Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan in disputed area

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out Sunday around the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian Defense Ministry said two Azerbaijani helicopters were shot down.Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said Armenian forces hit three Azerbaijani tanks.Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan that has been out of Azerbaijan’s control since the end of a war in 1994.