UN member countries adopt blueprint for the future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity.

• September 23, 2024

International Energy Agency separately warns that the coming winter would prove to be the ‘sternest test yet’ for Ukraine’s energy grid.

• September 20, 2024

Ukraine’s officials lay out plans for domestic defence industry as they await word from Western powers about long-range strikes.

• September 20, 2024

Germany faces mounting pressure from legal cases arguing that German weapons exports to Israel breach humanitarian law.

• September 20, 2024

Von der Leyen’s new EU executive team faces challenges including wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, climate change, and economic competitiveness.

• September 18, 2024

The plan presented by Trump’s running mate is closer to Russia’s position rather than that of Ukraine and NATO.

• September 18, 2024

Increase of 180,000 would leave Russian army second only to China in terms of number of active combat soldiers.

• September 18, 2024

By Yeghia TASHJIAN, Beirut-based regional analyst and researcher, columnist, "The Armenian Weekly”

On August 7, 2024, Elchin Amirbayov, President Ilham Aliyev’s senior envoy for special assignments, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that Baku had agreed to withdraw the issue of the “Zangezur Corridor” from Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations and “refer it to a later stage.” This statement put Russia in a difficult position, as it had aimed to control the transit routes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to the November 10, 2020 trilateral statement signed by the heads of state of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia. As such, Russia attempted to revive the issue but met Iranian opposition. This article will highlight U.S. involvement in containing Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus, Russia’s objective behind bringing back the corridor issue and Tehran’s harsh stance against Moscow. READ MORE

• September 13, 2024