Amnesty International called for the release of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev

Sevinj Vagifgyzy, editor of ‘Abzas Media’, who is detained in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1, has reported physical pressures and discrimination against fellow journalists by the staff.

Earlier published on the Internet transcripts of the pilots' conversations differ from the materials of the “black boxes” of the AZAL plane that crashed in Aktau on 25 December. This was stated by Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev on 24 January.

The Trump administration this week kicked off fresh conversations with NATO ally Türkiye with focus on bilateral and regional issues, including the peace in the South Caucasus, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on Thursday amending the list of classified information approved under a 2005 presidential order. The changes align with amendments to the country’s laws on "Accounting" and "State Secrets" passed by parliament on December 22, 2023.