Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president, at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Being a petro-state is not a crime. But how Azerbaijan’s fossil fuel wealth exacerbates the human condition at home and abroad makes its hosting of COP29 an Orwellian tragedy. While 95% of ...

Nowhere has that been more evident than in his policies toward the petrostate of Azerbaijan, a country that despite its dreadful human rights and environmental records is scheduled to host the ...

The president of Azerbaijan, who is hosting climate summit COP29, has hailed oil and gas as "a gift from God" as he lambasted Western media and climate activists. President Ilham Aliyev kicked ...

New research reveals that people aren’t just imagining it—dogs and their owners share striking similarities, from matching hairstyles to mirrored temperaments. Hope, an Afghan hound ...

Aliyev’s Azerbaijan. The first is dictatorship ... Armenia – whose people he refers to as “slaves” and “dogs” – with another application of his “iron fist.” ...

VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/AFP UN climate conference host Azerbaijan has imprisoned activists and journalists merely due to their work and opposition to the authorities, the Council of Europe ...

The European Union remains confident that a series of energy deals with COP29 host Azerbaijan aren't creating a back door for more Russian gas to reach the continent, the European Commission said ...

Enticing travellers with a unique blend of Silk Road heritage and delicious food culture stemming from a unique geography covering 9 out of 11 climatic zones, Azerbaijan now offers a fresh way to ...