Armenia and Azerbaijan have a long history of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within Azerbaijan until recently mainly populated by Armenians. The first war between them in the 1990s led to the establishment of a self-proclaimed Armenian republic, which no country recognised.

By Cavid Aga in Baku Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have risen following diplomatic exchanges over critical media reports and an unresolved investigation into a deadly air crash involving an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December.

European Union member ambassadors, meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, reportedly approved an extension to the EU’s monitoring mission in Armenia until February 19, 2027.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan risks destroying his country by flirting with the European Union, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday, January 26.

Azerbaijan has shown its ambitions extend to sovereign territory in Armenia: the seizure of the so-called Zangezur corridor in southern Armenia, in the region of Syunik.

The eight candidates are: President Ilham Aliyev, nominated by the ruling Yeni ... out of the impasse in bilateral relations caused by Moscow’s recognition nearly 10 years ago of Georgia ...

A Russian investigation has confirmed that Moscow was responsible for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane on December 25. According to sources close to the inquiry, the aircraft was struck by a missile fired from a Russian Pantsir-S1 system.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev and called for increased pressure on Russia over the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, urging the aggressor to "tell the truth" and disclose the details of the crime.

Russian media leaks of radio communications from Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 were not sourced from its flight recorder, a senior Kazakh official said Friday, coming a week before authorities are expected to release preliminary crash investigation results.

The publication of the black box data from an Azerbaijani plane that crashed in Kazakhstan last month has been delayed, a Kazakh official said Friday, after Azerbaijan accused Russia of shooting the airliner.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Jan. 25 that Ukraine is ready to facilitate the transit of gas from Azerbaijan to Europe. Zelensky explained that he discussed this potential arrangement with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev during their recent meeting.

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus ... Yerevan’s relationship with Moscow has soured since Azerbaijan inflicted a decisive defeat of Armenia in the Second Karabakh War, which ended in late 2023: many ...