Russia & CIS

A new commission has been created for determining rules and terms for new apartments meant for journalists in Azerbaijan.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order providing funding for the construction of Mehdiabad-Fatmayi-Goradil highway.

Azerbaijani residents traded with physical and juridical persons of 149 countries in January-March 2017, 143 countries exported goods to Azerbaijan, 84 countries imported from Azerbaijan.

Amendments to Land Code were discussed at today’s meeting of Agrarian Committee of the Azerbaijani Parliament.

As of 0653 GMT, brent crude futures were at $52.08 per barrel, up 26 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the “List of services and works licensed on private medical activity.

Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf quit the Iranian presidential race, backing instead hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi in Friday's vote.

Georgia received 11.6 percent more in remittances in April of 2017 than the same time period last year.

North Korea's missile program is progressing faster than expected, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday, hours after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch.

SpaceX launched a commercial communications satellite Monday afternoon, the sixth launch of the year for the Elon Musk-led company.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s Armed Forces have 122 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said May 16.

Russia will proceed with building the new nuclear-powered Lider icebreaker but the timing may shift, including due to budget constraints, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.

As he pulled into Blair House, the crowd chanted Erdogan’s name and "red and white" -- the colors of the Turkish flag, Anadolu reported.

Venezuelans launched a seventh week of anti-government demonstrations by blocking roads on Monday, vowing not to budge all day in protest at a deadly political and economic crisis.

The Ministry of Interior has released a book online that reveals the links between the PKK terrorist organization and its Syrian extension, the PYD.

France’s new President Macron urges major reforms in EU; German Chancellor Merkel says Berlin open to EU treaty change.

A cooperation agreement was signed in Baku between the Expert Council of the Baku International Policy and Security Network (Baku Network) and Russia’s Lev Gumilev Center, Trend reports.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said slow decisions and bureaucracy are among the chief problems plaguing the European Union, Anadolu reported.

Iraqi opposition leader and Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Monday urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to engage in “serious dialogue” with a view to averting what he described as a potential "sectarian war" in the region, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

Azerbaijani artistic gymnast Bence Talas has won a gold medal in the pommel horse finals at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.