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Capital

Baku

Head of State

President Ilham Aliyev

Head of Government

Prime Minister Ali Asadov

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Hong Kong won’t pursue carbon-based taxes under bid to go green: Paul Chan

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Pakistan

Pakistan’s arms deals cleared for take-off as orders soar for JF-17 jets

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Aviation accidents

Turkey says 20 troops killed in military plane crash in Georgia

Video showed the aircraft corkscrewing towards the ground and then bursting into flames.

12 Nov 2025 - 4:20PM

Wreckage at the crash site in the Sighnaghi area, the Georgia-Azerbaijan border. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, world powers plan stabilisation force

Future stabilisation force is unlikely to be a formal UN peacekeeping mission, but could be modelled on action for Haiti, diplomats say.

17 Oct 2025 - 2:40PMvideocam

Russia

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

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.

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From the left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China, on September 1. Photo: AP

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

Donald Trump

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

Donald Trump

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

US President Donald Trump has shown an interventionist stance towards international conflicts, actively mediating regional disputes or wars as a third party. Photo: EPA

Russia

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

Azerbaijani soldiers drive a truck near a mosque in Agdam in the Karabakh region in 2020. Photo: Reuters

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

Donald Trump

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

Donald Trump

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

The town of Agdam, controlled by Azerbaijani forces, is seen in the region of Karabakh, Azerbaijan, in November 2020. Photo: Reuters

Russia

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

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (right) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting on the sidelines of the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Azerbaijan on July 4. Photo: Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office/AP

US-China relations

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11 Jul 2025 - 5:30PM

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

Russia

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

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 20. Photo: Reuters

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

People carry Indian national flags during a tricolour march to support “Operation Sindoor” in Pahalgam, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Thursday. Photo: AP

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

Aviation accidents

‘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

Russia

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

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS

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

Rescuers carrying a passenger wounded in a Azerbaijan Airline plane crash in Kazakhstan, arrive with a medical plane at an airport outside Baku. Photo: EPA-EFE

Aviation accidents

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

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

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Azerbaijan

Hong Kong won’t pursue carbon-based taxes under bid to go green: Paul Chan

Finance chief takes question from CEO of Swiss chemicals producer Clariant on whether to take ‘broader approach’ to decarbonisation.

‘For the world’: Trump launches his Board of Peace that some see rivalling UN

Pakistan’s arms deals cleared for take-off as orders soar for JF-17 jets

Turkey says 20 troops killed in military plane crash in Georgia

Video showed the aircraft corkscrewing towards the ground and then bursting into flames.

As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, world powers plan stabilisation force

Future stabilisation force is unlikely to be a formal UN peacekeeping mission, but could be modelled on action for Haiti, diplomats say.

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.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

‘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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

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

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