The closing weeks of 2024 and the opening stretch of 2025 have painted a somber picture in aviation. A series of incident, ...

"I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook," Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia.

Azerbaijan's president says events of Jan. 20 have become a 'symbol of struggle for national independence, freedom and invincible will' Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev places wreath at Eternal ...

BAKU, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Seven people went on trial in Azerbaijan on Tuesday in the latest of a series of cases against staff of independent news media, prompting accusations of a crackdown on the ...

Ex-Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan and 15 other Armenian leaders of the formerly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region went on trial in Azerbaijan on Friday. Vardanyan is being tried ...

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was offering explanations for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that had killed 38 people days earlier. Perhaps it was a flock of birds, Mr. Putin said ...

The Telegram channel Baza has published what appears to be the full transcript of communications between the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on December 25 and air traffic controllers in Grozny ...

Multiple passengers can be heard saying “Allahu Akbar”. The overlaid text says: “Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes Allah Hu Akbar”. One Facebook post has been shared more than 10,000 times. The ...

The last portion of the flight was operated in an area of good coverage.” The website of Azerbaijan Airlines says the airline, which is a member of the International Air Transport Association ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.

Sources within the Jewish community confirm that the intended victim is a senior figure, highly respected both in Azerbaijan and internationally, particularly in Israel, for his significant ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has a message for airlines flying over Russia: Stop it. It’s a response to the Christmas Day crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 — ...