From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Flame Towers are seen in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, Nov. 13, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken on Nov. 14, 2024 shows a view of a coastal area on the Caspian sea in Baku, capital of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Baku's Upland Park is the highest point in the Azerbaijani capital, opening a panoramic view of the city and its bay. The city's residents and visitors often come here to see a bird's eye view of Baku ...

It isn’t immediately obvious what the link between a massive new masterplanned city in the heart of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, and Dubai is. After all, there is a distance of 1,700-plus kilometres ...

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 mystic ...

Baku. Image © President.az via Wikipedia under CC BY 4.0 Some cities grow through continuity, others construct themselves through moments of acceleration. Baku, in ...

Authorities in Azerbaijan assert that playing host to the European Games marks the emergence of a self-assured nation capable of staging a major international sporting event. But some residents of the ...

When did Baku become a modern city? Baku began to become a modern city in 1872, when the Russian tsarist power established what is now called a concession for oil field development. From that moment, ...