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Explainer-What is the history of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
TBILISI - Armenia and Azerbaijan were locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for nearly four decades after the Soviet Union they...
Mar 182 min read


Putin apologises to Azerbaijan's Aliyev over 'tragic incident' with plane in Russian airspace
MOSCOW - Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's president for a "tragic incident" which happened in Russian...
Dec 28, 20241 min read


Facts-What we know about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
A passenger jet operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after diverting from an area...
Dec 28, 20243 min read


Explainer-COP29 - How does $300 billion stack up?
BAKU - Countries agreed at the U.N.'s COP29 climate conference to spend $300 billion on annual climate finance. Here are some ways of...
Nov 24, 20242 min read


Explainer-What is the point of a UN climate COP?
BAKU - Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's...
Nov 9, 20243 min read


Exclusive-Azerbaijan offers to fund climate-vulnerable islands' delegates at COP29, source says
BRUSSELS - The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators...
Sep 26, 20242 min read


Azerbaijan's ruling party set to retain parliamentary majority in snap election
BAKU - Azerbaijan's ruling party was set to retain its majority in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, election officials said, in the...
Sep 2, 20241 min read


Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France, French media say
PARIS - Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport...
Aug 25, 20243 min read


Azerbaijan raises alarm over Caspian Sea's 'catastrophic' shrinking
BAKU - Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the...
Aug 19, 20241 min read


Olympics-Judo-Kotsoiev, Bellandi land golds as Israel opens Games account
Zelym Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan and Italian Alice Bellandi both won gold in a dramatic judo competition at the Paris Olympics on Thursday,...
Aug 3, 20242 min read


Olympics-Judo-Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan wins men's under 100kg judo gold
PARIS - Zelym Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan won the gold medal in the men's under 100kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Georgian Ilia...
Aug 3, 20241 min read


Olympics-Judo-Canada's Deguchi and Heydarov of Azerbaijan win gold
PARIS - Christa Deguchi won the women's under 57kg gold to hand Canada its first ever Olympic judo title on Monday before Hidayat...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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