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Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy sits in his car during the first free practice ahead of the Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Antonelli keeps focus on F1 title a year after Piastri’s challenge crumbled

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Strengthened: U.S.-Azeri relations

President Donald Trump greets Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the White House, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Azerbaijan, Armenia quietly pull back from Moscow, edge closer to Washington after Trump peace deal

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Failures of the 2024 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP29) illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

‘Trump effect’ undermines U.N. climate summit

By Marc Morano

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Negotiators work through the night at U.N climate talks to try to reach a cash deal for poor nations

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Tea is served at the Azerbaijan Pavilion at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it’s not immune to climate change

By Melina Walling and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president and Turkey President Recep Tayyip front center, pose with others for a group photo at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Earth’s biggest polluters are not sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in year of weather extremes

By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling and Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president and Turkey President Recep Tayyip front center, pose with others for a group photo at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in a year of weather extremes

By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling and Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

People walk through an exhibit in the Green Zone at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin,’ but the real focus is money

By Seth Borenstein and Melina Walling - Associated Press

A pumpjack operates at a drilling site in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Azerbaijan is the host of the U.N.’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, an Azerbaijani police officer gives food to an ethnic Armenian woman in a camp in Khojaly, settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. (Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service via AP)

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

By Joanna Kozlowska - Associated Press

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico of Spain steers his car during the Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Perez beats Verstappen to win Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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Lei-Muzychuk after 24...h4.

For the holidays, chess stars rise in the East

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a joint news conference with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Following the approval of European leaders Friday Dec. 11, 2020 of expanding sanctions against Ankara, Turkey called on the European Union to act as an 'honest mediator' in its dispute with EU members Greece and Cyprus over the exploration of gas reserves in the Mediterranean. The leaders said early Friday that Turkey has &quot;engaged in unilateral actions and provocations and escalated its rhetoric against the EU.&quot;&quot;(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey summons Iranian ambassador over Azeri poem tensions

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Damage inside an apartment after shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery during a military conflict in Stepanakert, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Armenian military officials reported missile strikes in the territorial capital of Stepanakert, which came under intense attacks all weekend. (Areg Balayan/ArmGov PAN Photo via AP)

Turkish diplomat denounces Armenia on trip to Azerbaijan

By AIDA SULTANOVA and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Global Energy Security Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why the Trans-Caspian Pipeline must become one of America’s foreign policy priorities

By S. Rob Sobhani

Chelsea's Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Europa League Final soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Olympic stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

After Baku, Tbilisi bids to host Europa League final

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

A restaurant is decorated with Chelsea and Arsenal flags, in central Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Supporters were arriving in the Azerbaijan capital ahead of Wednesday's Europa League final between English teams Arsenal and Chelsea. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Baku quiet as Europa League fans struggle with travel

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 file photo Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan, left, duels for the ball with Bate's Aleksandar Filipovic during the Europa League round of 32 first leg soccer match between Bate and Arsenal at the Borisov-Arena in Borisov, Belarus. The choice of Baku as host of the Europa League final provided Arsenal with further grounds for discontent Tuesday when Mkhitaryan, one of the team's most talented players, pulled out of the game for political reasons. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Azerbaijan’s Europa League final complex for teams, fans

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Arsenal manager Unai Emery looks from the bench prior to the Europa League semifinal soccer match, second leg, between Valencia and Arsenal at the Camp de Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Mkhitaryan to miss Europa League final for political reasons

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press