The Saint Sarkis Armenian Church in the north Dallas suburb of Carrollton, Texas, United States has received the most votes a World-Architects poll for US Building of the Year 2022. The importance of history and tradition in the Armenian Orthodox Church extends to the design of Saint Sarkis Armenian Church, which derives its form from the 7th-century Saint Hripsime Church near the Armenian capital of Yerevan

Armenia today presented provisional measures requested from the UN’s International Court of Justice against Azerbaijan.

The public hearings concluded today at the the Peace Palace, the seat of the Court, and the Court has now begun its deliberation. The Armenian delegation was led by H.E. Mr. Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters, as Agent.

At the conclusion of Armenia’s oral argument, Yeghishe Kirakosyan made the following request to the Court:

Azerbaijan's dictatorship has blockaded Artsakh for 50 days now continuously cutting off electricity and natural gas supplies in an attempt of creating terror and panic among the resilient civilians of Artsakh. 50 days of limited and in some cases no access to basic necessities such as medicine and food.

As the Artsakh blockade is approaching day 50, Armenian diaspora communities have mobilized and organized various demonstrations to express their support for the people of Artsakh and also to condemn Azerbaijan for their illegal blockade against Artsakh. Communities all over the world have organized marches, support rallies, protests against Azerbaijani consulates and embassies, and have even blocked entrances to Foreign Ministry offices.

The Armenia diaspora stands with Artsakh.

BREAKING - In an unprecedented move, Armenia's government has extradited two Kurdish HPG members to the government of Turkey. The men were fighting in eastern Turkey and turned themselves in at the Turkish/Armenian border in August of 2021. Earlier this year they were released after a legally-binding verdict by Armenian Court of Appeals. Last month it was reported they were kidnapped by Armenia’s intelligence agency (NSS) and handed over to Turkey’s intelligence agency (MIT).

In a bold move, the US Embassy in Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to not only return to their troops to their previous posts, but to "resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through peaceful negotiations." On September 23, the US Embassy in Armenia responded to a set of questions from First Channel News finding the killings of Armenian civilians as "deeply concerning" and condemning the torture of captives.

Today, PM Nikol Pashinyan spoke at the 77th UN General Assembly in New York.

Below we have included the key points from his speech.

LIVE UPDATES FROM BAGHRAMYAN: The people are demanding a minimum of 18 parliamentarians from the ruling @civilcontractam party to join them in declaring no-confidence (impeachment) against Pashinyan. Protestors are taking a moment of silence in memory of the 105 heroes who gave their lives protecting Armenia.

Our team is live on instagram watch the protest now: instagram.com/301arm/live/

BREAKING:

Two hours into the question answer session at Parliament, Nikol Pashinyan announces that he is ready to sign a document that will recognize Azerbaijan's territorial claims in exchange for peace. For two years the ruling regime has been mediating peace negotiations with Azerbaijan and continued to claim that Artsakh's independence and sovereignty was at the top of their agenda.

BREAKING:

According to Armenian social media users, fighting has started all along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

There is information about the shelling of the Armenian cities of Vardenis and Jermuk. The sounds of explosions are also heard near Goris and the village of Tatev The Azerbaijani armed forces used UAVs in the direction of Kapan, Syunik district, according to Armenian parliamentarian Anna Grigoryan.

Armenian-American Dr. Raymond Vahan Damadian, the inventory of the MRI scanning machine passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

Dr. Damadian was born in March of 1936 to #ArmenianGenocide survivor Vahan and Odette Damadian. He grew up in New York & became a licensed physician, medical practitioner, mathematician, and inventor.

Dr. Damadian was the first ever to perform a full-body scan of a human being on July 3, 1977, to diagnose cancer. Despite his success, he was denied the Nobel Peace Prize.

Artsakh Parliamentary factions rule out Peaceful coexistence with Azerbaijan Following the recent developments of the last few days, the 5 factions of Artsakh’s National Assembly published a statement, in which they ruled out peaceful coexistence of Artsakh within Azerbaijan.

Shooting is reported near the Serbian town of Novi Pazar near the border with Kosovo.

Air raid sirens are sounding. Unconfirmed reports of casualties among the Serbian military in the conflict zone on the border with Kosovo.

It is also reported that the Serbs are erecting barricades to slow down the movement of the Kosovo special forces.

ARF Youth member Suneh Abrahamian has been declared persona non grata in Armenia by the ruling Civil Contract party less than a month after French Armenian community leader & member of the highest body of the ARF (ARF Bureau) @franckpapazian was denied entry to Armenia Suneh Abrahamian traveled to Armenia on July 31st to participate in ARF youth summer camps for children in Syunik. Upon arriving to Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia, she was taken into a small room for interrogation.

A former Artsakh Defense Army commander has been arrested today, according to the the press service of the Investigative Committee of Armenia reports. The report stated that the colonel who held the post of commander from November 2019 to October 4, 2020, committed numerous violations while on combat duty.

During an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Artsakh, MP Artur Moisyan published the text of the statement of the National Assembly, which rejects any status for Artsakh other than self-determination.

Artsakh's National Assembly unanimously adopted the statement. • Any process of forcible annexation of Artsakh to Azerbaijan within the framework of the "peace agenda" between Yerevan and Baku will destroy the statehood of the NKR and violate the inalienable right of the people of Artsakh to live in their historical homeland.

April 14, 1992 marks a dark day in modern Armenian history as Artur Mkrtchyan, the first Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh Republic), was assassinated. Artur was an ethnographer and historian by profession but also served the people of Artsakh as a statesman and politician.

Being in Hadrut when the Artsakh movement began in 1988, Artur saw himself entirely absorbed by the movement and witnessed his transition into an organizer

The opposition boycotted the NA session, instead going to Artsakh and the border villages. Seyran Ohanyan placed the Artsakh flag on the podium of the National Assembly, opposition deputies on their desks Vahagn Aleksanyan, a member of the Civil Contract faction, disrespectfully removed from the National Assembly's rostrum the flag of Artsakh raised by Seyran Ohanyan.

The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR took the locality of Lopaskino. On the north-eastern outskirts of Kharkov, in the area of the Circulars, a battle has been going on for half an hour.

As the situation in Ukraine escalates and with the geopolitical importance in the region and to Armenia, the 301 team will be covering the most recent developments over the next coming weeks. At least 17 countries called on their citizens to leave Ukraine, due to the possible invasion by Russia. Countries are US,UK,Australia,Belgium,Greece,Israel, Canada,Latvia,the Netherlands,New Zealand, Norway, Northern Macedonia, Finland, Montenegro, Estonia, Japan, & South Korea.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas: "the CSTO is one of the key elements of Armenia's security system, which has a wide area of responsibility." 2. Pashinyan: Armenia prepares to take over the leadership of CSTO not only in connection with the security challenges that have arisen for us recently, but also in the broader sense.