MIDDLE EAST

Armenia, Azerbaijan say Nagorno-Karabakh truce fails to hold

10:58 pm October 10, 2020

Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting on Saturday but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. The two sides traded blame for breaking the truce that took effect at noon (0800 GMT) with new attacks, […]

UN calls for Turkish Cypriots to close beach in Varosha

12:09 pm October 10, 2020

Cyprus: The U.N. Security Council called on Turkey and Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Thursday to close a beach in uninhabited Varosha that was opened this week and avoid any unilateral actions “that could raise tensions on the island.” Varosha’s Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled as Turkish troops advanced in 1974, when Turkey invaded Cyprus following a […]

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh

12:00 pm October 10, 2020

Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. The top diplomats from the two countries said in a statement that the truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover the dead, adding that specific details will be agreed on later. The announcement follows 10 hours of […]

After 46 years, Cypriot ghost town’s beach opens to public

11:58 pm October 8, 2020

NICOSIA, Cyprus: The pristine, azure waters lapping at the skirts of uninhabited Varosha contrast sharply with the dilapidated, crumbling buildings lining the beachfront of this abandoned suburb of Famagusta. For the first time in 46 years, members of the public were permitted on Thursday to access the beach of Varosha in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot […]

Armenia says cathedral shelled in clashes with Azerbaijan

11:29 pm October 8, 2020

Yerevan: Armenia accused Azerbaijan on Thursday of shelling a historic cathedral in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where nearly two weeks of heavy fighting has killed hundreds of people. The Holy Savior Cathedral, also known as the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, suffered interior and exterior damage, according to the state-run Armenian Unified Infocenter. Media reports said some children were […]