Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...

Azerbaijani journalists have released a recording containing an order to open fire on an AZAL flight, which resulted in the ...

On December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing more than half of the 67 people on board. The flight had been diverted to Aktau in the country’s west for an ...

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Azerbaijan demands Russia admit guilt for downing plane, pay compensation Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev blasted Russia for putting forward “absurd” theories initially and said Moscow must ...

The plane was flying from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Grozny when it turned toward Kazakhstan, hundreds of kilometers (miles) across the Caspian Sea from its intended destination, and crashed ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the deadly plane crash.

Approach to Grozny As the flight approached Grozny, it entered thick fog, surviving passengers say. They describe the pilot attempting to land the plane twice during these conditions.

Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day say they heard at least one loud bang before the aircraft crashed.

While Putin said Grozny was under attack by Ukrainian drones when the Azerbaijan Airlines plane tried to land, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha on Friday blamed Russia for the deadly crash ...

Dmitry Yadrov, head of the Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia, said the plane could not land at Grozny airport because of fog and Ukrainian drones. “The situation around Grozny airport at the time ...

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane traveling from Baku to Grozny crashed Wednesday morning near Aktau in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Euronews and Reuters, citing sources in the Azerbaijani ...