Language | MORNING ENGLISH Oct 29, 2018
With a month to go until the host of the 2025 World Expo is selected, Osaka officials are casting a nervous eye toward Baku.
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Wrestling Aug 22, 2016
Snyder becomes youngest U.S. Olympic wrestling gold medalist
American wrestler Kyle Snyder's run to the world title in 2015 was so surprising that some wondered if it was something of a fluke. Snyder showed he's for real on Sunday, adding an Olympic title to his burgeoning resume. Snyder, the youngest wrestling world champion in ...
World / Politics Jun 5, 2016
Trump's dubious business partners reflect poorly on critical skills he would need as president
by Jeff Horwitz
Six months before he launched his presidential campaign, Donald Trump announced a new real estate project in Baku, Azerbaijan. The partner was Anar Mammadov, the son of a government minister suspected by U.S. diplomats of laundering money for Iran's military and described as "notoriously ...
Commentary / World Apr 11, 2016
War returns to the Caucasus region
by Constantine Pleshakov
The frozen war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has thawed, with serious implications for the region.
Commentary / World Oct 9, 2014
The best interests of the Caucasian talk circle
by Vartan Oskanian
The Caucasus is among the world's most divided and incoherent regions, as the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have failed to learn, economically or politically, from similarly linked groups of countries such as the Baltic states. Is it too late for the ...
World / Politics Aug 11, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting Sunday with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as concerns mount over the escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh. Putin met with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Sochi to ...
World Aug 5, 2014
Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday both reported more losses in a sharp escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh, with 18 soldiers now confirmed dead. The Azerbaijani region and some adjacent territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian ...
World Dec 1, 2013
Azerbaijan's elite wooing British lawmakers
by Jamie Doward and Charlotte Latimer
It operates from an exclusive Mayfair address and throws lavish parties for politicians of all parties. Ostensibly an independent trade body, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) regularly takes members of Parliament, members of the European Parliament and British government officials on trips to the ...
National Apr 26, 2013
While on outstanding terms diplomatically and politically, Japan and Azerbaijan still have room for improvement on the economic front, Azerbaijan Ambassador to Japan Gursel Ismayilzada said Thursday. Ismayilzada, who paid a courtesy visit to The Japan Times, said Azerbaijan has seen Japanese investment rise in ...