ECO nations adopt Samarkand Declaration to strengthen environmental cooperation
Environmental ministers and senior officials from member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) gathered in Samarkand for the 6th ECO M...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to allocate funds for the purpose of providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
According to the order, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy will receive $2 million from the Presidential Reserve Fund to purchase and deliver locally produced electrical equipment as humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The order underscores Azerbaijan’s commitment to humanitarian principles, as reflected in its consistent bilateral and multilateral aid efforts internationally.
Azerbaijan has delivered multiple humanitarian aid packages to Ukraine in response to the ongoing crisis and highlighting relations between the two countries which are founded on "friendship and partnership".
Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev said at the 4th Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome last month said that Baku has provided a total of $42 million as humanitarian aid for Ukraine's recovery, including medicine, food, electrical equipment amongst others.
President Ilham Aliyev had a phone conversation on with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, during which the two leaders touched on developing economic and trade relations, among other issues.
According to an official statement from President Aliyev’s office, both leaders condemned Russia’s deliberate airstrikes on an oil storage facility in Ukraine owned by Azerbaijan’s SOCAR, as well as other Azerbaijani facilities, including a gas compressor station used to transport Azerbaijani gas to Ukraine.
They expressed confidence that these attacks would not disrupt ongoing energy cooperation between the two countries.
Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain, power cuts and transport disruption across Japan on Wednesday (3 June) as it tracked towards the greater Tokyo region.
Police officers were pelted with missiles during violent clashes at a protest near the Southampton, UK, home of convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa, as anger continued to grow over the handling of the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak.
Competing narratives continue to shape perceptions of the war in Ukraine, with Russian leadership suggesting a possible end phase while Ukrainian officials warn of renewed large-scale attacks and ongoing escalation risks.
An Iranian drone and missile attack struck Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday, injuring several people, damaging Terminal 1 and forcing flight diversions, Kuwaiti authorities said.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Albania in recent days to protest against a luxury tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, and his wife Ivanka Trump.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics has urged the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to expand support for legal livelihoods for farmers, saying such assistance is vital to preventing narcotics production and trafficking.
Turkish and Armenian leaders reiterated their commitment to normalising relations during a phone call on Tuesday, discussing plans to deepen cooperation and advance a long-stalled rapprochement process.
At least 21 people, including 18 foreign nationals, have died after a devastating fire swept through a hotel in India's capital, Delhi, on Wednesday. The blaze is among the deadliest fires recorded in the city since 2022.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday that they had targeted the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and a U.S. air base in the Persian Gulf with missiles and drones, in retaliation for Tuesday’s air raid on a telecommunications tower on an island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Kazakhstan has used a high-level visit by Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee to promote itself as a gateway to Central Asia, offering investors access to industrial projects worth more than $100 billion and a growing regional market.
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