As the largest country in the Caucasus region, Azerbaijan boasts a wealth of absorbing sights, with the old walled city of Baku ... World War II, is also a must-see, and for a poignant glimpse into ...

He achieves huge increases in coal, oil, and steel productivity and the country sees massive economic growth. His plans are ruthlessly enforced – factories are given strict targets which many ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to sign an agreement to grant the United States 50 percent of all future reserves of rare earth metals in Ukraine, according to news reports following a ...

On the other hand, students of Baku Higher Oil School will have the opportunity to get acquainted with a real work environment, gain practical knowledge and experience, and learn about innovations ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

In winter, a thick smog frequently envelops the city of nine million people as the fumes belched out by its many oil-fired factories are trapped by a layer of cold air. The stench of sulphur permeates ...

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. The open preparatory court session in the criminal case regarding crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, including the conduct of aggressive warfare, genocide ...

Baghdad (AFP) – Iraqi grocery store owner Abu Amjad al-Zubaidi is grappling with asthma, a condition his doctor blames on emissions from a nearby power plant that fills his Baghdad neighbourhood ...