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WUF13: Baku opens its doors to world's urban planners with ambitious plans

Hosting the UN's World Urban Forum next month gives Azerbaijan a rare platform to showcase both an ambitious capital masterplan and the controversial smart-city project rising from the rubble of Karabakh. The audience will be watching closely.

Nation

Azerbaijan repatriates women and children from Syria conflict zone - ministry

Azerbaijan has repatriated a group of its citizens from a conflict zone in Syria as part of ongoing humanitarian efforts, the Foreign Ministry said, AzerNEWS reports.

Oil & Gas

Markets misread crisis as Hormuz disruption may last longer than expected

At the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, leading figures in global commodity trading delivered a stark assessment: the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a short-term disruption but a structural shock whose consequences will reverberate across global supply chains for years. From oil refining to food production, the cascading effects are already being felt, AzerNEWS reports.

Business

Azerbaijan allocates over 386 million manats for reconstruction of liberated territories

Azerbaijan has spent 386.2 million manats in the first quarter of 2026 on the reconstruction and restoration of its liberated territories, AzerNEWS reports, citing the Ministry of Finance.

Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations

President: Mutual visits of Azerbaijani and Armenian representatives contribute to establishing a normal atmosphere

The head of state noted that there have been mutual visits and meetings between civil society and media representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia, emphasizing that this contributes to the creation of a normal atmosphere between the countries.