Stakeholders ranging from local governments to academia are expected to attend the World Urban Forum, to be held in May in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss the sustainable future of the world’s cities, Anaclaudia Rossbach, the UN-Habitat executive director, said.
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s proposal of Turkestan city as a venue for Iran-war negotiations shows how directly the conflict had already begun to affect Central Asia itself.
The Caspian Sea is a critical transit zone for Central Asia, linking Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan and onward to European and Middle Eastern markets.
The development of Azerbaijani-Chinese relations was discussed during a meeting of Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova with Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, Zhao Leji, as part of her working visit to the country, a statement of the parliament says.
Israel carried out a strike on Iran’s Bandar-e Anzali port on the Caspian Sea, targeting a key supply route between Russia and Iran used to transport drones, ammunition, and other military equipment.
It should be noted that Tehran has for years consistently advanced the narrative that Israel may use Azerbaijani territory for intelligence activities and operations against Iran.
Four wagons of fertilizers and one wagon of buckwheat bound for Armenia via Azerbaijan departed today from the Bilajari Railway Station, operated by Azerbaijan Railways (ADY).
In 2025, the volume of money transfers by individuals from Azerbaijan to the United States (excluding capital-related transactions) amounted to $76.397 million.
Diaspora activism continues to shape narratives around the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process beyond the region. The Swiss case highlights growing institutional caution toward external political initiatives and a preference for pragmatic diplomacy.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport has once again reaffirmed its status as a leading airport in the region by receiving the prestigious “Best Airport in Central Asia and the CIS” award at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2026.
The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, was buried at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia"s capital.
The ‘Azerbaijani Way’ lights the path to a more stable region.
The United States and Israel’s war with Iran began on February 28, 2026. The intensity of the conflict has fluctuated, but daily reports of missile strikes and explosions are increasingly resonating across Central Asia.
Italy is talking to several countries, including the United States, Azerbaijan and Algeria, to secure gas supplies now that Iranian strikes on Qatar appear to have halted its exports for an extended period.
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran enter their third week, the shockwaves are already racing across its northern frontier, placing Armenia and Azerbaijan on the front line of regional instability.
If revanchist forces come to power, they will inevitably become prisoners of their own promises to secure “better peace terms” for Armenia.
Kazakhstan has received from equipment manufacturers all expert examination results required for the technical investigation into the causes of the AZAL plane crash in Aktau in December 2024.
US-mediated Armenia–Azerbaijan peace deal and TRIPP corridor assessed for alignment with the WPS agenda, highlighting limited women’s inclusion and challenges in gender-responsive peacebuilding.
Azerbaijan has taken a decisive step toward reforming its public sector compensation model by both introducing a unified salary system for civil servants and raising the salaries of senior government officials.
In accordance with the program for the development of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, a group of representatives of the Military Police Department of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense visited Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ongoing military operations in the region and the threat of further escalation are forcing states neighboring Iran to take collective steps aimed at strengthening their security.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there are political forces advocating a revision of the peace agenda, which could lead to a new war shortly after the June parliamentary elections.
Armenian and Azerbaijani business representatives are holding negotiations on organizing the supply of a particular product from Armenia to Azerbaijan.
Over the past thirty years, Azerbaijan has shaped its economic and investment policies around its substantial oil and gas resources and its strategic position at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.