Russia & CIS

Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States urges the international community to appoint a special UN representative for IDPs.

The total prize fund of the tournament is USD 25,000.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has cancelled trip to UN General Assembly due to health problems.

Erdogan says Turkey’s operation in Syria, Euphrates Shield, which started on August 24, has cleared border regions from Islamic State.

Opposition "National Council" block held an action on September 17 in protest of upcoming referendum on changes to the Constitution.

President Aliyev signed an order on allocation of funds for repair of apartment blocks in Azerbaijani region os Sabirabad.

Syria’s military blamed rebel groups for undermining the cease-fire that aimed to bring the country's bloody five-year civil war to an end.

Ramzan Kadyrov was ahead with about 98 percent of the vote after a partial count of ballots from the Sunday election was announced.

Russia plans effectively to revive the KGB under a massive shake-up of its security forces, a respected business daily has reported.

According to preliminary results, the United Russia gathered support of 54.22 percent of the voters.

As of September 1, the number of first graders decreased in Armenia.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) said it attracted AZN 65m at a deposit auction on September 19.

25 insurance companies of Azerbaijan gathered AZN 356.18m in insurance duties in January-August of this year.

Sherlockstar Amanda Abbington had a mixture of emotions on Sunday night at the 2016 Emmy Awards.

Azerbaijan’s Shaki Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Ilgar Mammadov to 7 years and Tofig Yagublu 5 years in prison.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on conferring the honorary title of "Honored Engineer" to workers of the oil industry of Azerbaijan.

An advisor to commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has banned the former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from running in the 2017 presidential election.

A large number of cartridges have been stolen from a military warehouse in Armenia, local newspaper Arovat reports.

The Korean Times newspaper has published an article titled “Nuclear facility in Armenia”, AzerTag reports.