Moscow begins shipments of 200,000 tonnes of grain months after it withdrew from UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal.

• November 17, 2023

Writers, politicians, and activists in Ireland, which is often an outlier in the West on the Middle East conflict, call for peace.

• November 17, 2023

US Treasury Department has said that the sanctions were jointly coordinated with the UK and target Hamas financing.

• November 15, 2023

Russian and Syrian regime attacks have killed 66 civilians since the start of October, and displaced 120,000 people.

• November 15, 2023

The latest test in contravention of UN sanctions is part of Pyongyang’s ongoing effort to modernise its weaponry.

• November 15, 2023

By Vasif HUSEYNOV, PhD, Head of Department, AIR Center, Adjunct Lecturer, ADA and Khazar Universities, Baku

EU-Azerbaijan relations are important for both sides, and the Brussels format of the Armenia-Azerbaijani peace talks, are likewise important to reach negotiated solutions over the remaining unresolved questions between Baku and Yerevan. The reactivation of the Brussels format and the revitalization of the constructive role of the EU in the South Caucasus should happen sooner rather than later. A balanced approach by the EU and its leading member states vis-à-vis the countries of the region is of utmost necessity towards this end.
On 25 October, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, announced that the scheduled meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with the mediation of the European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels [known as the Brussels format of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks] had been postponed due to scheduling problems. Previously, another EU-brokered summit between these two leaders from the South Caucasus, originally planned to take place on the sidelines of the European Political Community gathering on 5 October, was cancelled by the Azerbaijani side. READ MORE

• November 13, 2023

The G7 hopes to assure Ukraine of support amid the Gaza war as Russia says Western policies endanger the world.

• November 8, 2023

On Tuesday night, a Labour frontbencher quit the party over Starmer’s position – the latest in a string of resignations.

• November 8, 2023