Armenia ex-MP: New decisive phase is approaching in 2016 in Karabakh conflict resolution

YEREVAN. – The year 2016 will be one of the most difficult ones in world politics, Armenian former MP Vardan Khachatryan said at a press conference on Monday. “We [i.e. Armenia], too, are at one of the bad spots, and in this case, I don’t think that there will be a quiet life,” Khachatryan noted. “A new decisive phase is approaching in the [Nagorno-]Karabakh [conflict] settlement issue, and it shows that the European organizations, based on

Azerbaijan quake also felt in Karabakh

An earthquake was recorded Friday in Azerbaijan, and it was also felt in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations of Armenia informed that the seismological network of the ministry’s “Survey for Seismic Protection” Agency registered a tremor with a magnitude of 3.8, on Friday at 2:42pm local time, and its epicenter was in Azerbaijan. Its hypocenter was 10km beneath the surface. 

Trump Ventures Among Evangelicals in Search for Votes

Manhattan billionaire Donald Trump, a pro-abortion Republican until recently, appears to have little in common with evangelical Christians. But he is increasingly gaining their support as he openly courts this key voting bloc.

Just two weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, Trump will speak Monday at Liberty University, a private school in Lynchburg, Virginia and an evangelical bastion. The visit coincides with a holiday commemorating civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Azerbaijani Ambassador's wife, who tried to bribe Latvia police, followed suit her husband

As a follow-up to the scandalous story related to the wife of the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Latvia, haqqin.az decided to reveal certain remarkable details from the life of Ambassador Elman Zeynalov himself, who is now trying to refute the information about his wife. The newspaper found out that Zeynalov is included in the circle of diplomats, who are the personal friends of the Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov, and has been promoted exactly by the latter. 

Uncertainty in Guatemala as new president takes office

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — TV comic and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was elected as Guatemala's next leader last fall amid widespread anger over a graft scandal that brought down the previous president, and demands for reform to the crooked politics-as-usual. But as Morales prepares to be inaugurated Thursday, little is known about how exactly he plans to run this Central American nation beset by entrenched poverty, rampant corruption and violent criminal gangs, raising doubts about the new administration before it even begins. 

Liberty University, TRBC receive new zoning designation

Liberty University, Thomas Road Baptist Church and LU Candler Station Holdings, LLC will be the first holders of a relatively new zoning designation. During a public hearing Tuesday, Lynchburg City Council approved a petition from the entities to rezone multiple parcels totaling 752 acres from their current zoning classifications to the IN-2 institutional zoning district. LU and other colleges generally must submit development plans and seek conditional-use permits through City Council to build on campus.

American Shakespeare Center's 'Julius Caesar' coming to Academy

The hardest part of performing a Shakespearean tragedy on the road is the blood. How do you present a violent, action-packed play filled with chaos and murder if your actors have to work to avoid slipping in puddles of the gelatinous red goop  and spend any profits on laundry to clean costumes? The director and costume designer for the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) have devised a way to keep the blood ever-present, even as the company’s troupe is traveling the country.