Izzat Khanum Javadova, cousin of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and a DJ known as Mikaela Jav, was arrested during a drug raid in a suburb of Athens, Greece. Greek police officially reported the ...

The presidents had a detailed discussion of issues regarding the December 25 crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Vladimir Putin apologised for the fact that the ...

Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of shooting down a plane that crashed on Christmas Day, killing 38 people. The plane, an Embraer 190, was en route from Baku to Grozny when ...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally.

He also accused Russia of trying to "hush up" the issue for several days. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told state television on Sunday that the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was "shot down ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an "absurd" cover-up after its air defenses allegedly "shot down" a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Russia accidentally shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on Christmas Day, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday. Aliyev said in an interview with Azerbaijani TV that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to “admit its guilt” in the crash of one of ...

Crowds took to the streets of the capital Baku to celebrate Ilham Aliyev's fifth consecutive term Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has won a fifth consecutive term in power with more than 92% ...