BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20. I came here secretly by train from Moscow 35 years ago, the famous photographer Reza Deghati said, Trend reports. He noted that the territory was filled with people.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 20. The captain of an Aeroflot aircraft operating the Moscow (SVO) – Dubai route requested an emergency landing at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Trend reports. The reason for this request was the deteriorating health of one of the passengers.

Qabil Ashirov Read more The captain of an Aeroflot flight operating on the Moscow (SVO) – Dubai route requested an emergency landing at Heydar Ali

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin's latest apology "isn't enough" and that Moscow must take responsibility.

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. But some experts in Baku believe that the issue can be managed.

Official Moscow stepped up its criticism of the European Union’s Monitoring Mission in Armenia, calling it “anti-Azerbaijani, anti-Russian and anti-Iranian.”

A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment in hospital.

Laman Ismayilova Read more Leyla Mammadbayova was a very brave woman who became the first female pilot in Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, Southern Europ

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.

Azerbaijan's president said on Monday that Russia was "guilty" over the downing of an airline last month that Baku says was shot by Russian air defences.

While Baku and Moscow are not close allies in the traditional sense, Russia supplies arms to Azerbaijan and has sought to be the main mediator for its bitter conflict with Armenia. Russian leader ...

By Neil Hauer in Yerevan For proponents of Armenia’s ongoing move towards the West, it’s been a big couple of weeks. On January 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that his government would soon introduce a bill in parliament that would essentially begin the country’s process of applying to join the European Union.