Russia & CIS

Two earthquakes of magnitude 47 and 48 magnitudes struck central Turkish province on Çankırı early Saturday as the tremor was felt in capital Ankara witnesses said Daily Sabah reports

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has accepted credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia Dainis Garančs

In JanuaryAugust of 2019 Georgia has imported 760538 mln kWh electricity from Azerbaijan the reports of Electricity System Commercial Operator of Georgia reads APAs Georgian bureau reports

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 20 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 14

Three members of Libyas eastern force including two commanders were killed late in a drone strike on Tarhuna city by the internationally recognized government of national accord GNA a military source said Reuters reported

Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan unveils forecast for national currency manats exchange rate for 2020 compared with dollars APAEconomics reports citing Ministry of Finance

According to the journalism company the European Unions Political and Security Committee extended the operations mandate on its current terms of using only air assets but sources claim that the previous terms might be reinstated before the current mandate expires Sputnik reports

At least 10 people died when a fire ripped through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday evening firefighters said Reuters reports

Ashgabat has hosted the fifth meeting of the intergovernmental TurkmenAzerbaijani commission on economic cooperation Trend reports with reference to Turkmen Foreign Ministry

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Ankara Turkey on September 16 to take part in a trilateral summit on Syria as well as will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters TASS informs

Illegal elections in Nagorno Karabakh are an indicator of the hopeless situation in which the junta regime has fallen Head of the Azerbaijani community of the NagornoKarabakh region of Azerbaijan Tural Ganjaliyev told reporters Trend reports

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order on measures to continue elimination of the consequences of the earthquake in Shamakhi district AzerTag reports

Morocco was chosen on Thursday in St Petersburg to host the 24th General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization in 2021 AzerTag reports citing MAP

According to the World Health Organization WHO over 41 percent of the worlds population lives at risk of contracting malaria which has become the most common disease among vectorborne parasitic diseases Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health

A meeting of the board of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party was held Trend reports on Sept 13

Young Azerbaijani fighters will test their strength at the 22nd Budapest Open International Karate Championships to be held in Hungary on September 1415

The cochairs of the OSCE Minsk Group must demonstrate a decisive stance in connection with the socalled elections to local selfgovernment bodies held in the occupied Azerbaijani territories Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and IDPs Rovshan Rzayev told reporters in Baku Trend reports on Sept 13

The worlds biggest hackathonNASA Space Apps Challenge will be for the first time organized in Azerbaijan

Young Azerbaijani fighters will test their strength at the 22nd Budapest Open International Karate Championships to be held in Hungary on September 1415

Business confidence index calculated on the basis of monitoring the real sector has grown in the nonoil industry over the past month decreased in trade and remained unchanged in the services and construction sectors Trend reports referring to the press service of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan CBA