Trump says he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader as war expands
President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."
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President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."
President Trump has touted himself as a Nobel-worthy peacemaker. Here's what some foreign policy analysts say about the disputes he cites.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands as they joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday for a peace summit where they signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.
The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan's transport ministry included photographs of the plane.
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also accused Russia of trying to "hush up" the issue for several days.
The Kremlin said air defense systems were firing near Grozny on Wednesday due to a Ukrainian drone strike, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.
Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.
Addressing the financial challenges of climate change will be one of the main goals at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. Lisa Sachs, the director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, joins CBS News with more.
Delegates from nations across the world are in Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate summit as data shows the highest greenhouse gas emissions ever recorded occurred in 2023. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter has more as activists protest at the conference.
As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the U.S. under a second Trump administration.
The Department of Justice is alleging Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, and his wife, Imelda Rios Cuellar, accepted bribes from an oil and gas company owned by the Azerbaijan government and a Mexican bank, according to an indictment obtained by CBS News. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians have fled their homes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region amid an ongoing military operation by Azerbaijan. CBS News' Chris Livesay has the latest.
Armenia's leader says Azerbaijan committing "act of ethnic cleansing" as "65,036 forcefully displaced persons" flee Nagorno-Karabakh region.
More than half of the 120,000 ethnic Armenians who were living in Nagorno-Karabakh fled the disputed region after Azerbaijan launched a military operation last week, seizing control of the area. Sarah Rainsford with the BBC is following the latest.
Ethnic Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have scrambled to flee as soon as Azerbaijan lifted a 10-month blockade on the region's only road to Armenia.
Senior Biden administration officials arrived in Armenia on Monday amid the exodus of thousands of ethnic Armenians from the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The U.S. has called on Azerbaijan to protect civilians and let in aid while, according to the Associated Press, more than 1,300 people have left the region since Azerbaijan seized the disputed territory last week. Mathieu Droin, a visiting fellow at U.S. think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined CBS News to discuss the deadly territorial dispute.
Ethnic Armenian forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan have reached a cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan a day after Azerbaijan launched a military operation there. At least 27 people have died and more than 200 others have been injured in the fighting, according to local human rights officials. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have clashed for years over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Here's what the dispute is all about.
The Azerbaijani defense ministry announced the start of the operation hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.