"I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook," Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia.

Erdogan could order Islamist militias to deploy along the Israeli border with Syria, creating a highly combustible reality

Opposition Pativ Unem faction MP Tigran Abrahamyan has warned that Azerbaijan aims to settle so-called "refugees" in strategically important parts of Armenia through the border delimitation and demarcation process.

Seven people went on trial in Azerbaijan on Tuesday in the latest of a series of cases against staff of independent news media, prompting accusations of a crackdown on the press.

The Foreign Minister of France Jean-Noël Barrot's comment accusing Azerbaijan of overseas territories interference is an overt attempt to cover up France’s inaction vis-a-vis demands of the indigenous population of New Caledonia.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. An appeal against the conviction of Zahir Askerov, the captain of a vessel belonging to Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea Oil Fleet, who was charged with treason, has been reviewed, Trend reports. The decision was announced today at the Baku Court of Appeal during a session chaired by Judge Gabil Mammadov.

Mojtaba Damirchiloo, the Assistant Minister and Director General for Eurasia at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has expressed serious concerns regarding "negative actions" emanating from certain circles in Azerbaijan that could jeopardize the burgeoning relations between Tehran and Baku.

French Ambassador Anne Boillon’s visit to the Alley of Martyrs in Baku, marking the 35th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy, has ignited controversy within Armenian media circles. An article published by an Armenian online outlet has gone so far as to question her motives,

In the course of the visit, Fuad Naghiyev and UN Secretary-General for Tourism Zurab Pololikashvili signed an agreement on holding the 71st meeting of the UN Regional Commission for Tourism in Europe in Azerbaijan on June 4-6, 2025, at the organization's headquarters in Madrid.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was on the agenda of newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reported by the U.S. State Department on Thursday.

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