Iran fighter plane crashes near border, pilot's fate unknown

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian fighter jet went down on Wednesday in the north of the country, near the border with Azerbaijan, Iran’s state television reported. The fate of the pilot was not immediately known. The TV reported that the crash happened in the Sabalan mountainous region and that rescue...

Tenor moves out of Anna Netrebko's shadow

NEW YORK (AP) — Married to a world-famous opera star, Yusif Eyvazov found in building his own career that “the most difficult thing was to prove” he was more than just Mr. Anna Netrebko. The 42-year-old tenor from Azerbaijan had been singing professionally for less than five years when he and...