Azerbaijan

Turkey says 20 troops killed in military plane crash in Georgia

12 Nov 2025 - 4:20PM

Israel-Gaza war

As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, world powers plan stabilisation force

17 Oct 2025 - 2:40PMvideocam

Putin admits Russian missiles downed Azerbaijan jet last year

Putin promised compensation for Azerbaijan Airlines crash victims after Russian missiles downed the plane amid Ukrainian drone incursions.

9 Oct 2025 - 9:12PM

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Tajik President at the Palace of Nation in Dushanbe on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Opinion | China’s moment to rewire the world is arriving. What will it do?

For the first time since the Cold War, the world is between orders and the momentum is with Beijing as geopolitical winds shift eastward.

16 Sep 2025 - 6:30AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters

A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.

13 Sep 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Trump’s push for the Nobel Peace Prize won’t sway us, says committee

US president claims he ‘deserves it’, but the Norwegian Nobel Committee insists its decisions are based on merit, not media campaigns.

12 Sep 2025 - 2:02PM

Trump was put up for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?

The US leader claims credit for resolving friction but experts in China say he reduces historical complexities to ‘mere schoolyard fights’.

18 Aug 2025 - 10:30PMvideocam

Advantage America? Revived Silk Route puts US back on track in South Caucasus

The Trump-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, which gives the US an interest in the ‘Zangezur Corridor’, shifts regional power dynamics.

14 Aug 2025 - 2:50PMvideocam

Central Asia

‘Surrender document’: Armenians doubt Azerbaijan peace deal brokered by Trump

The treaty, signed in Washington, sparked controversy over a new transit zone and accusations that Armenia’s PM has made ‘endless concessions’.

10 Aug 2025 - 1:08PMvideocam

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign ‘Trump Route’ peace deal at White House

The leaders of the two nations also suggested sending a joint appeal for the US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

9 Aug 2025 - 2:51PMvideocam

Trump to host Armenia and Azerbaijan for historic ‘Peace Signing’

The leaders of the two ex-Soviet republics will be in Washington for a summit aimed at ending their decades-long conflict.

8 Aug 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

From colony to kingmaker: Azerbaijan redraws Eurasia’s balance of power

The ex-Soviet republic aims to play a bigger role in the Caucasus and is willing to upset Moscow and Tehran in the process, analysts say.

13 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

US-China relations

Rubio-Wang meet, China GDP, Nvidia and more

This week: Marco Rubio meets Wang Yi, Donald Trump revives tariff war, EU seeks to reduce reliance on China. Next week: China’s economy may slow, Nvidia’s Huang in China, Australian PM discusses Port Darwin and more.

11 Jul 2025 - 5:30PM

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Exclusive | Armenia looks to deepen ties with China for foreign policy beyond Russia

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says his country’s Crossroads of Peace and China’s belt and road project are interdependent.

3 Jul 2025 - 3:37PMvideocam

Armenia’s top diplomat Ararat Mirzoyan says of relations with China: “Not only is there no impediment and any obstacle on the way of deepening our relations, but also there is openness and readiness to deepen these relations without any limitations.” Photo: Handout

Opinion | As attacks on Iran show, Russia can now do very little for its allies

Moscow’s credibility is sinking after it failed to stand up for allies in Iran, Syria and Armenia.

30 Jun 2025 - 10:30AMvideocam

Israel-Iran conflict

By air, land and sea, nations race to evacuate citizens from Israel and Iran

Caught between warring nations, thousands of foreign nationals are being moved out of Israel and Iran in complex logistical operations.

20 Jun 2025 - 11:34AM

India

Why India is boosting arms sales to Armenia amid Pakistan, Turkey tensions

India’s move is seen as an effort to counter a growing strategic alignment between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

21 May 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

India

India boycott of Turkey, Azerbaijan reflects growing ‘consumer-led diplomacy’

From traders to travel platforms, Indian companies are using economic tools to signal foreign policy displeasure, analysts note.

16 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

South Korea

After losing loved ones to Jeju Air crash, grieving families face online hate

Hate comments could stem from feelings of resentment and injustice over families receiving compensation from government, an expert says.

14 Jan 2025 - 11:55PMvideocam

South Korea

Jeju Air, Azerbaijani jet crashes mark deadliest year in aviation since 2018

The spike in fatalities marks a reversal from 2023, which became the safest year ever in aviation with no deaths among large passenger planes.

31 Dec 2024 - 12:14PMvideocam

Rescuers work near the wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on December 30. Photo: Reuters

‘I thought the plane was going to fall apart’: survivors recall Azeri jet crash

‘He (the captain) warned that there would be a hard landing and asked us to be ready and prepare the passengers,’ a flight attendant said.

28 Dec 2024 - 9:20AMvideocam

A rescuer searches at the wreckage of the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 26. Photo: Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP

Azerbaijan, US officials: plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire

Assessments echoed those made by outside aviation experts who blamed Wednesday’s crash on Russia.

28 Dec 2024 - 7:41AMvideocam

Central Asia

Azerbaijan plane crashed ‘due to physical and technical external interference’

Four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of the investigation had said Russian air defences had mistakenly shot it down.

27 Dec 2024 - 9:19PMvideocam

Azerbaijan Airlines hails ‘heroism’ of dead pilots for saving 29 lives in crash

The carrier’s president said the crew’s ‘prioritisation of human life have immortalised their names in history’.

27 Dec 2024 - 1:17PMvideocam

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan believes missile downed plane, Russia warns against ‘hypotheses’

38 people died in Wednesday’s crash in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijani source said Baku expects Russia ‘to confess’ to shooting down the plane.

27 Dec 2024 - 1:04PMvideocam

Rescuers transport a wounded passenger from a medical plane at Zhukovsky airport outside Moscow, after the Azerbaijani Airline crashed. Photo: via AP