MOSCOW (AA) – A survivor of Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash claims that the plane’s pilots tried to land in Grozny, Chechnya, three times, followed by an explosion outside the plane, according to an audio recording shared by Russian TV channel RT. Subkhankul Rahimov said that something exploded on the third landing attempt and that...
MOSCOW (AA) – An Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 people on board, traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region, crashed near the Kazakh Caspian city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Emergency Ministry said, adding that there were 25 survivors. According to the ministry, 62 passengers and fiv...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After two weeks of tense negotiations, COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, concluded with an agreement on a new climate finance target: $300 billion annually by 2035. Despite the agreement, many developing nations, including Cuba and India, slammed the $300 billion annual pledge, calling it “too little, too late.” ...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commenced in Baku on Monday, bringing together world leaders, policymakers, and activists with a renewed commitment to addressing intensifying climate crises. Running until Nov. 22, the event will focus on global warming, climat...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will kick off in the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Monday, aiming to address escalating climate challenges. Leaders from around the world are set to gather in Baku for the event, running until Nov. 22. “With global temperatures […]...
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Russian news agencies reported. Russian television broadcast images of the Russian president’s plane as it arrived in Baku in the evening. His visit to the Caucasus country, a close partner of Moscow...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Baku early Tuesday said it carried out a “revenge operation” in response to a cross-border fire by Armenia a day earlier, which injured one Azerbaijani serviceman. “As a result of the operation, the combat post of the Armenian Armed Forces near the Nerkin-And settlement of Gafan district, where our soldi...
