Azerbaijan celebrates its rise as a travel destination, marking Independence Day with progress in tourism, infrastructure, ...

On Downtown Baku stands the Socar Tower, the headquarters of Azerbaijan's state oil company, with two towers that curve around each other at the top. Right next to it is the Azersu Tower, which ...

Azerbaijan’s freestyle tradition Meykhana thrives in Baku's taverns, where poets like Mehman duel with words.

Festival season in Azerbaijan stretches well beyond the ... with the closest beach escape located in downtown Baku. Known as Seaside Boulevard, the city’s tidy beachfront promenade runs all ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan—One of the more unusual experiences on offer in Azerbaijan is the opportunity to wallow in a bath of warm crude oil. The treatment, if you can call it that, is billed as having ...

COP29 in Baku reveals the contradictions of having climate negotiations in a petro-state. Participants walk and network in front of the main entrance during the United Nations Climate Change ...

This year's United Nations Climate Change Conference — called COP29, since it's the 29th Conference of Parties — kicks off Monday in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and runs through Nov. 22.