Azerbaijan

Russia says it was robbed in Eurovision song contest

2013-05-21 11:07:00

MOSCOW — As might be expected, Russia's foreign minister spent his day Tuesday grappling with the biggest international crisis facing his country, an "outrageous incident" that has inflamed public passions. And Sergei Lavrov promised decisive...

The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei

2013-04-22 01:00:00

Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...

Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack

2013-02-01 12:07:00

MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...

Mexicans cart away statue of late Azerbaijan leader

2013-01-26 12:04:00

MEXICO CITY — Adios, Heydar Aliyev, late strongman of distant Azerbaijan. Now that your statue has been hauled away from the Paseo de La Reforma, the Mexican capital’s grand boulevard, where will Mexicans go now when they want to meditate on...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten

2013-01-16 02:00:00

Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...

Hundreds protest pardon of man who killed Armenian military officer

2012-09-07 09:23:50

Azerbaijan defends freeing convicted killer as Armenians protest

2012-09-07 12:33:56

Indian cartoonist's arrest on sedition charges sparks outcry

2012-09-10 08:03:24

Iran earthquakes death toll rises to 300; relief efforts criticized

2012-08-12 08:53:55

Ermanno Scervino has designs on Azerbaijani Olympic team

2012-06-20 16:32:57

Azerbaijan faces critics as host of Eurovision singing contest

2012-05-22 16:40:30

Israeli vehicles attacked in New Delhi, Tblisi; 4 hurt in bombing

2012-02-13 16:39:36

A man jumps over a fire as Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival, in Kazlicesme, Istanbul. The festival is celebrated in Turkey, Central Asian republics, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan as well as war-torn Afghanistan and coincides with the astronomical vernal equinox.

2013-03-17 00:00:00

American Jake Herbert (left) wrestles Azerbaijan's Sharif Sharifov in their Men's 84kg Freestyle quarterfinal match.

2012-08-11 09:21:00

Steven Lopez, left, fights Azerbaijan's Ramin Azizov.

2012-08-10 05:22:00