Russia & CIS

Iranian Air Forces MiG29 fighter jet crashed Trend reports referring to the Iranian media outlets

China Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman Chinas defense ministry said on Thursday amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States Reuters reported

Andrey Sipilin has been appointed as new assistant to Azerbaijans First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva according to the Presidential Administrations website

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a regulation approving a program of preparations for hosting the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup in Russia earmarking more than 35 bln rubles 567 mln according to a document published on the cabinets website on Thursday

Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti told Reuters on Wednesday he had resigned after failing to obtain from the government billions of euros he said were needed to improve the countrys schools and universities Daily Sabah reported

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will introduce a bill to send troops to Libya as soon as the Parliament resumes in response to the countrys invitation Daily Sabah reported

The inflation rate in Azerbaijan is at the optimal level neither higher nor lower than the norm the Executive Director of the countrys Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications Vusal Gasimli told reporters at a press conference in the Executive Committee of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party on the economic results of 2019 Trend reports

The price of a barrel of Azeri Light crude oil sells for 6850 on the world markets

President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the world Azerbaijanis on the occasion of 31 December the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Minister of Trade of the Republic of Turkey Ruhsar Pekcan

A group of servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army returned from Afghanistan to Baku according to the rotation plan the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told AzVisionaz

Oil prices continue to rise on the world markets

The preliminary results of municipal elections held in Azerbaijan on Dec 23 are known based on the information received from more than 92 percent of polling stations the Chairman of the countrys Central Election Commission CEC Mazahir Panahov said Trend reports

Nine travelers lost their lives as a car collided with an oil tanker coming from opposite direction in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday said a provincial governments news release on Thursday Xinhua reported

Citizens in the United Arab Emirates are waiting anxiously to observe the solar eclipse that takes place on 26 December Sputnik reported

A fire devastated a hotel in the US state of Minnesota on Wednesday morning leaving three people hospitalized and around 250 people displaced Xinhua reported

A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16 lives authorities said Thursday AFP reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 20 times using large caliber machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 26

At least 13 people died from Tuesday to Wednesday morning during the course of Christmas celebrations in Honduras the majority from traffic accidents local authorities said Wednesday Xinhua reported

As a part of ongoing innovations under its digitalization strategy and with the aim of enhancing usage of eservices in the country Azercell Telecom starts implementation of digital billing system