Armenian police detained 88 people at a protest in the capital Yerevan by demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his decision to cede several border villages to Azerbaijan.
Armenia said last month it would return the uninhabited villages in what both sides said was an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The decision has angered many in Armenia. Protesters led by a senior Armenian cleric reached Yerevan on Thursday after walking for several days from a village in the country's northeast, a distance of some 100 miles (160 km).
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan called for Prime Minister Pashinyan's resignation at rally of thousands of supporters, who he encouraged to begin acts of civil disobedience aimed at toppling the government.
Opposition parties in Armenia's parliament have said they will try to begin impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan, whose Civil Contract party retains a majority of lawmakers, and is unlikely to break with him.
Armenia is a treaty ally of Russia and traditionally Moscow's closest partner in the South Caucasus, but bilateral relations have sharply deteriorated in recent months as Yerevan has sought to build ties with the West, blaming Russia for failing to defend it from Azerbaijan.
An Israeli strike hit Palestinians near a medical centre in Gaza on Thursday, killing 16 including children and wounding more people, local health authorities said, as ceasefire talks dragged on with no result expected soon.
Russian drones and missiles bore down on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Thursday, with officials reporting two deaths, 13 injured and fires in apartment and non-residential buildings as Washington resumed weapons delivery to the war-torn country.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will announce tougher migration controls on Thursday, capping a state visit when they agreed to deeper defence and nuclear cooperation in a more volatile world.
Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources said, a day after Houthi rebels sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said they were holding some of the crew still missing.
The US said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who has been outspoken about Israel's war on Gaza.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is urging passenger transport operators to fully comply with regulations across all services — including chartered, tourist and international buses.
Dubai recorded a total of 3,481 traffic accidents during the summer months (June 1 to September 30) last year, resulting in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries.