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Russia has no intention of attacking anyone, it is ridiculous, foolish and unthinkable, Russian President Vladimir Putin said speaking at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on Thursday, TASS reports.

Saudi Arabia and Gulf OPEC countries are willing to cut 4 percent from their peak oil output, energy ministers from the Gulf countries told their Russian counterpart this week, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matter.

Azerbaijan's Minister of Economy is visiting Georgia.

Armenia has launched large-scale military exercises in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

Georgia is expanding its role as an East-West transit nation by joining the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC).

Turkey is one of the most active countries in the coalition fighting the terrorist group Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev congratulated his Czech counterpart Miloš Zeman on the occasion of Independence Day of Czech Republic.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to recall Elkhan Polukhov from the post of the country’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Africa (also accredited in Angola, Kingdom of Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique).

Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR’s bonds, which are on sale at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE), have risen in price by 1 percent, SOCAR said Oct. 27.

A group of militants is holding some 200 cadets after storming a police facility in southwestern Pakistan, while four people were wounded, Sputnik reported.

2,000-year-old Roman bath, also known as 'Basilica Therma,' located in Central Anatolian Turkish province of Yozgat is expected to be open to tourism in the next few years, Daily Sabah reports.

The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee has today kicked off at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris.

More than 3,800 people have been displaced in areas around Mosul since a major offensive was launched last week to oust Daesh from the northern Iraqi city, according to the ministry of migration and displacement Monday, Anadolu reported.

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Buenos Aires Rashad Aslanov held consultations with Health Minister of Argentina, Jorge Lemus.

Baku hosts NATO training course on “Psychological and information operations during crisis”.

An official dinner reception has been hosted on behalf of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva in honor of President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and her husband Jakov Kitarovic.

I hope number of Azerbaijani tourists travelling to Croatia will increase, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia said.

The purity of the heavy water at Iran’s Arak nuclear reactor (aka IR-40) has improved from 75.99 percent to 95.99 percent, said Presidential Office Director Mohammad Nahavandian.

Russian researchers have reportedly discovered a secret Nazi base in the Arctic, previously thought to be a WWII myth.

Azerbaijan hopes that at the latest stage Croatia and other countries of the Balkans will join the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev making statements for media with his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Baku Oct. 24.