カテゴリー: Azerbaijan
Rescue workers dig through rubble to find survivors which also injured dozens of peopleRescue workers were digging through the rubble of a nightclub in Azerbaijan’s capital early on Sunday after an explosion ripped through the building, killing at leas…
Verdict endorses victory of acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party in last month’s parliamentary voteArmenia’s constitutional court on Saturday rejected an appeal challenging the results of the country’s snap parliamentary election.The court’s v…
Cause of blast was an igniting ‘mud volcano’, says state oil companyA strong explosion has shaken the Caspian Sea area where Azerbaijan has extensive offshore oil and gas fields.The cause of the blast, which caused a column of fire to rise into the sky…
Overwhelmed labs struggle to process DNA tests after Nagorno-Karabakh war leaves 5,000 deadEight months after the end of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh that left more than 5,000 people dead, many soldiers are still missing. …
2020 war over Nagorno-Karabakh region left minefields that have continued to inflict casualties, including three recent deathsAzerbaijan says it has handed over 15 Armenian prisoners in exchange for a map detailing the location of landmines in Agdam, a…
Nikol Pashinyan rallies supporters after military calls on him to step down amid anger at Nagorno-Karabakh defeatThe Armenian prime minister has accused the armed forces of an attempted coup against his government after top military officers signed a l…
MoD wants to procure cheaper armed drones for UK as it studies lessons from recent conflict in Nagorno-KarabakhThe UK’s military is expected to embark on a new armed drone programme in response to Azerbaijan’s controversial use of the technology in its…
Three-day event comes as calls grow for PM to resign for handling of conflict over Nagorno-KarabakhArmenia began three days of mourning on Saturday for the victims of clashes with Azerbaijan as the opposition kept up pressure on the country’s leader to…
Exclusive: Ethnic Armenian men refused to leave their villages before Azerbaijani forces arrived, locals sayTwo elderly men who were beheaded by Azerbaijani forces in videos widely shared on messaging apps have been identified, confirming two of the bl…
Armenian officials and Azerbaijan point finger at each other over new clashes in Gadrut regionArmenian officials and Azerbaijan on Saturday accused each other of breaching a peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, with…
Ceding of land to Azerbaijan by Nikol Pashinyan in return for peace sparks fury in YerevanTens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched through the Armenian capital to call for the resignation of the country’s prime minister because of his ha…
Many from the region’s Armenian population have become refugees, as previously displaced Azeris prepare to go homeWeeks of shelling could not force Irina Safaryan’s parents from their bunker in the southern Karabakh town of Hadrut. Only when Azerbaijan…
Military moves into district handed over by Armenia under Russia-brokered peace dealAzerbaijan has said its troops have entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh that has been handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of a R…
Putin says any move to leave Russian-backed ceasefire with Azerbaijan would be huge mistakeVladimir Putin has said it would be “suicidal” for the Armenian government to back out of a Russian-brokered ceasefire in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, as opposit…
Residents of Kalbajar district raze properties before deadline for disputed territory is returned to AzerbaijanVillagers outside Nagorno-Karabakh set their homes on fire Saturday before fleeing to Armenia ahead of a weekend deadline that will see some …