Ilham Aliyev received the credentials of the new Ambassador of Belgium

Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.

During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday  that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.

A small medical aviation aircraft, a LEAR-55, carrying six people, including crew members, crashed into a residential area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. broadcaster CBS reported on Thursday.