In Azerbaijan, the Second Karabakh War left deep marks on the minds of many young people. From 2020 to 2023, researchers tracked the mental health of over 2, 400 kids and teens aged 5 to 16. They found that a huge number of them struggled with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The numbers were shocking: 65% had anxiety, 40% dealt with depression, and a whopping 70% show...
On Christmas Day, a tragic event unfolded in the skies when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed, killing all 38 people on board. The aircraft, en route to Grozny, Chechnya, made an emergency landing near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Initially, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency suggested that the plane crashed due to a bird collision. Later, they claimed that Ukrainian com...
On December 12th, an Azerbaijani airliner crashed in Kazakhstan during an attempted landing. Out of the 67 people onboard, 38 lost their lives. The plane, an Embraer 190 operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was headed from Baku to Grozny, Russia. Experts suggest that Russian air defense systems might have hit the plane, diverting it to Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plane was i...
The annual climate summit, COP29, has started in Baku, Azerbaijan. The key topic is money – how much is needed and who will pay to help poor countries deal with climate change? The UN says developing countries need about $1 billion daily just to cope with current extreme weather. They're getting only a tenth of that. The fossil fuel industry makes huge profits while ...
Last year, Azerbaijan took complete control of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). Meanwhile, conflicts between Israel and Hamas, and the war in Gaza, grabbed global attention. This shift in focus allowed Azerbaijan and Israel to strengthen their partnership without much outside scrutiny. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, between Azerbaijan and Armenia, has been ongo...