Azerbaijan
Baku touts reset in ties after Azerbaijan’s president Aliyev meets Putin in Dushanbe
Russian president detailed causes of Azerbaijan Airlines plane downing over Russian airspace at one-on-one meeting.
Putin arrives in Tajikistan for meetings with Central Asia, CIS leaders
Calls made for Tajiks to arrest Russian leader under international court warrant, but Dushanbe remains strategic ally of Kremlin.
World Bank forecasts diverging growth paths for South Caucasus economies
Georgia maintains strong momentum, Armenia stabilises but Azerbaijan's economy slows amid declining oil output and weak digital capacity, World Bank report says.
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Feasibility study for trans-Caspian power line to be ready in 2026 – report
Europe-bound electricity unlikely to flow before 2030.
European leaders caught on video mocking Trump for confusing Albania with Armenia
Video shows Albania’s Edi Rama joking with French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev at EPC summit over US president’s repeated geographic blunders.
How Azerbaijan's oil prince went from dining with Messi to facing decades in prison
Adnan Ahmadzada is accused of contaminating 200,000 tonnes of his country's oil exports with corrosive chemicals and facilitating billions in Russian sanctions evasion.
EBRD says geopolitics, tariffs and China competition weigh on Emerging Europe growth
Development bank downgrades 2025 forecasts for Central and Eastern Europe citing weak external demand, rising debt and the impact of US tariffs.
Trump claims to have stopped war between Armenia and Cambodia
US president again struggles with names as he boasts of settling war between Armenia and Cambodia - weeks after historic Armenia-Azerbaijan peace summit.
Trump mistakes Armenia for Albania for the third time at UK press conference
US president says he brought peace to “Aberbaijan” and Albania as he touts his peacemaker credentials during UK state visit.
COMMENT: US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal exposes Russia’s strategic failures
The recent peace breakthrough between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a major diplomatic win for the United States and a setback for Russia, according to a new report published by the Atlantic Council.
Iranian arrested for Kalashnikov shooting near Caspian Sea
Iranian authorities arrest driver who opened fire with Kalashnikov rifle during road dispute on busy Chalous highway connecting Tehran to Caspian coast.
Kazakhstan calls for urgent international action on rapid shallowing of Caspian Sea
Could plan to connect the Caspian and Black Seas with a tunnel or canal come to the fore?