Russia & CIS

Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry on Friday offered condolences to Turkey after a Syrian regime attack in Idlib martyred dozens of Turkish soldiers

Singer Samira Afandi will represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision 2020 Song Contest to be held under the motto Open Up in Rotterdam the countrys Public Television Radio Broadcasting Company ITV told AzVisionaz

Turkish forces pounded Syrian regime targets all night after a deadly attack on Turkish soldiers in Idlib northwestern Syria security sources said Friday morning Anadolu Agency reported

President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga was quarantined upon arrival from a oneday visit to China Sputnik reported

Thailand recorded one new case of coronavirus bringing the total in the country to 41 since January a senior health official said on Friday Reuters reported

Oil prices have decreased on the world markets

The 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor SGC Advisory Council has kicked off at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the inauguration of the underground pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Heydar Aliyev Avenue and Zaki Mammadov Street

Following Turkeys request NATO will hold an extraordinary meeting Friday over attacks to Turkish soldiers in Idlib northwestern Syria Anadolu Agency reported

Due to the rapid spread of coronavirus in the world and its appearance in neighboring countries special laboratories and units have been deployed in Azerbaijan to combat COVID19 Trend reports referring to the Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan

New Zealand confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Friday in someone who returned from Iran but said the chances of a community outbreak remains low Reuters reported

UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in Syrias Idlib Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday TASS reported

A documentary film on the Khojaly Genocide produced by American cinematographers in Los Angeles in 2017 and titled Running from the Darkness is being featured on several public TV stations in California

Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials Reuters reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 24 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Feb 28

The death toll from the new coronavirus in China has climbed to 2788 and the number of confirmed cases reached 78824 Chinas National Health Commission reported on Friday

At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been martyred and tens of others injured in an airstrike by forces of the Bashar alAssad regime in Idlib northwestern Syria a Turkish official said late Thursday Anadolu Agency reported

32 years passed since the Sumgayit events APA reports

Azerbaijans Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov has received a delegation led by US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy in the Department of States Bureau of Energy Resources Kurt Donnelly who is visiting Baku to attend the 6th ministerial meeting as part of the Southern Gas Corridor SGC Advisory Council Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry Feb 27

Former Iranian ambassador to the Vatican and Egypt Hadi Khosrowshahi has died of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus APA reports citing IRNA news agency