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
World 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…
World Dec 29 Azerbaijan’s president wants Russia to admit it shot down airliner and ‘punish the guilty’ 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. By Associated Press
World Dec 28 Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ without acknowledging Azerbaijani plane was shot down 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. By Associated Press
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
Dec 26 Russian air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash, aviation experts say By Associated Press Aviation experts say that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Continue reading
Dec 25 Azerbaijani airliner carrying 67 people crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38, officials say By Katie Marie Davies, Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that it was too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash, but said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course. Continue reading
Nov 22 Wealthy and developing nations struggle to agree on climate money agreement at COP29, highlighting international wealth gap By Sibi Arasu, Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, Michael Phillis, Associated Press A new draft of a deal on money to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday afternoon at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones. Continue reading