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Capital

Yerevan

Head of State

President Vahagn Khachaturyan

Head of Government

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Residents mail parcels at the General Post Office in Central in May 2025. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong transport

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

1 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM

World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

‘For the world’: Trump launches his Board of Peace that some see rivalling UN

22 Jan 2026 - 8:49PMvideocam

Ukraine war

Opinion | How the West’s sanctions against Russia are fuelling a protracted war

23 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong seizes fake Gucci, other goods worth HK$65 million during major sale

Customs seizes 120,000 counterfeit items in transshipments during ‘Double 11’ online shopping festival in mainland China.

21 Nov 2025 - 7:37PM

Customs officers have seized 120,000 counterfeit items, including handbags, mobile phones and watches worth HK$65 million. Photo: Jelly Tse

Singapore

Air travellers departing Singapore to pay up to US$32 in green fuel levy

The fee will be applied on tickets sold from April 1 for flights leaving the city state from October 1.

11 Nov 2025 - 11:28AMvideocam

Pope Leo XIV

Nuns, teen influencer and ex-Satanic priest among 7 new saints

Pope Leo XIV created the new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea and an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide.

19 Oct 2025 - 9:57PM

Asia travel

Millennia-old wine caves and cutting-edge cuisine in Armenia

Buffeted by the winds of change for centuries, Armenia is embracing the past to build a brighter future.

2 Oct 2025 - 6:15PM

Anna Yesayan (left) and Gohar Gareginyan making lavash bread in a glkhatun dwelling in the Armenian village of Tsaghkunk. Photo: courtesy Tsaghkunk Restaurant & Glkhatun

Diplomacy

Opinion | China’s moment to rewire the world is arriving. What will it do?

For the first time since the Cold War, the world is between orders and the momentum is with Beijing as geopolitical winds shift eastward.

16 Sep 2025 - 6:30AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters

A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.

13 Sep 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

SCO

Foreign leaders ride the rapid rails of China’s tech prowess after SCO summit

Blazing from Tianjin to Beijing on China’s signature high-speed railway, several state leaders are given a glimpse of rapid and lucrative modernisation efforts.

5 Sep 2025 - 11:35AMvideocam

Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli arrives in Beijing on Tuesday. He is among more than a dozen state leaders who took a high-speed train to Beijing this week to attend Wednesday’s Victory Day parade. Photo: Xinhua

SCO

Opinion | Beijing expands its influence in Eurasia as Trump triggers geopolitical shifts

While US policies are pushing China, Russia and India closer to each other, Eurasia is still marked by differences and contradictions.

26 Aug 2025 - 6:30AM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi, India on August 18, ahead of the Indian prime minister’s first visit to China in seven years. Photo: Indian Foreign Ministry via AP

Donald Trump

Trump was put up for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?

The US leader claims credit for resolving friction but experts in China say he reduces historical complexities to ‘mere schoolyard fights’.

18 Aug 2025 - 10:30PMvideocam

Russia

Advantage America? Revived Silk Route puts US back on track in South Caucasus

The Trump-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, which gives the US an interest in the ‘Zangezur Corridor’, shifts regional power dynamics.

14 Aug 2025 - 2:50PMvideocam

Central Asia

‘Surrender document’: Armenians doubt Azerbaijan peace deal brokered by Trump

The treaty, signed in Washington, sparked controversy over a new transit zone and accusations that Armenia’s PM has made ‘endless concessions’.

10 Aug 2025 - 1:08PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign ‘Trump Route’ peace deal at White House

The leaders of the two nations also suggested sending a joint appeal for the US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

9 Aug 2025 - 2:51PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Trump to host Armenia and Azerbaijan for historic ‘Peace Signing’

The leaders of the two ex-Soviet republics will be in Washington for a summit aimed at ending their decades-long conflict.

8 Aug 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Russia

Russia’s Aeroflot cancels flights over crippling cyberattack

A statement purporting to be from hacking group Silent Crow says it carried out the attack with a Belarusian team, and linked it to the Ukraine war.

28 Jul 2025 - 8:45PMvideocam

US-China relations

Opinion | Why the global balance of power is shifting in China’s favour

Research suggests no country can win a trade war, but national power and resilience can mean the difference between decline and progress.

20 Jul 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

A worker cooperates with a robotic device to weld steel goods in Meishan, Sichuan province, on July 8. Photo: VCG / Getty Images

Azerbaijan

From colony to kingmaker: Azerbaijan redraws Eurasia’s balance of power

The ex-Soviet republic aims to play a bigger role in the Caucasus and is willing to upset Moscow and Tehran in the process, analysts say.

13 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

SCMP Highlights

Armenia seeks deeper Chinese ties, Apple’s China story: SCMP daily highlights

From China’s hydropower breakthrough in Tibet to questions over Brics’ effectiveness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

3 Jul 2025 - 9:15PM

Diplomacy

Exclusive | Armenia looks to deepen ties with China for foreign policy beyond Russia

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says his country’s Crossroads of Peace and China’s belt and road project are interdependent.

3 Jul 2025 - 3:37PMvideocam

Armenia’s top diplomat Ararat Mirzoyan says of relations with China: “Not only is there no impediment and any obstacle on the way of deepening our relations, but also there is openness and readiness to deepen these relations without any limitations.” Photo: Handout

Russia

Opinion | As attacks on Iran show, Russia can now do very little for its allies

Moscow’s credibility is sinking after it failed to stand up for allies in Iran, Syria and Armenia.

30 Jun 2025 - 10:30AMvideocam

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 20. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Iran conflict

By air, land and sea, nations race to evacuate citizens from Israel and Iran

Caught between warring nations, thousands of foreign nationals are being moved out of Israel and Iran in complex logistical operations.

20 Jun 2025 - 11:34AM

Israel-Iran conflict

China’s Xi urges Israel, Iran to ‘de-escalate’, says Beijing can be peacemaker

President Xi Jinping’s remarks during talks with Uzbek counterpart come as China begins to evacuate nationals from Iran and Israel.

17 Jun 2025 - 8:55PMvideocam

India

Why India is boosting arms sales to Armenia amid Pakistan, Turkey tensions

India’s move is seen as an effort to counter a growing strategic alignment between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

21 May 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during a parade in New Delhi. India is planning to deliver a second batch of Akash-1S surface-to-air missile systems to Armenia under a 2022 treaty. Photo: AFP

Tourism

Dodge the tourist crowds in Armenia, a cultural treasure trove

From Khor Virap monastery with an incredible view of Mount Ararat to the stunning Lake Sevan, off-the-beaten-track Armenia is a must-visit.

2 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM

Khor Virap monastery in Yerevan, Armenia, with Mount Ararat in the background. Photo: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Fame and celebrity

Meet Kash Patel’s much younger partner, Nashville singer Alexis Wilkins

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s choice for director of the FBI, is reported to have met his country-singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins at a conservative ReAwaken America event – here’s what else we know.

7 Feb 2025 - 6:00AM

Switzerland

Most Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs see major potential in AI: UBS

Globally, about 67 per cent of respondents said they would use AI to improve productivity, while 46 per cent would use it to cut headcount.

6 Feb 2025 - 8:06PM

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Armenia

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

‘For the world’: Trump launches his Board of Peace that some see rivalling UN

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | How the West’s sanctions against Russia are fuelling a protracted war

Hong Kong seizes fake Gucci, other goods worth HK$65 million during major sale

Customs seizes 120,000 counterfeit items in transshipments during ‘Double 11’ online shopping festival in mainland China.

Air travellers departing Singapore to pay up to US$32 in green fuel levy

The fee will be applied on tickets sold from April 1 for flights leaving the city state from October 1.

Nuns, teen influencer and ex-Satanic priest among 7 new saints

Pope Leo XIV created the new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea and an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide.

Millennia-old wine caves and cutting-edge cuisine in Armenia

Buffeted by the winds of change for centuries, Armenia is embracing the past to build a brighter future.

Opinion | China’s moment to rewire the world is arriving. What will it do?

For the first time since the Cold War, the world is between orders and the momentum is with Beijing as geopolitical winds shift eastward.

The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters

A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.

Foreign leaders ride the rapid rails of China’s tech prowess after SCO summit

Blazing from Tianjin to Beijing on China’s signature high-speed railway, several state leaders are given a glimpse of rapid and lucrative modernisation efforts.

Opinion | Beijing expands its influence in Eurasia as Trump triggers geopolitical shifts

While US policies are pushing China, Russia and India closer to each other, Eurasia is still marked by differences and contradictions.

Trump was put up for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?

The US leader claims credit for resolving friction but experts in China say he reduces historical complexities to ‘mere schoolyard fights’.

Advantage America? Revived Silk Route puts US back on track in South Caucasus

The Trump-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, which gives the US an interest in the ‘Zangezur Corridor’, shifts regional power dynamics.

‘Surrender document’: Armenians doubt Azerbaijan peace deal brokered by Trump

The treaty, signed in Washington, sparked controversy over a new transit zone and accusations that Armenia’s PM has made ‘endless concessions’.

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign ‘Trump Route’ peace deal at White House

The leaders of the two nations also suggested sending a joint appeal for the US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump to host Armenia and Azerbaijan for historic ‘Peace Signing’

The leaders of the two ex-Soviet republics will be in Washington for a summit aimed at ending their decades-long conflict.

Russia’s Aeroflot cancels flights over crippling cyberattack

A statement purporting to be from hacking group Silent Crow says it carried out the attack with a Belarusian team, and linked it to the Ukraine war.

Opinion | Why the global balance of power is shifting in China’s favour

Research suggests no country can win a trade war, but national power and resilience can mean the difference between decline and progress.

From colony to kingmaker: Azerbaijan redraws Eurasia’s balance of power

The ex-Soviet republic aims to play a bigger role in the Caucasus and is willing to upset Moscow and Tehran in the process, analysts say.

Armenia seeks deeper Chinese ties, Apple’s China story: SCMP daily highlights

From China’s hydropower breakthrough in Tibet to questions over Brics’ effectiveness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | Armenia looks to deepen ties with China for foreign policy beyond Russia

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says his country’s Crossroads of Peace and China’s belt and road project are interdependent.

Opinion | As attacks on Iran show, Russia can now do very little for its allies

Moscow’s credibility is sinking after it failed to stand up for allies in Iran, Syria and Armenia.

By air, land and sea, nations race to evacuate citizens from Israel and Iran

Caught between warring nations, thousands of foreign nationals are being moved out of Israel and Iran in complex logistical operations.

China’s Xi urges Israel, Iran to ‘de-escalate’, says Beijing can be peacemaker

President Xi Jinping’s remarks during talks with Uzbek counterpart come as China begins to evacuate nationals from Iran and Israel.

Why India is boosting arms sales to Armenia amid Pakistan, Turkey tensions

India’s move is seen as an effort to counter a growing strategic alignment between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

Dodge the tourist crowds in Armenia, a cultural treasure trove

From Khor Virap monastery with an incredible view of Mount Ararat to the stunning Lake Sevan, off-the-beaten-track Armenia is a must-visit.

Meet Kash Patel’s much younger partner, Nashville singer Alexis Wilkins

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s choice for director of the FBI, is reported to have met his country-singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins at a conservative ReAwaken America event – here’s what else we know.

Most Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs see major potential in AI: UBS

Globally, about 67 per cent of respondents said they would use AI to improve productivity, while 46 per cent would use it to cut headcount.

Opinion | How the West’s sanctions against Russia are fuelling a protracted war

Exclusive | Armenia looks to deepen ties with China for foreign policy beyond Russia