Russia & CIS

Three more people who arrived in Azerbaijan from Iran tested positive for the coronavirus officially known as COVID19 the Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan reported Thursday

A delegation led by Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili will embark on an official visit to Azerbaijan on Thursday the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported

A graduation ceremony was held for pilots of the Azerbaijani Air Force trained at the Pakistani Air Force Academy PAF Asghar Khan the Defense Ministry reported Thursday

The World Bank has allocated 12 billion in aid to developing countries fighting coronavirus BBC News reported

Chaired by Farhad Abdullayev a plenary session of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan Republic has approved the results of elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan held on February 9 2020

No fatal case as a result of coronavirus has been observed in Azerbaijan Member of the Operational Headquarters created under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers in connection with coronavirus Yagut Garayeva said

Azerbaijan will invite Israeli specialists in connection with coronavirus Member of the Operational Headquarters created under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers in connection with coronavirus Yagut Garayeva said

Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov is in Vienna Austria by invitation of Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC Mohammad Barkindo Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Energy on Mar 5

Oil prices have increased on the world markets

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday joined the growing number of US companies asking employees to work from home in order to limit exposure to the spreading coronavirus outbreak as it responded to cases near its Seattle headquarters and in California Reuters reported

Azerbaijani oil price has fallen on the world markets

Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis have been arrested in Paraguayan capital Asuncion for allegedly entering the country with false passports Xinhua reported

In accordance with the decision made during the largescale commandstaff exercises of the Azerbaijani army the troops and command posts were redeployed to operational areas frontal and army aviation was transferred to reserve airfields rocket and artillery troops were deployed to the reserve firing and starting positions the Defense Ministry reported Thursday

Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday said he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government Reuters reported

The friendly and fraternal AzerbaijanTurkey relations as well as the great importance which the heads of two states attach to further development of bilateral relations create a solid basis and favorable conditions for further expansion of the economic cooperation Deputy Director of Department of Foreign Trade policy and WTO at Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan Khazar Bashirov said

California has declared a state of emergency after announcing its first coronavirus death bringing the US death toll from the disease to 11 BBC News reported

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 sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on March 5

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 3014 Thursday according to the National Health Commission Anadolu Agency reported

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order regarding measures to construct EyyubluAranGovlarAshaghi GushchuKokhanabi highway in Tovuz district

Baku City Executive Power has reviewed the request of Gulnara Mehdiyeva Rabiyya Mammadova and others to stage a march on International Womens Day Report says