Armenian Soldier

Fierce clashes left at least 30 Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers dead Saturday as Russia and the West urged an immediate ceasefire after a major escalation in violence over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.

A Russian soldier accused of killing a family of seven in Armenia, including two children, went on trial for desertion today at a Russian army base in the former Soviet state.

Armenian forces today killed an Azerbaijani soldier in the latest breach of a ceasefire between the arch-foes locked in a simmering conflict over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, officials in Baku said.

An ethnic Armenian soldier from the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region was killed today by Azerbaijani troops in a fresh clash along the breakaway region's frontier, the rebel authorities said.

Fierce clashes left at least 30 Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers dead Saturday as Russia and the West urged an immediate ceasefire after a major escalation in violence over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.

A Russian soldier accused of killing a family of seven in Armenia, including two children, went on trial for desertion today at a Russian army base in the former Soviet state.

Armenian forces today killed an Azerbaijani soldier in the latest breach of a ceasefire between the arch-foes locked in a simmering conflict over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, officials in Baku said.

An ethnic Armenian soldier from the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region was killed today by Azerbaijani troops in a fresh clash along the breakaway region's frontier, the rebel authorities said.