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 has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda.

Nazrin Abdul Read more On January 13, 2025, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan arrived in the United Arab Emirates

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.

( MENAFN - AzerNews) In a joint press conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, President Ilham Aliyev touched on the connectivity and the Middle Corridor project.

( MENAFN - AzerNews) On January 18, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Azernews reports. Hakan Fidan conveyed greetings from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Azerbaijani President.

Nazrin Abdul Read more In a recent interview with local media, President Ilham Aliyev shed light on Azerbaijan's soci

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met Friday with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, who was in Baku to attend the 10th Meeting of the Azerbaijan-Georgia Intergovernmental Economic ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," adding that Baku might have no other choice but to "destroy" its neighbor's so-called "fascist ideology."

President Ilham Aliyev said the preliminary investigation into the crash had confirmed that the plane was hit by Russian air defenses, according to Azerbaijan’s state news agency (AZERTAC). The airspace above Grozny, the capital city of the southern ...

Human Rights advocate Luis Moreno Ocampo published a new blog post comparing political tactics being used by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to those used by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

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