Oil industry veteran to lead COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s Minister for ecology and natural resources and formerly an executive at state oil company SOCAR Mukhtar Babayev (C) visits at the Norm cement plant in Baku, on February 23,…
As Azerbaijan claims final victory in Nagorno Karabakh, arms trade with Israel comes under scrutiny
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Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from January 1 2024, president declares
CNN — The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani…
Nagorno-Karabakh: Nearly half of the population has fled. What happens next?
CNN — Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani…
Thousands flee as Armenia warns of ethnic cleansing
Armenian police officers walks near refugees as they queue in vehicles near the border town of Kornidzor, arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 26, 2023. Alain Jocard | Afp | Getty…
Pakistan, Azerbaijan agree to work together at Int’l fora
Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani held a meeting with his Azerbaijan counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The…
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan says it wants to “reintegrate” breakaway region. What does that mean?
CNN — The same day that Azerbaijan celebrated the surrender of separatist Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, many in the breakaway region’s capital spent the evening throwing stacks of paper onto…
Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over enclave
A protestor speaks with Armenian police officers as they guard the entrance to the Government House during a rally in Yerevan on September 21, 2023, following Azerbaijani military operations against…
Nagorno-Karabakh crisis lays bare deteriorating Armenian relationship with Russia
CNN — The crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh has come amid a sharp deterioration in the relationship between historic allies Armenia and Russia, and has been amplified by sometimes incendiary commentary from…
Azerbaijan-Armenia: The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh explained
CNN — Ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down their arms after Azerbaijan launched a brief but bloody military offensive on Tuesday, handing a boost to Azerbaijan as…