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06/11/2025

🇺🇸American-made Bullfrog turrets go global

American firm Allen Control Systems is going global with its Bullfrog AI turrets, selling to South Korea and UAE, and partnering with Romania. The system targets drones, redefining mobile air defense.

06/11/2025

🇦🇿🇦🇲Baku court details accused Harutyunyan’s role in criminal network, armed operations

The criminal trial against Armenian citizens continued on November 6 at the Baku Military Court, as prosecutors presented key evidence implicating the accused in...

06/11/2025

🇷🇺🇺🇸Kremlin orders readiness for nuclear tests

Russia is preparing for possible nuclear tests for the first time in decades, citing U.S. signals. Novaya Zemlya could host subcritical or low-yield trials, raising global concerns over arms-control stability and a new era of nuclear brinkmanship.

06/11/2025

🇰🇿🇦🇲 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be awarded Kazakhstan's prestigious Altyn Kiran (Golden Eagle) Order, the country's highest state honour for foreigners, according to Hraparak paper.

According to the paper, the award recognises Pashinyan's contributions to strengthening cooperation between Turkic states and his role in the agreement to open the Zangezur Corridor, a crucial trade route connecting Türkiye with Central Asia.

The announcement comes ahead of the upcoming summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital. On the same day, foreign ministers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will also meet, followed by a session of heads of state, which will include the attendance of Pashinyan. The award ceremony will take place during these high-level diplomatic events.

The Altyn Kiran Order is awarded for exceptional state services rendered to Kazakhstan.

06/11/2025

🇦🇿Where did the “bright faces” go: double pressure on old Baku - Reflections on a city in transition

The years of change from the 1980s to the 2000s were difficult for the middle-tier intelligentsia, which made up a significant part of late-Soviet Baku. Recently,...

05/11/2025

🇦🇿⚽️🇬🇧 The match between Aghdam's Qarabağ and London's Chelsea ended in a 2-2 draw.

Gurban Gurbanov's team played confidently against one of the strongest clubs in the world. Congratulations!

05/11/2025

🇦🇿Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, has held talks with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe, Northern America and Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty.

Hajiyev took to X to describe the meeting as “productive” and said it was conducted in a “spirit of strategic partnership.”

"Discussed to deepen and widen our relations to new areas, such as connectivity, artificial intelligence, cyber security, digitization, education as well as defense and military cooperation," Hajiyev wrote.

Hajiyev also added a lighter note, wishing “best of luck to both Qarabağ and Chelsea teams in tonight’s match.”

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05/11/2025

🇳🇱Netherlands eyes AMRAAM missile production

Raytheon explores producing AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles in the Netherlands, involving Dutch industry in assembly and maintenance. A move to boost NATO defence, support Ukraine, and strengthen trans-Atlantic cooperation.

05/11/2025

❗ICESCO chief hails Azerbaijan’s Victory Day as triumph of peace and reconstruction In congratulatory letter to President Aliyev

Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) Salem bin Mohammed Al-Malik has sent a congratulatory letter to...

05/11/2025

🇦🇿Azerbaijan’s 2026 budget: fiscal incentives drive non-oil sector growth - Caliber.Az review

Each November, as part of Azerbaijan’s budget drafting process, proposed amendments and additions to the Tax and Customs Codes are reviewed. This process also includes...

05/11/2025

🇦🇿🇬🇧There are no invincibles — or will we witness another miracle? Qarabağ vs Chelsea

Tonight in Baku, at 21:45, we — that is, hundreds of thousands of local football fans — may witness yet another miracle performed by the disciples of the chief magician...

05/11/2025

🇦🇿🇵🇰PM Sharif heads to Baku: Victory Day Parade and strengthening ties with Azerbaijan

Preparations are in full swing for Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s upcoming one-day visit to Azerbaijan on November 8, where he will attend Victory Day...