The voting process for Azerbaijan's snap parliamentary elections has officially ended, and the counting of votes is now underway. Watch in for more details!

Voting concludes in Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections, counting underway

Polls opened on Sunday (September 1) in Azerbaijan for a snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year.

Azerbaijan holds a parliamentary election, 990 candidates in fray

Russia shut down a military base in Azerbaijan. Nearly 2,000 of its troops had been deployed in the military base in Karabakh. This move came after Azeri forces recaptured the area last year.

Russian troops leave Karabakh, now back under Azerbaijan's control

The Caucasus arch-foes, Armenia and Azerbaijan, have been locked in bloody conflict ever since the break up of the Soviet Union more than three decades ago. They have fought two wars, in the 1990s and in 2020, over the mountainous territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku recaptured in a lightning offensive last September. Peace has remained elusive though and fears of a renewed conflict is always lurking around the corner. After Armenian foreign ministry announced, on the 19th of April, agreements between Yerevan and Baku on border delimitation, residents of several villages in Armenia have been protesting the transfer of four abandoned border villages to Azerbaijan. Mohammed Saleh brings you the details.

Protests in Armenia following border delimitation

In their first meeting since Azerbaijan regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan convened in Iran on Monday. Russia stated that the primary issue had been settled, subject to additional work on a peace treaty. The summit was held against the backdrop of escalating Middle East tensions, following Azerbaijan's swift advance into the disputed territory.

Russia withdrawing from Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh, announces total withdrawal of troops

Russia begins withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh even though Moscow has a military base in Armenia

In his third media interview since being named president-elect of the COP29 summit, Mukhtar Babayev has told the US news website Newsweek that he expects the US to maintain its climate commitments no matter who wins the US Presidential election.

Trump presidency or not, COP29 leader demands US uphold climate commitments

NATO Chief Jen Stoltenberg visited the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Tuesday. Speaking to residents of the village of Voskepar in Tavush region Nikol Pashinyan warned Armenia's refusal to delineate the Border could trigger a new confrontation. Watch to know more!

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Armenia, calls for peace with Azerbaijan

Armenia could face a war with Azerbaijan if it does not compromise with Baku and return four Azerbaijani villages it has held since the early 1990s, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a video published on Tuesday.

Armenia’s PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war

Azerbaijan appears to have started demolishing a building in Stepanakert that housed Nagorno-Karabakh’s parliament for almost two decades.

Azerbaijan demolishes key Karabakh building

Former Karabakh Armenian Parliament building destroyed

Azerbaijan demolishes key building of Karabakh Armenians

Azerbaijan demolishes Parliament building of Karabakh Armenians

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan met in Berlin on Wednesday as part of peace talks between the two countries.

Azerbaijan and Armenia make new push for peace in Berlin

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev secured a fifth consecutive term in elections on Wednesday (Feb 7), official results showed, an expected outcome after his country's historic victory over Armenian separatists last year.

Azerbaijan President Aliyev secures fifth term after Karabakh win last year

Snap elections are underway in Azerbaijan. Months after a conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh brought the Armenian separatist region under Azerbaijan's control. Voters are still queuing up to cast their ballots. But it is widely expected that President Ilham Aliyev would return to power for another 7 years.

Azerbaijan's president speculated to return to power for 7 more years

The organising committee for the COP29 global climate change summit, scheduled for December in Azerbaijan, has drawn criticism for its composition, consisting of 28 men and no women.

No women in 28-member team: COP29 organising committee faces backlash for gender imbalance

Azerbaijan has announced the release of 32 Armenian soldiers as part of prisoner swap deal. Armenia on its part has also handed over two Azerbaijani soldiers.

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war, takes place in Azerbaijan's border region

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to exchange prisoners of war

Azerbaijan is poised to host next year's COP29 climate change summit after winning backing from other Eastern European nations on Saturday. The decision, which resolves months of geopolitical deadlock over where the next annual UN climate summit will be held, quickly drew focus to Azerbaijan's oil production and its human rights record.

Azerbaijan all set to host COP29 climate summit next year after receiving regional backing

Armenia and Azerbaijan released a joint statement on Thursday (Dec 7) stating that both countries have agreed to take tangible steps in the direction towards normalising ties and exchanging prisoners of war.

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war in joint statement

Azerbaijan has struck a deal with Armenia that prevents the threat of an Armenian veto spoiling its bid to host the COP29 talks. Azerbaijan appears set to win support for its bid from other nations at the COP28 talks in Dubai.

Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to exchange prisoners of war

Weeks after Azerbaijan seized the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia said that it will sign a peace agreement with Baku in the "coming month". The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a long-standing contentious issue between the two nations for three decades.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal likely next month

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