of his country's most popular entertainers. More »
FILE PHOTO: George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin leave Venice city hall after a civil ceremony to formalize their wedding in Venice September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Amal Clooney on Tuesday gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the first ch... More »
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral celebrates after winning the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Portugal’s Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest on S... More »
Ukraine’s Jamala performs a song as security detain a fan. REUTERS/Stringer Ukrainian police have detained a Ukrainian prankster for jumping onto the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest and dropping his trousers while singer Jamala was performing, Interior Mi... More »
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral (C) celebrates with team after the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Semi-Final 1 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich The Portuguese and Armenian entrants for the 2017 Eurovision so... More »
Singer Cher (R) poses with television personalities Kim Kardashian (C) and Kourtney Kardashian at the premiere of ‘The Promise’ in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Celebrities of Armenian descent including Cher and the Karda... More »
Businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukyan votes during a parliamentary election at a poling station in Yerevan, Armenia, April 2, 2017. Varo Rafayelyan/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party led in elections in... More »
Visitors stand near the newly restored Edicule, the ancient structure housing the tomb, which according to Christian belief is where Jesus’s body was anointed and buried, seen at the completion of months of restoration works, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchr... More »
Rose Tucker (L) and Matthew Salleh, directors of the documentary ‘Barbecue,’ pose for a portrait at Black’s Barbecue restaurant during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Film Interactive Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyd... More »
BAKU Three Azeri servicemen were killed in fresh fighting with Armenian-backed separatists over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said. Azerbaijan had halted its attacks but Armenia was still “aggravating the situat... More »
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In a quick visit to Jerusalem, American reality TV star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West had their toddler daughter, North West, baptized on Monday at a 12th century Armenian church in the old walled city. Dozens of fans mobbed an SUV... More »
