Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan arrests journalist, charges another as press crackdown continues
Azerbaijani police on Monday arrested one journalist and ordered pre-trial detention for another, the latest reporters to face legal trouble since a…
Azerbaijan expels French diplomats amid Armenia tensions
Azerbaijan's foreign ministry has declared two employees of France's embassy persona non grata over "conduct that is not compatible with their diplomatic…
COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan touts country’s gas potential
After winning a fraught bid to host next year's United Nations climate talks in Baku, a senior Azerbaijani official promoted the country's…
Opposition parties reject Azerbaijan’s snap election call as undemocratic
Azerbaijan's two main opposition parties on Monday denounced the calling of a snap election, in which President Ilham Aliyev is expected to…
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap presidential election for February
Dec 7 (Reuters) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday called an early presidential election for Feb. 7, according to a document…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on basic peace treaty principles
Nov 18 (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan have been able to agree on the basic principles for a peace treaty but are…
World Court: Azerbaijan must let ethnic Armenians return to Nagorno-Karabakh
Judges at the World Court ordered Azerbaijan to let ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh in September return, and to keep the Armenians…
Azerbaijan snubs Armenia meeting in Washington
Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said it could not take part in a meeting with Armenia's foreign minister planned for Nov. 20 in Washington…
Azerbaijan leader: ‘France would be responsible’ for any new conflict with Armenia
MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's president scolded the European Union and warned that France's decision to send military aid to Armenia could trigger…
UPDATED: Karabakh Armenians agree to ceasefire after Azerbaijan military operation
YEREVAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire on…
Azerbaijan launches military action in Karabakh ‘to disarm Armenians’
Azerbaijan launched military action in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a step that could presage a new war in the volatile area but which…
Update: Doubt over deal opening road to Azerbaijan breakaway region as truck idles
By Felix Light and Nailia Bagirova TBILISI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A truck carrying aid to Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region was left…