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Canada becomes first non-European nation to attend EPC summit in Armenia as Carney looks for alternatives
Fp Staff •Canada is all set to become the first non-European country to attend a meeting of the European Political Community, with Prime Minister Mark Carney joining the summit on Monday in Armenia.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez’s plane makes emergency landing in Turkey due to a technical snag
Fp Staff •A plane carrying Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made an emergency landing in Turkey on Sunday evening due to some technical problem.

Azerbaijan sentences Ex-Nagorno-Karabakh leader to 20 years in prison
•Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian born billionaire banker who served as a senior official in the breakaway Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Azerbaijani court on Tuesday, state media reported.

JD Vance's office deletes ‘genocide’ post during Armenia visit, cites staff error
Fp Staff •Vice President JD Vance’s office deletes a post referring to the 1915 Armenian killings as “genocide” during his Armenia visit, reigniting debate over US policy and diplomatic sensitivities

India dispatches first batch of Pinaka guided rockets to Armenia in a big defence export boost
Fp Staff •India took another step in its defence export push as Rajnath Singh flagged off the first batch of guided Pinaka rockets for Armenia

History Today: When Armenia's PM was killed during a shooting inside Parliament
Fp Explainers •On October 27, 1999, five men began shooting inside the Parliament building in Armenia. As many as eight people, including the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament, were killed in the attack. On this day in 1904, the first-of-its-kind New York City subway began its journey across the city

Trump claims to have ended 8 wars. How accurate is he?
•US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament on October 13, after the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was put into action. During the speech, he said that he brought an end to eight wars in the world, including the conflict between India and Pakistan. Here are the facts

Armenia, Azerbaijan sign Trump-brokered peace deal where US gains exclusive access to key transit corridor
Fp Staff •In a bid to win a Nobel Peace Prize, US President Donald Trump has clinched a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, the truce came with perks for the US as Trump gets access to a transit corridor, which will be named after him

With eyes on Nobel Peace Prize, Trump hosts Armenia & Azerbaijan's leaders for peace deal
Fp Staff •With eyes on the Nobel peace prize, US President Donald Trump is hosting leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in a bid to strike a peace deal. The two countries have been fighting over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh for decades.

Can Black Sea Corridor be India’s game-changer in Eurasian geopolitics? Armenia backs the bet
Bhagyasree Sengupta •In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, policy researchers from Armenia discussed how the country has become India's gateway to the Caucasus and explained how a Black Sea Corridor can be India’s game-changer in Eurasian geopolitics



