Death toll rises in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast as thousands flee. Armenia says at least 28,120 ethnic Armenians from breakaway region entered the country after Azerbaijan’s offensive.

Rescuers were struggling to deal with the massive blast at the fuel depot. At least 170 people are now known to have died in a huge explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.

The explosion at fuel storage facility wounded more than 200 people, the Nagorno-Karabakh human rights ombudsman said. Meanwhile, thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents have fled to Armenia.

Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads on Tuesday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed ...

Artur Sargsyan's personal effects were discovered near the blast site. His body was identified a month later (photo by Anna Ispiryan) On September 25, Elina Jamalyan and her family were packing their ...

Blast in Nagorno-Karabakh injures more than 200 as thousands flee to Armenia, local official says . Thomas Becker is the Legal and Policy Director of the University Network for Human Rights ...

Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said scores of people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station as people seeking to flee to Armenia lined up for fuel.

Nagorno-Karabakh - a mountainous region in the South Caucasus - is recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan, but has been controlled by ethnic Armenians for three decades.

Ahead of the second GOP presidential debate, dozens of Armenian Americans and supporters rallied at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to bring attention to the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The breakaway government of Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday that it would cease to exist, formally ending more than 30 years of separatist rule, a week after a swift attack by Azerbaijan ...

A year ago, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh. One of the refugees was a rapper and singer named Lyoka, who suffered through years of conflict as a child. Now ...

At least 170 people are now known to have died in a huge explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday. The announcement marks a sharp rise from the authorities' previous estimate of 68 ...