Calls for Armenia’s PM to quit as president refuses order to sack military chief

Opposition demonstrators during a rally to pressure Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign (Hrant Khachatryan/PAN Photo via AP)

Around 15,000 protesters calling for the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister have marched through the capital.

Pressure is increasing on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after the country’s president rejected his order to dismiss the chief of the military general staff.