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Protesters in Thailand have staged one of the country's biggest demonstrations since the 2014 military coup as they campaign against a luxury housing development on forested land.

President Armen Sarkissian addressed the political developments in Armenia in an interview with BBC News, highly praising the civil society campaign that led up to the prime minister’s resignation.

Should the opposition parties represented in parliament agree on a joint candidate for the prime minister, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will ensure the necessary quorum to endorse their nominee, says a senior lawmaker of the ruling political force.

Two young women were arrested in Isfahan (central Iran) on Friday, April 27, 2018, for attempting to enter the Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium to watch the match between their favorite football teams.

After a week of controversial Twitter postings, Kanye West has defended his support of the US president in a new song.

After a week of controversial Twitter postings, Kanye West has defended his support of the US president in a new song.

A new hybrid elephant-mammoth with no tusks could be in the pipeline for scientists, in a bid to stop poaching for ivory.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) has announced a decision to support Nikol Pashinyan's candidacy for the new prime minister of Armenia.

From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

Mystery as sapling French President Macron gifted Trump during his state visit disappears from White House South Lawn just five days after they planted it together

The tree that President Trump planted with French President Emmanuel Macron is no longer on the South Lawn of the White House, instead there is a patch of discolored grass, the Daily Mail reports.

A crowd of students from different universities of Yerevan on Sunday morning started a protest march from from a central street in support of opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan's statement to be the “people’s candidate for prime minister”.

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul on April 28 ruled out running for the Turkish Presidency in June, dousing fevered speculation that he would challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will shut down his nuclear test site in May and invite experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States into the country to ensure "transparency" around its closure, South Korea's presidential office said Sunday, the CNN reports.

Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who led the civic campaign culminating in Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation, says he met with President Armen Sarkissian on Saturday night to discuss the recent political developments.

The spokesperson for the US Department of State has addressed the political developments in Armenia, calling for constructive processes and talks on the formation of a new government,

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, got a lot richer Thursday.

The Amazon.com Inc founder added $12 billion to his fortune as the company’s shares surged 6.3 percent to $1,614 in extended trading at 4:33 pm in New York - on top of a 4 percent gain during the regular session - after the retailer reported results that beat Wall Street estimates.

That lifted Bezos’s net worth to to $134 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bloomberg reports

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The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has said that it will not to nominate a candidate for prime minister despite having a majority of seats in parliament.

Bill Gates is donating $12 million to fund research for a universal flu vaccine, ABC News reports.