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ECO Summit In Azerbaijan's Khankendi Carries Major Political, Symbolic Weight Pakistani Expert

MENAFN · July 7, 2025

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. The 17th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit, held in Khankendi, Azerbaijan, carries profound political and symbolic significance, Khalid Taimur Akram, Executive Director of the...

One activist arrested and MP facing charges in Holy Struggle ‘coup attempt’ in Armenia

Open Caucasus Media · July 7, 2025

Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...

Azerbaijani, Turkish Chambers of Accounts ink protocol on cooperation

Azertag · July 1, 2025

Ankara, July 1, AZERTAC The Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan and the Turkish Court of Accounts have formalized their cooperation with a protocol. The document was signed in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, where an Action Plan, implying cooperation...

Azerbaijan’s ambassador arrives at Russian Foreign Ministry

TASS · July 1, 2025

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Rahman Mustafayev, who was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, has arrived at the ministry's building in downtown Moscow, a TASS correspondent reported on Tuesday. The diplomat...

Azerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says

WKZO - Michigan ·

By Nailia Bagirova and Lucy Papachristou BAKU (Reuters) -Post-mortems conducted in Baku on two Azerbaijani men who died last week after they were arrested by Russian police show that they were beaten to death, a state forensic examiner said on...

Azerbaijan Celebrates Graduates Of Command-Staff Academic Course (PHOTO)

MENAFN · July 1, 2025

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. A ceremony dedicated to the 25th graduation of the Command-Staff Academic Course of the Military Management Institute was held at the National Defense University, Trend reports via the...

Geghard Foundation: Any state that supports Aliyev`s rhetoric complicit with Azerbaijan in the event of future aggression in the region

Arminfo ·

ArmInfo. On July 3-4, the 17th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Stepanakert, occupied by Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev used this platform to voice false accusations and unfounded demands against Armenia, as noted in a...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan hold defense cooperation meeting in Baku

Today.Az ·

In line with the 2025 bilateral military cooperation plan, representatives from the Ministries of Defense of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan held a meeting in Baku to deepen defense collaboration between the two countries. According to Azerbaijan’s...

Azerbaijan Urges Institutionalizing Aghdam Youth Forum, Its Holding In Other OIC Members

MENAFN · July 1, 2025

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, July 1. We have 14 global and seven local initiatives, while two of them are related to our discussions, Head of the Economic Cooperation Department of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elmar Mammadov...

Azerbaijan arrests journalists at Russian state outlet

Business Recorder · July 1, 2025

BAKU/MOSCOW: Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday in a move likely to further stoke tensions with Moscow following arrests in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of...

Fake document circulated regarding Ministry of Culture’s cooperation with Russia

APA ·

In recent days, a fake document has been circulated on some information platforms and social media, falsely claiming that the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan has initiated a proposal to promote bilateral cultural cooperation with...

Azerbaijan-Russia Rift Deepens After Deaths of Azeri Men in Police Arrests

The Moscow Times · June 30, 2025

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have hit a new low following the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijani men during mass police arrests in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg last week. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s...

Journalists imprisoned for exposure of Azerbaijani corruption in Nagorno-Karabakh

The California Courier ·

Article by Geghard Scientific-Analytical Foundation Seven journalists who exposed large-scale corruption related to construction projects in Nagorno-Karabakh have been sentenced in Azerbaijan to 7–9 years in prison. Moreover, the journalists were...

Azerbaijan accuses Russia of ‘unacceptable violence’ over custody deaths

St. Kitts Gazette · July 1, 2025

In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed. The man...

Azerbaijani universities climb QS World Rankings: Key achievements and what to expect next

News.Az ·

In recent years, Azerbaijan has made consistent strides in strengthening its position in the global academic landscape. The 2025 QS World University Rankings highlight this progress, with several of the country’s leading universities achieving...

Karkijahan resident testifies about ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis by Armenians

Olaylar · July 7, 2025

15:55 En The victim, Dargah Hagverdiyev, a resident of the Karkijahan settlement, who testified at the trial that continued on July 7 at the Baku Military Court, stated that since 1987, people of Armenian origin living in the city of Khankendi had...

Azerbaijan police raid Russia's Sputnik media offices

Deutsche Welle · June 30, 2025

Police in Baku raided the offices of Russia's state-funded news agency Sputnik on Monday, local media reported. The swoop came as tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia escalated after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis in a police raid last...

Moscow calls for constructive dialogue with Baku amid diplomatic tensions

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

Russia remains committed to allied relations with Azerbaijan and believes that any disagreements should be resolved through constructive dialogue, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated during a press briefing, Azernews reports via TASS. “We...

Victims speak out in court over Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani lands [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

The public court hearings in the criminal case against Armenian citizens Arayik Harutyunyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, and others—accused of committing crimes against peace and humanity,...

Post-war diplomacy in motion: Azerbaijan highlights peace and progress

Today.Az ·

The opening ceremony of the 9th Conference of Heads of Azerbaijan’s Diplomatic Missions was held at ADA University under the theme “Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy After the Restoration of Sovereignty: Priorities and Challenges.” According to...