Russia & CIS

Positive changes are being seen in the relations between the West and Russia, former Indian ambassador and columnist for Asia Times Melkulangara Bhadrakumar said.

Tank crews in Russia’s central Chelyabinsk region are testing an advanced “stealth” paint that ensures low visibility against electronic surveillance systems, a military spokesman said earlier this month.

Moscow could drop out of a Soviet-era nuclear treaty with Washington if the United States moves new B61-12 guided nuclear bombs to Germany, the chairman of Russia's upper chamber defense and security committee said Wednesday.

Modern automatic aircraft cannons are a combination of artillery guns and rates of fire usually found on conventional machine guns. Some types of Russian-made canons can fire even faster than that.

WHO has published a report.

The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has invested in real estate in Tokyo.

Some 30 houses and work establishments were flooded after a water distribution pipeline exploded in Bodrum, in the southwestern province of Muğla, Huriyyet Daily reports.

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, colonel-general Zakir Hasanov has congratulated the personal staff of the Armed Forces on Eid al-Adha.

Azerbaijani Airlines will hold the autumn sales in anticipation of Eid al-Adha.

Representative of the Chamber of Deputies has made a statement.

The Islamic State terrorist group is posing a serious threat to Russia, Nikolay Bordyuzha, the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said on Tuesday.

The President of Russia will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, who will be in Moscow on a working visit to take part in the ceremony re-opening the Moscow Cathedral Mosque after its reconstruction, APA reports citing official website of Kremlin.

Armenian armed forces have shattered the ceasefire a total of 109 times, using mortar launchers and large-caliber machine guns.

A delegation led by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov leaves for New York for participation in the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.

A second leg match between the futsal national teams of Slovakia and Azerbaijan was held in Slovakian Trnava for the participation in the final round of the European championship.

Russian President signed the decree.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud on the national holiday.

Azerbaijani poet, honored worker of culture, member of the Union of Writers of Azerbaijan Mammad Aslan died, APA reports quoting close relatives of poet.

Five people, including a German and a French national, were arrested Monday in Istanbul for encouraging Syrian refugees to head for Turkey’s border with the EU, police said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras.