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Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

3:29pm January 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh sit in a truck on their way to Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Tuesday. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week.

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Scores are dead in gas station blast as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

6:11pm September 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said scores of people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station as people seeking to flee to Armenia lined up for fuel.

In this photo taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

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With Russia distracted in Ukraine, Azerbaijan launches attack on Armenian enclave

3:03pm September 19, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Azerbaijan has renewed efforts to regain control of Nagorno-Karabkh, a disputed enclave with a majority ethnic Armenian population and a decades-long source of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Soldiers carry coffins during funerals at a military cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, on March 2, 2021, for fighters killed during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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The deadly clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, explained

8:26am September 19, 2022

Hostilities began anew last week between the two countries in the deadliest spate of violence since 2020, though a cease-fire reached on Wednesday put a temporary stop to the bloodshed.

In this handout photo released by Armenian National Assembly via Photolure photo agency, Head of Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan, right, welcomes U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi upon her arrival at the International Airport outside of Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.

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Pelosi and other US lawmakers visit Armenia as cease-fire holds

3:20am September 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

A U.S. congressional delegation headed by Speaker of the House have visited Armenia, where a cease-fire has held for three days after an outburst of fighting with neighboring Azerbaijan.

The Pandora Papers cite a number of leaders from lower-income countries or nations with great levels of inequality, among them Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (from left), Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Pandora Papers show how tax havens are part of the global inequity problem

7:52pm October 04, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

Of 12 sitting heads of state implicated in the Pandora Papers, most are from low- or middle-income countries. So are many other politicians and elites named in the leaked documents.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019.

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Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup

11:10am February 25, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Nikol Pashinyan warned of a military takeover after the army issued a statement demanding he step down following last year's disastrous conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

A mosque is seen through ruins in Aghdam on Thursday, just before the formal entry of Azerbaijani forces. As part of a recent peace agreement, Armenia ceded control of several regions in and around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Azerbaijani Troops Enter Disputed Territory Handed Over By Armenia

11:53am November 20, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Azerbaijani troops moved into Aghdam, the first of three districts to be returned to the country under the latest cease-fire. President Ilham Aliyev hailed the moment Friday as a "historic victory."

Police look on as a woman shouts among protesters who have stormed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's office after the announcement of a peace deal in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

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Latest Cease-Fire In Nagorno-Karabakh Leaves Armenians Feeling Betrayed By Government

10:48am November 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The announcement of the Kremlin-backed deal sparked unrest in Armenia, where protesters took to the streets and stormed the main government building to oppose a deal they see as one-sided.

Flowers, stuffed animals and photographs of victims of the renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh have piled up outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow.

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'The Wound Is Very Deep': Azerbaijanis And Armenians In Russia Long For Peace

11:00pm November 05, 2020

by Lucian Kim

The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis and Armenians who call Russia home.