A bitter standoff between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church has seen mass arrests, allegations of a coup plot, and an extraordinary offer by Armenia's leader to ...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan offered to prove that he was circumcised to the Catholicos of the nation’s church. via REUTERS “I believe that our Apostolic Holy Church must ...

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.

The country's investigative committee accused the archbishop and 13 others of plotting to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan through attacks on power supplies and ...

Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric on charges of plotting against the government, the latest escalation in a clampdown on outspoken critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. A court ...

Armenia's security services arrested one of the country’s top religious leaders on terrorism charges Wednesday and accused him of plotting to overthrow the government, the second arrest in a ...

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met in Abu Dhabi for a new round of talks on ending their almost four decades of conflict in the South Caucasus, but reached no immediate breakthrough.

Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric accused of plotting against the government.

Security forces faced off with crowds at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the government sought to arrest a cleric in the latest move against outspoken critics of Prime ...

In a social media post Monday, Pashinyan said he would liberate the Armenian Apostolic Church from its “anti-Christian, adulterous, anti-national, anti-state” leadership.

Pashinyan's government has been cracking down on political opponents he has said are trying to engineer a coup.