Politics Feb 26 Mamdani says Trump agreed to immediately release Columbia student detained by ICE By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press
World Feb 10 WATCH: Vance and Azerbaijani President Aliyev speak after signing strategic partnership charter Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted Vice President JD Vance as he arrived in Baku on Tuesday following a visit to neighboring Armenia. By Associated Press
World Dec 31 Watch 8:10 Azerbaijan-Armenia peace plan hinges on narrow strip of land along Iran border President Trump has claimed to have solved eight conflicts since he began his second term. One of those is between Azerbaijan and Armenia, rivals since the collapse of the USSR, whose leaders met with Trump in the Oval Office this… By Simon Ostrovsky, Katia Patin
World Nov 11 Turkish military plane with 20 on board crashes A Turkish military cargo plane has crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijan border, according to Turkish and Georgian authorities. By Associated Press
Politics Aug 08 WATCH: Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet Trump and sign U.S.-brokered peace deal at White House The two countries in the South Caucasus signed agreements with each other and the U.S. that will reopen key transportation routes while allowing the U.S. to seize on Russia’s declining influence in the region. By Seung Min Kim, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Dec 29 Watch 3:12 News Wrap: Azerbaijan's president blames Russia for plane crash in Kazakhstan In our news wrap Sunday, Azerbaijan’s president officially blamed Russia for the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani airliner, a new report says Israeli hostages were tortured while being held by Hamas, an Israeli airstrike on two hospitals killed seven people… Continue watching
Dec 29 Azerbaijan's president wants Russia to admit it shot down airliner and 'punish the guilty' By Associated Press Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. Continue reading
Dec 28 Putin apologizes for 'tragic incident' without acknowledging Azerbaijani plane was shot down By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Continue reading
Dec 27 Azerbaijani minister says downed plane was hit from the outside, possibly by weapon By Associated Press Officials in Moscow have said a drone attack was underway in the region that the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was destined for but have not addressed statements from aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defenses responding to a… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 9:57 Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani plane, U.S. official says By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi, William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn There are early indications a Russian air defense system may have hit the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, a U.S. official says. Some of the speculation focuses on damage to the plane's tail section that could have been… Continue watching