YEREVAN, Armenia — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his ruling Civil Contract party have won a decisive victory in Armenia’s 2026 parliamentary election, overcoming intense political and economic pressure from Russia and reaffirming the country’s increasingly pro-European trajectory. According to official election results, Civil Contract secured nearly 50 percent of the vote, comfortably ahead of…

June 7, 2026 The United States has acknowledged that Iran’s missile attacks caused severe damage to a critical command facility at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East. The disclosure comes months after Washington initially downplayed the impact of Iranian retaliation during the conflict. According to Air…