The Milli Mejlis criticizes "dark forces" for abolition of registration of All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress (ARAC)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is the new acting head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in an attempt to end "insubordination" at the agency, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Monday that he wanted a deal for rare earth elements and other items from Ukraine in exchange for continued military aid for the war against Russian aggression, TURAN's U.S. correspondent reports.

On 3 February, the Baku Court for Serious Crimes announced the indictment of activist Nijat Ibrahim.  According to the prosecutor, Ibrahim stabbed a certain Bahman Aliyev. However, Ibrahim denied the accusations as saying that he had not stabbed anyone.

On February 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan annulled the results of the municipal elections held on January 29 at six polling stations. In particular, the voting results were declared invalid due to violations identified at polling stations NN: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 in the 81st Imishli constituency.