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Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shakes hands with U.S. Vice President JD Vance as the two meet to sign a nuclear agreement.
WHOOPSIES

Vance Scrambles to Delete ‘Genocide’ Post in Awkward Gaffe

The vice president changed his tune to fit the party line.

Harry Thompson

President Donald Trump speaks during the APEC CEOs Summit on October 29, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea.
SENIOR MOMENT

Trump, 79, Forgets Name of War He Supposedly Solved

The president once again fluffed his lines.

Ewan Palmer

Donald Trump
GLOBAL LAUGHING STOCK

World Leaders Laugh at Trump, 79, for Ending Nonexistent War

The president has frequently claimed to have resolved a conflict between Azerbaijan and Albania.

Ewan Palmer

Erika Kirk and Donald Trump
FAKING WINS

Desperate Trump, 79, Makes Up a War He’s ‘Solved’

The president falsely claimed he’d brokered peace between Cambodia and Armenia—countries 4,000 miles apart.

Tom Latchem

U.S. President Donald Trump talks at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18, 2025 in Aylesbury, England.   Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
NOT AGAIN!

Trump, 79, Confused Over Which Country’s War He ‘Solved’

The gaffe is the second time in as many weeks the president has mistaken the two countries.

Farrah Tomazin

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SENIOR MOMENT

Trump, 79, Can’t Remember Which Country’s War He Solved

The president thinks he brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Albania. He did not.

Catherine Bouris

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Photo illustration of New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, refugees fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, and mining operations.
BLOOD MONEY

Suit Says NH Guv’s Family May Profit Off Humanitarian Crisis

A Sununu-linked mining company prepares to exploit resources in a disputed region as ethnic Armenians flee, according to legal docs and other public records.

William Bredderman

Photo illustration of a truck carrying refugees from Azerbaijan toward Armenia on top of a map of the two countries
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ABANDONED

Survivors Reveal War Crimes as Putin’s Men Stood Aside

In interviews with The Daily Beast, soldiers recounted horror stories from the Nagorno-Karabakh onslaught after their Russian allies failed to intervene.

Anna Conkling

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in front of an electronic screen showing Vladimir Putin
CROSSED WIRES

Russia’s Alliance Woes Pile Up With a New Public Warning

“This is not something that we welcome.”

Shannon Vavra

Vehicles carrying refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh queue on the road leading toward the Armenian border, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Sept. 25, 2023.
DISSOLVING

Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Will Cease to Exist by Jan. 1

The self-declared republic’s state institutions are set to dissolve, a week after a victory by Azeri forces and a mass Armenian exodus.

Martha Mercer

Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh in Lachin corridor.
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‘EMPTY PROMISES’

First Look at Historic Mass Exodus Putin Failed to Prevent

The Daily Beast was the first on the ground in the Lachin Corridor after thousands began fleeing a deadly conflict that Russia had tried—and failed—to rein in.

Anna Conkling

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