Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Baku

Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe's drive to stop rich people silencing journalists

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places as far away as Shanghai, London, Baku and Dubai.

The Conversation

Azerbaijan Targets Iranian ‘Espionage Network’

Azerbaijani security forces arrested at least seven people in a raid on the headquarters of a pro-Iranian news website in Baku. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry meanwhile, called on its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Iran, days after an attack by armed men on the country’s embassy in Tehran killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Baku: Closure of Tehran Embassy Doesn't Mean Severing of Diplomatic Ties

Azerbaijan announced that the closure of its embassy in Tehran is "temporary" and "doesn't mean that diplomatic ties had been severed", days after a gunman stormed the mission, killing one guard and wounding two others. "The operation of Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran has been temporarily suspended following the evacuation of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Azerbaijan to Evacuate Embassy in Iran After Attack

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism". Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, Azerbaijan Call to Eliminate Financing Terrorist Organizations

Egypt and Azerbaijan asserted the need for concerted efforts of the international community to combat terrorism and extremism at all levels, particularly financing terrorist groups and providing them with weapons and terrorist elements. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, and held talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting

Reuters

Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations

Iran and Azerbaijan disagree on whether Friday’s attack on the Azeri embassy in Tehran constituted a ‘terrorist act’.

Al Jazeera

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Egypt’s Sisi Visits Azerbaijan as Part of Asia Tour

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Azerbaijan on Friday as part of a tour of Asia that has so far taken him to India. Presidency spokesman Bassam Rady said the visit to Baku aims to bolster the unique ties that bind their countries. Sisi will meet with President Ilham…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia presses Azerbaijan to unblock road into enclave, Baku unmoved

Russia told Azerbaijan on Tuesday that a key road leading into the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh must be quickly cleared of protesters but Baku remained unmoved, according to differing accounts from the two sides.

Reuters

Azerbaijan appoints first ever ambassador to Israel amid Iran row

Azerbaijan appointed its first ever ambassador to Israel on Wednesday amid escalating tensions with its large southern neighbour Iran.

Reuters

Qantas recovery flight lands in Baku to pick up stranded passengers

A Qantas A380 aircraft sent to pick up passengers stranded in Azerbaijan since an emergency landing on Friday has arrived in Baku, and will head on to London, the airline says.

ABC News

Passengers face 48-hour delay and Christmas Day arrival at Heathrow

Clare Kennett from West Sussex described the frustration of the long wait she and other passengers had to endure.

The Independent UK

Christmas Eve travellers race to reach their destinations as rail strikes hit

Qantas passengers from Sydney will arrive in the early hours of 25 December, almost 48 hours late, after an unexpected city break in Baku

The Independent UK

Passengers stranded on Christmas Eve after Qantas flights cancelled

Passengers waiting for Qantas flights from London to Sydney — as well as to and from Denpasar — are left waiting a long way from home at the start of the holiday period.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Qantas flight from Singapore to London has to land at Azerbaijan after smoke detected

The QF1 flight from Sydney via Singapore diverted to Baku’s Heydar Aliyev international airport on Friday amid fears a fire had broken out on board

The Independent UK

Qantas Sydney-London flight diverted to Azerbaijan after smoke detected on board

Stranded SuperJumbo was due into Heathrow at 6.15am

AAP

Qantas flight emergency lands in Baku

A Singapore-London Qantas flight has made an emergency landing in Azerbaijan after pilots received a fault indicator in the cockpit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan Agree to Establish Joint Business Council

The Federation of Saudi Chambers (FSC) and the Small and Medium Business Development Agency in Azerbaijan signed on Monday an agreement to establish a joint business council in efforts to enhance intra-trade between the Kingdom and Azerbaijan and increase the volume of trade and investment cooperation. The signing of the…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Motorsport

Tsunoda’s taped up wing caused black and orange flag ‘overreaction’ from FIA

Yuki Tsunoda’s taped up rear wing in Baku caused an “overreaction” from the FIA over the use of black and orange flags in Formula 1, according to Nikolas Tombazis.

Autosport

Tsunoda’s taped-up wing caused black and orange flag ‘overreaction’ from FIA

Yuki Tsunoda’s taped-up rear wing in Baku caused an “overreaction” from the FIA over the use of black and orange flags in Formula 1, according to FIA technical chief Nikolas Tombazis.

France 24

Photographer Reza on Iran: 'The regime knows that these are its last days'

Three months after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked a mass protest movement, renowned exiled French-Iranian photographer Reza Deghati says he believes the end of Iran's Islamic Republic is near. He spoke to FRANCE 24 from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he's travelled in order to quickly enter neighbouring Iran in…

Radio France Internationale

Turkey accuses Iran of stoking regional tensions

This week Turkey held joint military exercises with Azerbaijan on Iran's border, as its Baku warns Tehran it will not be intimated. With anti-government protests continuing in Iran, Tehran is being accused of escalating regional tensions.

Autosport

F1 reveals six sprint races for 2023 including Spa and Baku

Formula 1 has announced the locations for its six sprint races in 2023 as Baku and Spa join the expanded roster for next year.

The Guardian - UK

Women behind the lens: ‘I didn’t realise she felt the same way about our friendship’

Photographer Lali Binyatova recalls an emotional moment when she reconnected with a childhood friend after years of separation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Azerbaijan Cancels Armenia Talks, Says Macron Cannot Take Part

President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday that Azerbaijan did not want France to take part in its peace talks with Armenia, and called off a four-way meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council head Charles Michel in Brussels on Dec. 7. Aliyev said Macron had "attacked" and "insulted"…

1 … 27 28 29 30

People

Daphne Caruana Galizia

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Federation of Saudi Chambers

32 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.