Here’s your AnewZ Daily Brief for 29 September 2026, with the latest from Azerbaijan, from $10.8 billion in investment deals and Formula 1 drama to diplomacy and preparations for major FIFA tournaments.
The two-day Azerbaijan International Investment Forum concluded in Baku, bringing together global investors, financial institutions and business leaders to discuss investment, connectivity, energy, technology and economic diversification.
The forum ended with 23 agreements and documents covering planned investment projects worth $10.8 billion across sectors including artificial intelligence, renewable energy, construction, the digital economy, industry, agriculture and finance.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Baku on 29 September to discuss football development in the country and opportunities for further cooperation.
Aliyev highlighted preparations for the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival, which Azerbaijan will host for the first time in October, as well as the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2027.
Infantino said the U-15 event would attract international attention, while both sides highlighted recent progress in Azerbaijani football and cooperation between Azerbaijan and FIFA.
George Russell won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on 26 September, holding off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by just0.196 seconds in a dramatic 51-lap race.
The Mercedes driver converted pole position into victory despite two safety car periods and late pressure from Verstappen, while Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar finished third.
The win marked Russell’s third victory of the 2026 season and the eighth of his Formula 1 career.
Azerbaijan has marked the sixth anniversary of the start of the Patriotic War, which began on 27 September 2020 and lasted 44 days.
The conflict ended with a trilateral statement signed by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on 10 November 2020, after Azerbaijan regained control of territories that had remained outside its control for almost three decades.
A key turning point came on 8 November, when President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijani forces had taken control of Shusha. Azerbaijan later said it had restored full state sovereignty across its internationally recognised territory.
The 81st session of the UN General Assembly brought world leaders and senior officials to New York to discuss major international issues.
Speaking at the gathering, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said Azerbaijan has achieved “de facto peace” with Armenia following the Washington Peace Summit and the initialling of an agreement on peace and interstate relations.
He said Azerbaijan’s peace agenda had helped turn the South Caucasus into an “anchor of stability, connectivity, and tangible economic dividends.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for continuing to target Russia's energy infrastructure, while Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least one person and damaged a metro station.
The day after waiving sanctions and tariffs related to Russian exports, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has yet to announce a final decision on the matter as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said officials want more time to evaluate the situation.
A Saudi AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran region of Saudi Arabia due to a technical malfunction, killing its two crew members, the Saudi-led coalition's spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki said in a statement on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the violence, looting and vandalism that erupted during cost-of-living protests across France. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu held crisis talks on Monday, calling for partial curfews and raising the possibility of a state of emergency.
An oil tanker caught fire after striking a naval mine in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said late Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and officials from major European nations and NATO in Norway this week for talks about ending the war in Ukraine. He is also set to travel to Russia to speak to Vladimir Putin.
Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta voted in a non-binding referendum on separation on Monday, 19 October, amid economic grievances and tensions with Ottawa. While polls suggest most residents oppose independence, analysts say the separatist movement could persist regardless of the outcome.
The U.S. and five Central Asian nations have held high-level talks in Samarkand, focusing on trade, investment and regional security as Washington seeks to strengthen its presence in the strategically important region.
French authorities imposed local curfews in parts of Paris, Lille and Nice on Monday after a weekend of riots and looting linked to nationwide anti-government protests, as the government faced mounting criticism over security failures.
Torrential rain and flooding in eastern Spain have killed at least four people, forced thousands to evacuate and left tens of thousands of residents under shelter-in-place orders, as emergency crews rescued people stranded on rooftops.
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