The Latest Breaking News from Azerbaijan

Armenia is pleading with judges of the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to order Azerbaijan to break up a road blockade that is isolating the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, calling the action part of an act of “ethnic cleansing.”

Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague heard requests for additional emergency measures as part of tit-for-tat cases filed by Armenia and Azerbaijan at the World Court in 2021 today, 30 January.

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism". Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect…

Egypt and Azerbaijan asserted the need for concerted efforts of the international community to combat terrorism and extremism at all levels, particularly financing terrorist groups and providing them with weapons and terrorist elements. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, and held talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham…

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism".

Iran and Azerbaijan disagree on whether Friday’s attack on the Azeri embassy in Tehran constituted a ‘terrorist act’.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Azerbaijan on Friday as part of a tour of Asia that has so far taken him to India. Presidency spokesman Bassam Rady said the visit to Baku aims to bolster the unique ties that bind their countries. Sisi will meet with President Ilham…

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Thursday the attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. The Foreign Ministry expressed the Kingdom’s solidarity with Azerbaijan and its people, calling for respecting diplomatic missions and the punishment of the perpetrators. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf slammed the attack,…

A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle has attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards

A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. No one immediately offered a motive for the attack in Tehran.

A security official was killed and two people were wounded when a shooter opened fire at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran, Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said on Friday.