Armenia
Pashinyan and wife Anna Hakobyan separate after 30 years together
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan were never legally married in their three decades together.
Nate Ostiller
Nate joined OC Media as an editor after a year at The Kyiv Independent, where he covered Ukraine, Russia, and the South Caucasus. He has a background in grant writing and reporting on post-Soviet geopolitics, with a focus on conflict-sensitive journalism and human rights.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani student detained by ICE released after Mamdani appeals to Trump
The ICE agents reportedly wore fake NYPD badges and entered the Columbia University dorms where Elmina Aghayeva was staying.
OC Insider
Four years into Russia’s full-scale war and no end in sight
When I came to Georgia from Kyiv in early February 2022, as warnings were heating up about an impending full-throated Russian invasion, I could not have fathomed it would even begin on the scale it did on 24 February, let alone that it would be still going on four years later. I never did end up going back to my life in Kyiv, apart from a few visits to Ukraine over the past few years, including one in 2025 when I had my first personal experience with a Russian drone and missile attack. There is
Armenia
Armenian Defence Minister visits Iran as rumours of war swirl
Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met with his Iranian counterpart Aziz Nasirzadeh and other high-ranking Iranian military officials.
Azerbaijan
Aliyev meets with CEO of AIPAC during visit to Washington
President Ilham Aliyev is in the US to attend the inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
Armenia
Armenia deports Chechen who threatened to murder daughter
The deportation follows the high-profile murder of a Chechen woman in Yerevan.
