Russia & CIS

Police converged on the scene and officers found the gunman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 17th floor.

The interior ministers of France, Germany and Italy will meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss ways to help Italy, which has been struggling with the masses of migrants arriving on its shores and has demanded solidarity from other members of the European Union, Reuters reports.

About 120 flights were delayed and seven more cancelled in Moscow on Friday over heavy rainfall that hit the Russian capital, Sputnik reported citing Yandex Raspisanie online timetable service.

All negotiations on the Karabakh conflict are absolutely futile and pointless, Milli Majlis deputy Araz Alizadeh is convinced.

Russia's relations with the USA remain in a deplorable condition and may worsen further quickly. Again, what should Russia do? Should Russia turn a blind eye on all statements from top US officials about "threat No. 1?" Russia was extremely compliant during the 1990s, and we all know what it ended up with

A Serbian political analyst said when describing Russia's foreign policy that Moscow has a tendency to support official authorities of foreign states unless they show hostility against Russia, at least formally. This is a strategic problem of Moscow, the analyst believes. How true is this judgment?

A two-day long Brussels summit of the European Council ended Friday with leaders agreeing on various issues including security, migration, Brexit, climate change and economy, Anadolu Agency reports.

President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon has today ended his official visit to Azerbaijan.

A White House spokesman did not rule out a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin when he was asked about reports the two leaders may hold talks on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in Germany next month, Reuters reported.

TurkStream Natural Gas Project is a beautiful symbol of our foreign policy and win-win approach, in which we suggest that energy should not be a cause of conflict in international relations but a unifying instrument for peace, said Turkey’s President Erdogan on Friday, Anadolu reported.

An appeal against the Baku Grave Crimes Court’s verdict on Russian citizen of Armenian origin Marat Ueldanov, accused of drug trafficking, was considered in the Baku Court of Appeal June 23.

The European Union states decided on Friday to restrict visas for foreign countries that refuse to take back their nationals who have no right of asylum in Europe, according to Reuters.

The 2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is organized at the highest level, Alain Prost, four-time F1 world champion, special advisor with the Renault Sport F1 team, said at a press conference in Baku June 23.

Thomas Goltz has made a documentary On Aggregate about the trials and tribulations of the team, AzerTag reports.

Albert Martoyan, a native of the town of Vardenis in Armenia’s Gegharkunik province, lost the bottoms of both his feet to frostbite while serving on the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline during the April 2016 “four-day way.”

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a plant that will produce ammunition for rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPG) in the city of Shirvan.

An official opening ceremony of the Azerbaijani Film Festival was held in Italy. “Ali and Nino” movie was presented within the Festival.

Indian low cost carrier, GoAir, plans to launch direct flights to nine countries, including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Vietnam, Maldives, Qatar and Saudi Arabia until the yearend, Indian media outlets reported June 24.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to recall Elchin Amirbeyov from the post of Azerbaijani Ambassador to France, the Holy See and the Principality of Monaco.

President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.