Azerbaijan is hosting COP29, the UN climate conference, drawing criticism from some who point to the country’s huge oil industry and poor record of pollution. Not far from the host city, Baku, RFE/RL filmed untreated waste gushing into the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan’s biennial Transparency Report (BTR) is ready for presentation this week, signaling the country’s commitment to global climate transparency and the 1.5°C target.
The Israel Defense Forces has published the names of 798 soldiers, officers and reservists — several dozen of whom are local security officers — killed during the ongoing war with Palestinian terrorists since October 7, more than 304 of them on the border