Russia & CIS

A total of 15,653 Turkish state employees have been dismissed for alleged links to illegal organizations on Tuesday, Turkey’s official gazette said.

Russia conducted successful tests of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the prospective rail-mobile combat complex "Barguzin." The development of the complex is being conducted according to schedule. The missile drop tests were held on Plesetsk cosmodrone and were found fully successful

Speaking about Russian-Japanese relations in Lima, Peru, Russian President Putin said that the way to the peace treaty was not easy", but its absence between Russia and Japan was a relic of the past, which hindered the development of relations between the two countries. Russia's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands was established as a result of WWII

It is no secret that USA uses a variety of levers to control social and political life of other countries of the world. Financial support for civil societies of the countries, which the US establishment chose as a zone of strategic interests, is one of those tools. Russia tries to show resistance to this information war by promoting her own agenda

A landslide hit a mine in the southeastern province of Siirt on Thursday, reportedly trapping 14 workers underground, APA reports quotinh Turkish media.

Some 43 people were killed and 110 injured in Mozambique on Thursday as they tried to siphon fuel from an overturned truck which exploded near the border with Malawi, the government said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Eyraud had a telephone conversation, APA reports quoting press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

After 3D-printing a mouse thyroid gland and successfully transplanting it last year, Russia's 3D Bioprinting Solutions is aiming to make a human kidney by 2030, the company's scientists told Sputnik.

Azerbaijan accepted the France proposal of a meeting of foreign ministers in the format of "3 + 2" in the framework of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg on December 9.

Participants of the 5th News Agencies World Congress, the 16th General Assembly of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and the 22nd session of the CIS Council of Heads of News Agencies have been treated to a cultural program.

President Barack Obama, making a final return as President to Berlin Thursday, issued a warning to President-elect Donald Trump in his dealings with Russia, CNN reports.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the implications of an alleged Oct. 27 missile attack by Yemen’s Shia Houthi group on the Saudi city of Mecca.

Turkey is a leader in the fight against terrorism, Defense Minister Fikri Isik said while delivering a speech in the country’s parliament Nov. 17.

SOCAR Trading of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company will supply oil products to Burkina Faso as it has agreed with that country’s state oil company SONABHY, SOCAR said in a message.

The April events have shown that the status quo of Karabakh isn't stable.

Israel’s ambassador Dan Stav paid a two-day visit to Azerbaijan’s Mingachevir and Yevlakh cities, the Israeli embassy in Baku told Trend Nov. 17.

Junior Azerbaijani taekwondo fighter Ayaz Gambarli (45kg) has claimed a bronze medal on the first day of the World Championships in Canada.

Iran must stop repeatedly overstepping a limit on its stock of a sensitive material set by its landmark deal with major powers, the UN nuclear watchdog said.

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will additionally produce over 5,470 tons of oil per year as it has put into operation a new horizontal well at the Western Absheron field in the Caspian Sea, said SOCAR in a message Nov. 17.

A conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s state independence was held in the University of Houston.