Azerbaijan’s restrictions on Islamic headscarves in schools have triggered an unusually public dispute with close ally Türkiye, with criticism from Turkish politicians drawing accusations of interference from President Ilham Aliyev’s ruling party.The controversy has also prompted criminal proceeding...
Türkiye have sacked head coach Vincenzo Montella after a disastrous start to their UEFA Nations League campaign, with four defeats leaving the national side bottom of their group without a point. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced the decision on Friday, 9 October, following a boar...
Special forces from Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have taken part in joint military training in Uzbekistan, practising hostage rescues, reconnaissance and operations behind simulated enemy lines.Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry announced the “Eternal Brotherhood–V” exercise in a statement on 6 Oct...
A medieval Anatolian poet and an Azerbaijani philanthropist provide the starting points for an evening exploring ideas, identity and cultural connections at Yunus Emre Institute London on Tuesday 13 October.The free event, From Yunus Emre to Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, brings together scholars and cultura...
British driver George Russell won Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix by just 0.196 seconds, holding off Max Verstappen in a thrilling finish on the streets of Baku. Isack Hadjar completed the podium for Red Bull.Russell (pictured top) had secured pole position for Mercedes and led throughout the race....
The first international football break since this summer’s World Cup gets under way this week, with Azerbaijan, Türkiye and the four UK home nations all back in action.This autumn’s opening international window is longer than usual, running from 21 September to 6 October after the traditional Septem...
Formula 1 returns to Azerbaijan at the end of September, when some of the world’s fastest drivers take on the spectacular and notoriously unpredictable streets of Baku.The 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be staged on Saturday, 26 September, a day earlier than the traditional Sunday race slot. The ch...
Organisations working to protect people from corporate abuses have lost an average of 40% of their funding in just two years, according to a new global survey, with one in eight warning they could be forced to close.The findings, published on Wednesday, 16 September, come from a survey by Swedish hu...
A senior Azerbaijani diplomat in London has accused The Guardian of presenting a misleading and one-sided picture of the former Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in its review of a new documentary about Karabakh.Günel Salimova, Counsellor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London, challenged the newspap...
Azerbaijan is again acting as an intermediary between Türkiye and Israel as relations between the two regional powers deteriorate, with their competing interests in Syria raising growing fears of an accidental – or potentially deliberate – military confrontation.Baku has been using its unusually str...
