Russia & CIS

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday it removed Kenya from its list of anti-doping code violators.

The Egyptian military has reportedly killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, the leader of the Sinai branch of the terrorist group Daesh, also known as IS/Islamic.

The warrant accuses Fethullah Gulen of "ordering the 15 July coup attempt."

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet his Turkish counterpart and other high officials.

Public health officials have warned the cases do not pose a health risk to wider public.

The Central Election Commission made a decision to form new staff of 124 district election commissions.

The name of Swiss chess player Yannick Pelletier has been excluded from the persona non grata list after appeal to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The Tariff (Price) Council has today held its next meeting.

The US Air Force declared its first squadron of F-35As ready for battle, 15 years after Lockheed Martin won the contract to make the plane.

Leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party Zhirinovsky pointed out that Trump's manners, gestures and some of his comments were very close to his own

Azerbaijani president allocates AZN 5M for improvement of infrastructure around Fuzuli square.

The choice of the name of the largest NATO military exercises in 2016 - "Anaconda" - was not incidental. The name reflects the plan of the West to stir up protest sentiments in Russia and decrease the popularity of the sitting administration. The Western Anaconda will try to strangle Russia further in September. How can Russia kill the snake?

A delegation of Turkish businessmen led by Chairman of the Turkey-Azerbaijan Business Council Selcuk Akat is on a visit to Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received the new ambassador of Germany to Azerbaijan Michael Kindsgrabie.

Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that the Russian armed forces received prototypes of laser weapons. According to the official, it goes about combat, rather than experimental weapons that have already been taken into service by the Russian army. Russia was the first country that achieved significant results in the field of laser weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains personal contacts with many political leaders of the world, but his first priority is Russia's interests and their defense. Putin remains friends with former leaders of other countries, but his friendship with them started at the time when those foreign leaders were in power