Despite near-total government control over the media, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has built a high-impact social-media presence in Azerbaijan and a reputation as a leading source of independent news.
An Iranian military official said on August 27 that an alleged Israeli drone shot down close to the Natanz nuclear facility was launched from a former Soviet Republic to the north of Iran.
Transparency International’s office in Baku says it is being forced to suspend some of its projects in Azerbaijan because of problems receiving funds through its bank in Baku.
An Azerbaijani journalist and rights activist has been badly beaten by unknown assailants in the country's Naxcivan exclave.
An Azerbaijani court will hear the appeal of a young blogger given a five-year prison sentence in a case his supporters say is politically motivated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin got the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sit down together in Sochi on August 10 to ease tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh. But both South Caucasus countries are wary of what Moscow's intentions might be.
Another prominent human rights defender has been detained in Azerbaijan.
Days of sometimes fierce exchanges of gunfire have revived fears that the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh could once again explode. RFE/RL's Armenian and Azerbaijani services spoke to people caught in the middle of the fighting.
The husband of Azerbaijan's prominent human rights activist Leyla Yunus, Arif Yunus, has been arrested in Baku.
A cease-fire violation sparks more finger-pointing around Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Another prominent rights defender has been arrested in Azerbaijan. Rasul Jafarov was detained during the morning of August 2 on suspicion of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, and abuse of authority.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry says four of its troops have been killed near the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Defense Ministry's press secretary has blamed Azerbaijani officials for the latest deadly clashes near Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been charged with several crimes, among them treason, tax evasion, and illegal entrepreneurship.
The chairman of the youth wing of the opposition Musavat (Equality) party in Azerbaijan has been detained.
Britain's Minister for Europe, David Lidington, has condemned the jailing of an activist in Azerbaijan.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned a five-year prison sentence issued against a 19-year-old blogger and opposition activist, Omar Mamedov.
Authorities in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh region say their forces have captured at least one Azerbaijani soldier who they say was involved in a commando raid from the Azerbaijani side.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's speech at a session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg has been met by protests.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is expected to arrive in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, on June 13 as he concludes a regional tour.
The OSCE's chairman in office has started a tour of the South Caucasus with a visit to Azerbaijan.
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