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Crucial question for summit will be how to help developing countries cope with extreme weather caused by high temperatures

Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections reveal President Aliyev's party's continued dominance amid concerns of limited choices and low voter participation.

Early tallies showed President Aliyev’s significant lead as 54.5 percent of electoral precincts declared results.

Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev, who will likely sail to a fifth presidential term in Wednesday's election, is cementing his hardline rule after securing a historic victory over Armenian separatists.

A crackdown on independent media and the absence of any real opposition add to the certainty of an easy win for Aliyev, whose troops recaptured the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in September.

The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered elections to be held earlier than scheduled.

Exclusive: Global Witness claims UK firm has indirectly helped fund aggression against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that Nagorno-Karabakh – an ethnically Armenian enclave stuck geographically in the neighboring republic of Soviet Azerbaijan – ought to be joined to Armenia.

Delegation from region, also called Artsakh, which broke away from Azerbaijan, is attempting to settle its future with Baku