UN Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on Israeli airstrike on Qatar
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate in Geneva on Tuesday on Israel's 9 September attack targeting Hamas leaders in Qata...
Uzbekistan’s parliamentary election, lacking opposition, is expected to solidify a pro-Mirziyoyev legislature. Despite reforms, political power remains centralized under the president.
Uzbekistan holds a parliamentary election expected to secure a pro-Mirziyoyev legislature, with opposition parties absent.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who has led since 2016, remains popular for easing strict political and media restrictions and implementing economic reforms, though power largely remains centralized under him.
A 2023 constitutional reform now has half of the 150 parliamentary seats elected through party votes, while the rest are filled by individually elected candidates, all from registered parties supportive of the president.
Voter turnout had surpassed 47% by early afternoon, validating the election, with preliminary results due Monday. While the parliament typically supports the government’s agenda, members have shown occasional independence, particularly in matters of foreign policy.
Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) party leader Alisher Qodirov recently rebuked Russian criticism over language use in Uzbek schools. Although Uzbekistan maintains close economic ties with Russia and hosts many migrant laborers there, it has chosen neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and complies with Western sanctions on Moscow.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
Music mega-star Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce announced their engagement. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the couple wrote in a joint Instagram post, alongside photos of Kelce proposing to Swift in a garden of pink and white flowers.
Iran has accused a U.S. delegation in Vienna of threatening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of cutting off financial support if a draft resolution tabled by Tehran is passed. This resolution condemns the military attacks on nuclear sites in June.
On September 14, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited the Hadrut settlement in the Khojavend district. The head of state was briefed on the developments in the settlement.
On September 14, 2025, Karen Albertovich Avanesyan, an Armenian-born resident of Khankendi, born in 1967, went from his residence to a forest area near the city, where he had previously hidden an AK-47 assault rifle, four magazines filled with ammunition, and five hand grenades.
The inaugural Assembly of the Turkic World Insurance Union has officially begun today in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
On Sunday (September 14), an Israeli airstrike targeted the Muhanna multi-storey building in Gaza City, with locals watching from a distance.
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