Russia & CIS

urkey may establish a naval base in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TRNC as a group of experts are surveying the area to determine the location of such a base reported the Milliyet daily Wednesday

A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians almost all of them women the president said one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country AFP reported

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is mulling over the withdrawal of US troops from West Africa as part of a plan to redirect the deployments of around 200000 forces abroad The New York Times reported on Tuesday

Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation AFP reported

New Year festivities have been held for children at the Rehabilitation Centre for People with Down Syndrome

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Algeria Salima Abdelhak

Chairman of the Peoples Republic of China Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel George Dick

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a signing ceremony to sign the first phase of the USChina trade deal agreed to this month Reuters reported

King of Jordan Abdullah II sent a congratulatory letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 21 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 25

UN humanitarian workers estimate that some 26 million people in the Central African Republic CAR or more than half of its total population will need humanitarian assistance in 2020 a UN spokesman said Tuesday Xinhua reported

Azerbaijani Jamal Feyziyev 100 kg has won a gold medal at the World Belt Wrestling Championship held in NurSultan Kazakhstan

A fire in a poor neighborhood of the coastal Chilean city of Valparaíso destroyed dozens of houses on Tuesday and firefighters struggled to control the blaze Reuters reported

New heads of departments of the Cabinet of Ministers have been appointed

Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov met with the delegation led by Aliya Azimova IFC Country Representative for Azerbaijan Report informs citing the Ministry

Two buildings of Moscow State Linguistic University are currently undergoing a security sweep due to an anonymous bomb threat over 600 people have been evacuated TASS reports

CEC has received 7 appeals regarding the municipal elections held on December 23 APA reports

Egypt supports Azerbaijans territorial integrity said the countrys Ambassador to Azerbaijan Adel Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim in his interview with AzerTag

Armenian President Nikol Pashinyan on Twitter shared an article published in the American weekly magazine Time Vestnik Kavkaza reports