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Tiny Armenia is a big player in world chess, and a new gambit could make it even bigger: mandatory chess in school.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide in remarks Friday that drew sharp criticism from Ankara.
Armenia's president said Monday that he will go to Turkey this week for a football World Cup qualifier between the two national teams, returning a gesture by Turkey's president in what has become known as soccer diplomacy.
Hundreds of troops flooded Armenia's capital Sunday to enforce a state of emergency after clashes between opposition activists and government forces left eight people dead and more than 100 injured.
Armenia's president accused the opposition Saturday of trying to seize power in the small ex-Soviet nation as protests against alleged fraud in this week's presidential vote entered a fourth day.
About 3,000 students marched to the chief prosecutor's office in the Armenian capital on Friday in continuing opposition protests against alleged election fraud.
Thousands of opposition supporters rallied for a second straight day in Armenia's capital Thursday, claiming the presidential vote was rigged and vowing to continue their protest until new elections are held.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cut short his two-day visit to Armenia on Tuesday and returned to neighboring Iran, an Armenian presidential spokesman said.
The chatter these days in Yerevan's Anahit Deluxe beauty salon isn't only about hairstyles, celebrity gossip or the coming winter — it's also about whether the U.S. Congress will agree that the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
Armenian lawmakers rose to their feet in applause, and their president urged the United States to go further after a U.S. House panel approved a resolution labeling the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Turks genocide.
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