The 13th Global Baku Forum demonstrated a high level of international participation despite escalating global tensions, including the conflict in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, has been an inveterate foe of the West, crushing internal opposition while supporting proxy forces across the region in the hope of making his country respected and feared.

Congolese authorities and a civil society group announced on Thursday that mass graves were discovered in an area of eastern Congo recently vacated by the M23 militia.

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Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners said in a report released on Friday.

On Monday, outgoing President Joe Biden highlighted his foreign policy achievements, asserting that U.S. adversaries are weaker now than when he assumed office four years ago, despite ongoing global crises, News.az reports citing ABC news.

During the ongoing G7 summit, leaders of member states gathered in southern Italy to look for common ground in challenges including the Ukraine crisis and the governance of artificial intelligence (AI).