Russia & CIS

One mountaineer has died and another injured while descending Georgia’s Mount Mkinvartsveri yesterday.

In a lead-up to the resignation of the current Armenian government, outgoing Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan today dismissed nine advisers.

Crude oil and global equity markets tumbled on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante in a trade dispute with China, reviving investor jitters about the impact a tariff war could have on the world economy.

The Final Document of the 18th Mid-Term Ministerial Conference of Non-Aligned Movement includes particular paragraphs and articles related with Azerbaijan.

The bodies of four women and a child were found on Saturday after extinguishing a fire in a house in the Russian city of Ussuriysk.

A conference on Islamophobia began in Istanbul on Friday to discuss strategies and policies for combatting Islamophobia.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 102 times throughout the day, using large-caliber machine guns and grenade launchers.

Israeli troops shot dead seven Palestinian protesters and wounded at least 200 along the Israel-Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, raising the death toll to 27 in the week-long disturbances, Reuters reports.

International Mugham Center will celebrate the International Jazz Day with a big gala concert on April 30, Azernews reports.

An Azerbaijani delegation is participating in HESTOUREX-2018 international fair for healthcare, sports and alternative tourism in Antalya, Turkey.

The Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the Minister of National Defense of Turkey Nurettin Canikli and the Minister of Defense of Georgia Levan Izoria held a trilateral meeting in Giresun on March 31.

A march dedicated to 100th anniversary of genocide of Azerbaijanis has been held in Guba.

Trilateral meeting of defense ministers has begun.

News.Az reprints from Lragir.am the article titled "The 'dark' failure of Metsamor NPP in 1982" by Vagram Tokmadjan.

News.Az reprints from The Hill an article titled 'Possible sanctions for the Russia-Armenia-Iran axis' by James J.Coyle.

The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been opened in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 101 times throughout the day, using large-caliber machine guns.

Heydar Aliyev Foundation collected nearly 1.8 tons of humanitarian aid for victims of the deadly fire in Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center in Kemerovo, where 64 people were killed.

Fifty-two soldiers in Ankara's Cankaya district were hospitalized Friday after they complained of stomachaches and nausea.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the construction of a carpet weaving workshop in Kurdamir district.