Armenia launches snap elections after gov't fails to select PM

Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (C) receives an interview after casting his ballot at a polling station in Yerevan, Armenia, on Dec. 9, 2018. Armenia kicked off snap elections on Sunday to pick a new parliament for the next five years, after a second failed attempt by the National Assembly in November to elect a prime minister. (Xinhua/Gevorg Ghazaryan)