Armenia-Azerbaijan: UN calls for ‘credible and durable’ end to fighting in flashpoint region
Sep 22, 2023, at 09:00 pm
A senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday that the wellbeing of civilians caught up in the long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan should be the “overriding priority” following renewed fighting.
Iran: Iranian Police detain 137 individuals over calls for unrest in northwestern province
Sep 18, 2023, at 06:18 am
Tehran/UNI: Iranian law enforcement forces have apprehended 137 individuals in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan for inciting protests against the government.
Aug 18, 2023, at 08:13 pm
There must be “rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need” via the Lachin Corridor, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
Ukrainian Prez Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes peace talks offer by Turkey and Azerbaijan
Feb 27, 2022, at 07:41 am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted proposals by Turkey and Azerbaijan to hold peace talks with Russia, media reports said.
Dec 05, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the continuing ceasefire in and around Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, underlining that the Organization stands ready to provide humanitarian support to meet the needs of all civilians impacted by conflict.
Azerbaijan says consulate in Ukraine's Kharkiv attacked
Nov 07, 2020, at 11:00 pm
Baku/Sputnik: The Azerbaijani consulate building in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv has suffered a shooting attack, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, adding that no casualties were reported.
Aliyev says Azerbaijani forces take control of 16 villages in regions surrounding Karabakh
Nov 07, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Baku/Sputnik: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Saturday that Azeri forces had taken control over 16 settlement in the regions surrounding the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish Foreign Minister reaches Baku to discuss Karabakh
Nov 01, 2020, at 08:37 pm
Baku/UNI: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in Azerbaijan's capital on Sunday to discuss settlements in the breakaway republic of Nagorno Karabakh with the Azeri government.
Turkey, Pakistan join hands to export jihadists to fight Armenia, say experts
Oct 31, 2020, at 01:52 am
Aided by Pakistan, the Turkish government is supporting jihadists groups to fight proxy wars in countries like Syria, Libya and now Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry says city of Ganja under Armenian fire
Oct 05, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Baku/Sputnik: The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Monday that Ganja, the country's second-largest city, was being shelled from Armenia's Berd region.
Armenian military says 3 Azerbaijani jets downed in Karabakh
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Yerevan/Sputnik: Three Azerbaijani jets were shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday morning as fierce fighting continues in the conflict-torn region, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported.
Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, as UN chief urges an end to fighting
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:55 pm
New York: The UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone that erupted on Sunday.
Car crash kills 5, injures 6 in central Azerbaijan
May 04, 2020, at 06:54 pm
Baku/Xinhua: Five people, including two children, were killed and six others injured in a crash involving two passenger cars in the central Azerbaijani district of Kurdamir on Monday, the country's emergency authorities said.
Bangladesh PM completes Azerbaijan tour, returning home
Oct 27, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Baku/IBNS: Ending her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina left for Dhaka on Sunday.
1 killed, 7 injured after mini-bus carrying children overturns in southern Azerbaijan
May 07, 2019, at 09:53 am
Baku, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) One child was killed and seven others injured when a mini-bus carrying members of a junior wrestling team came off the road and overturned in the southern Azerbaijani district of Salyan on Monday, according to the country's emergency authorities.
FROM THE FIELD: Weaving profits in Azerbaijan
Jun 30, 2018, at 08:13 am
New York, June 29 (IBNS): Artisans in Azerbaijan who practice the traditional art of carpet making are being provided with new business opportunities thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Azerbaijan, at UN Assembly, calls for worldwide mutual respect to achieve development goals
Sep 25, 2016, at 04:52 am
New York, Sept 24 (Just Earth News): Mounting the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stressed the critical importance of enhancing better understanding among diverse communities and encouraging mutual respect in order to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030.
Azerbaijan: UN rights experts condemn prison sentencing of human rights defenders
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:02 pm
New York, Aug 22 (IBNS): Condemning the recent prison sentencing of two prominent Azerbaijani human rights defenders, United Nations human rights experts on Friday expressed concern about the activists’ health during their pre-trial detention and called on the Government to immediately halt any persecution against human rights advocates.
Azerbaijan: UN rights office urges Government to ensure free expression and association
Jun 17, 2015, at 10:25 pm
New York, June 17 (IBNS): Voicing concern over “a shrinking democratic space†in Azerbaijan as human rights defenders, journalists and Government critics are increasingly being deprived of their liberty, the United Nations rights office today called on the authorities to galvanize efforts to safeguard the freedoms of expression and association in the country.
Azerbaijan: UN seeks peace to resolve protracted displacement
May 28, 2014, at 05:56 pm
New York, May 28 (IBNS): The United Nations independent expert on the human rights of internally displaced persons ended his official visit to Azerbaijan with an urgent appeal on Tuesday for a peaceful settlement to restore the human rights of some 600,000 people who have been displaced for more than two decades.
UN urges Azerbaijan to drop charges against rights defenders
May 10, 2014, at 05:08 pm
New York, May 10 (IBNS): Three human rights defenders facing 12 years in prison for charges brought against them in the aftermath of Azerbaijan's 2013 presidential elections have drawn the serious concern of United Nations independent experts.