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Baku’s crowded diplomatic calendar is becoming a foreign-policy doctrine

Baku’s crowded diplomatic calendar is becoming a foreign-policy doctrine

Azerbaijan is gathering an unlikely mix of international organisations in its capital. The harder task is turning the ability to host into the power to shape what happens next.

Nation
Azerbaijan, UAE hold second Joint Military Cooperation Committee meeting [PHOTOS]

Azerbaijan, UAE hold second Joint Military Cooperation Committee meeting [PHOTOS]

The second meeting of the Joint Military Cooperation Committee between the Ministries of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was held.

Oil & Gas
Oil prices rise to $115 per barrel amid Middle East tensions

Oil prices rise to $115 per barrel amid Middle East tensions

The rise in global oil prices is a significant economic development that directly affects the global economy, international trade, energy security and the revenues of oil-exporting countries.

Business
US dollar dominates Azerbaijan’s state-guaranteed debt portfolio

US dollar dominates Azerbaijan’s state-guaranteed debt portfolio

The US dollar accounted for the largest share of Azerbaijan’s state-guaranteed debt as of October 1, exceeding the euro’s share by ...

Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations
Armenia rejects Azerbaijan's call for apology over ethnic cleansing

Armenia rejects Azerbaijan's call for apology over ethnic cleansing

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has rejected suggestions that Azerbaijan's expectation of an apology for the displacement and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis should become an additional condition for signing the peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan.

World
Three naval drones attack container ship in Black Sea

Three naval drones attack container ship in Black Sea

Three naval drones have attacked a container ship in the Black Sea, 21 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coast near Cape Kaliakra.

Analysis

Lifestyle
Leyla Aliyeva familiarizes herself with activities of social sewing facility in Shamakhi [PHOTOS]

Leyla Aliyeva familiarizes herself with activities of social sewing facility in Shamakhi [PHOTOS]

Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and Alena Aliyeva visited a social sewing facility operating in the city of Shamakhi on October 26.

Culture
Artist Farid Rasulov meets art lovers at Azerkhalcha exhibition hall [FOTOS]

Artist Farid Rasulov meets art lovers at Azerkhalcha exhibition hall [FOTOS]

The discussion focused on how Rasulov’s works take on a new artistic form through carpet-making, as well as on Stitches That Keep Tales Alive: Karabakh Carpets, a collection created in collaboration with OJSC Azerkhalcha.

Travel
Azerbaijani pilgrims currently at Medina international airport

Azerbaijani pilgrims currently at Medina international airport
Second group of Azerbaijani pilgrims to depart for Hajj this month

Second group of Azerbaijani pilgrims to depart for Hajj this month
Astana celebrates Novruz with festive events and cultural celebrations [PHOTOS]

Astana celebrates Novruz with festive events and cultural celebrations [PHOTOS]
Albania’s impeccable hospitality and exuberant architecture

Albania’s impeccable hospitality and exuberant architecture
Experience charm of autumn season at Shahdag National Park

Experience charm of autumn season at Shahdag National Park
Georgian foreign travelers arrive in Shusha

Georgian foreign travelers arrive in Shusha

Events
TURKPA Chief and Binali Yıldırım discuss strengthening Turkic unity

TURKPA Chief and Binali Yıldırım discuss strengthening Turkic unity

On 27 October 2026, within the framework of the official visit to the Republic of Türkiye, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) Ambassador Ramil Hasan met with Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Binali Yıldırım.

Sports
Azerbaijan’s boxers win 25 medals at four European Championships in 2026

Azerbaijan’s boxers win 25 medals at four European Championships in 2026

Azerbaijani boxers won 25 medals across the four European Championships they entered in 2026.

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