Russia & CIS

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed condolences to President of Kazakhstan KassymJomart Tokayev

Kazakhstans president KassymJomart Tokayev has declared December 28 a national day of mourning in the wake of Fridays Bek Air plane crash near Almaty Presidential Spokesman Berik Uali wrote on his Facebook page TASS reported

A captain of British Airways Boeing B7878 Dreamliner en route from London to Islamabad decided to land at Bakus Heydar Aliyev International Airport on Friday due to heavy fog at the Islamabad International Airport the Baku airports press service told AzVisionaz

So far there has been no information about the presence of Azerbaijanis among the victims in the plane crash in Almaty Kazakhstan the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told AzVisionaz

A Bek Air plane with 93 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off killing at least 15 people authorities in the Central Asian country said Reuters reported

Azerbaijan and Qatar have discussed the ways of developing the bilateral cooperation as Azerbaijani ambassador Rashad Ismayilov met with Qatars Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa AlThani

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 25 times using largecaliber machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 27

The death toll from a Christmas typhoon that tore through the central Philippines rose to 28 on Friday with 12 people missing the disaster agency said as authorities moved to restore power and residents tried to repair damaged homes Reuters reported

A 51 magnitude earthquake has been registered near Bushehr nuclear plant southwestern Iran the US Geological Survey USGS said on Thursday Spuntik reported

Japan will send a warship and patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region from which it sources nearly 90 of its crude oil imports remains volatile a document approved by the cabinet showed on Friday Reuters reported

Azerbaijan will develop the State program on the efficient use of water resources

Galina Volchek a prominent Russian theater director and actress has died She was 86

Cloudy weather is expected in Baku and Absheron Peninsula on December 27

Azerbaijan is working towards the promotion of environmentally friendly cars and phased restrictions on using vehicles with an expired life mainly cars with diesel engines Head of the Department of Environmental Policy of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Rasim Sattarzade told reporters in Baku Trend reports

According to preliminary data the bus driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus fell on its side off the road

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on additional measures regarding the continuation of the works in the area of reconstruction of automobile roads as well as water supply and sewer systems in the territory of Khazar district of Baku City APA reports

Fikrat Akhundov has been appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

A married couple and their children died from carbon monoxide poisoning in one of the apartments in the city of Alaverdi of Armenias Lori Province

According to the rotation plan a group of servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army returned from Afghanistan to Baku

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has been interviewed by Rossiya24 TV channel of the Russian Federation APA reports