Russia & CIS

Russia will remove work permit sanctions against Turkey as soon as possible, Putin says.

The United Nations has warned that the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with starvation and famine in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are visiting Baku, Azerbaijan.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire a total of 110 times throughout the day, using sniper rifles and 82 millimeter mortars (20 shells).

The market value of SOCAR Trading SA, the marketing arm of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, was $1.15 billion as of June 30, 2016, reads a message on the company’s website.

Azerbaijani Parliament has approved the amendments to the Law on Labour Pensions.

Russia's Irkut aircraft manufacturer said Friday it is holding talks with a number of Turkish air carriers on deliveries of new MC-21 mid-haul passenger plane.

AzerGold CJSC was created Feb. 11, 2015.

March 13 car bomb attack in Turkish capital left 36 people dead, 349 wounded.

Orkhan Safarov has claimed Azerbaijan`s first medal at Grand Slam judo tournament commemorating national leader Heydar Aliyev in Baku. He won bronze in the men`s 60kg weight category.

Russia is cautiously optimistic on the chances for a peace deal in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after talks with Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow, Reuters reported.

Turkish security forces on Friday killed seven PKK terrorists during ongoing operations against the PKK terrorist group in southeastern Turkey’s Sirnak province, Anadolu reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged to ban Gulen's organization in Russia.

Iran’s next presidential election is scheduled for May 2017.

Suspects Azer Huseynov and Ali Islamov, using firearms in a residential area, provided armed resistance.

An explosion occurred in the teahouse in Ismayilli, APA’s regional bureau reports.

Georgian startups will now able to enter the Iranian market of 80 million consumers and develop new businesses in Iran.

Russia's Caliber missiles will be installed on 949A Antey submarine cruisers. Antey submarines are designed for the destruction of enemy aircraft carriers. The underwater cruisers are armed with Granit missiles. They are too big, more vulnerable and inferior to the performance of new Caliber missiles

John McCain spoke of Russia as a "gas station country." Russia the gas station has developed into a country that could allegedly show influence on the course and the outcome of the presidential election in the US. Western "partners" acknowledge that solving major international problems without the participation of Russia is impossible

The Prosecutor Genera’s Office of Azerbaijan has initiated a criminal case and launched an investigation into the facts of illegal economic activities of foreign companies in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, the press service of Prosecutor General’s Office told APA on Saturday.