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US President Donald Trump is set to appoint Robert OBrien the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the US State Department as his new national security advisor the US leader said via Twitter on Wednesday

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the second time this year on Wednesday in a widely expected move meant to sustain a decadelong economic expansion but gave mixed signals about what may happen next Trend reports citing Reuters

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Luigi Di Maio Trend reports citing MFA press service

One person was killed and three more injured when a grenadelike device detonated in a dormitory in the town of Zlatoust in the Russian Urals region of Chelyabinsk the Zlatoust emergency response call center told TASS on Wednesday APA reports

Moldovan Ambassador to Azerbaijan Gheorghe Leuca met with athletes at the 37th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships held in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku Trend reports

Azerbaijan Airlines has signed a partnership with OpenAirlines to use its solution SkyBreathe

A chemicals factory in Istanbuls Tuzla district was engulfed in flames Wednesday as firefighters struggled nearly two hours to contain the flames from spreading to adjacent facilities Daily Sabah reports

Armenias National Security Services NSS said today its officers have disclosed a bribe giving and receiving case arkaam reports

The 13th Azerbaijan International Education Exhibition EduExpo will be held at Baku Expo Center from October 1012 AzerTag reports

On September 17 Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the President of the Italian Senate Elisabetta Casellati in the framework of his visit to Italy Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Azerbaijan may cooperate with BP in the field of joint production of oil and gas equipment Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev said

The Republic of Azerbaijan offered to the Armenian Republic the releasing prisoners of war and hostages based on the all to all principle and returning prisoners of wars and hostages at the same time their dead bodies not late than 3 days with the mediation of the international organizations said in the statement of the State Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War Hostages and Missing Persons APA reports

Afire at a Koranic school near the Liberian capital Monrovia overnight killed at least 30 children the presidents office said Wednesday AFP reported

First VicePresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made an Instagram post on the occasion of the National Music Day

At least 12 people were injured when gunmen stormed a crowded government building in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday after a suicide bomber attack with desperate survivors leaping from windows to escape the fighting witnesses and officials said AFP reported

Spains prestigious daily sports newspaper AS has published an article about the upcoming match between Azerbaijans football club Qarabag and Spains Sevilla in the first round of the UEFA Europa League group stage

Eight people are missing after their boat capsized off Japan Anadolu Agency reports citing local media

India announced on Wednesday a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes as a backlash gathers pace worldwide due to health concerns about a product promoted as less harmful than smoking tobacco AFP reported

A highspeed power boat trying to set a speed record crashed into an artificial reef in the Venitian Lagoon on Tuesday night killing three people firemen said Reuters reported

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on Tuesday met with President of the Italian Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati in the framework of his visit to Italy