Russia & CIS

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced USD/AZN rate for January 6.

Iraq has begun implementing measures to reduce national oil output in keeping with an OPEC decision, the Iraqi oil minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi said.

Turkey might reconsider conditions of accommodation of coalition forces led by the United States in the Turkey’s Incirlik military base.

Three of the five Cameroonian nationals, whose corpses had been found in an apartment in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, were players of an Azerbaijani amateur football, ApaSport reported.

The first photo of a ‘black hole’ in the Universe, the delivery of a new module to Russia’s segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the start-up of the PIK reactor and also driverless vehicles in Russian cities are what’s in store for science in 2017.

Agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, including Russia, on oil production levels cut, aimed at stabilizing world oil market, will be implemented starting from today.

"Some details have started emerging, but the authorities are working towards a concrete result."

Two Azerbaijani citizens including a man and woman were injured in a deadly terrorist attack in Istanbul early Sunday, Hikmat Hajiyev, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman, told APA.

Russian diplomats who were expelled by order of U.S. President Barack Obama left Washington on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

News.Az reprints from APA the congratulatory address of Ilham Aliyev to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and New Year.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has offered condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the casualties after an armed attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.

A gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with New Year's revelers early on Sunday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 40 in what the provincial governor described as a terrorist attack, APA reports quoting Reuters.

An “Azerbaijanis” article highlighting the country`s achievements was included in “Turkish world” book. Author of book is professor of Tokyo University Akira Matsunaga.

Turkey's foreign minister said Friday that the recent diplomatic tension between Russia and the United States "will serve nothing but add to the existing problems", Anadolu reported.

“We call on the parties to continue adhering strictly to their obligations to maintain the ceasefire and immediately take all necessary steps to stabilize the situation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry told Moscow correspondent of APA.

Nakhchivan-Tabriz-Tehran-Mashhad passenger train has been launched, AzerTag reports.

William Salice, who helped create the hugely popular Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs for children, died in Italy on Thursday aged 83, his foundation said.

A logistics hub is planned to be created in the territory of the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, according to the Strategic Road Map for the development of logistics and trade in Azerbaijan, published by the country’s official press.

Azerbaijan’s Parliament at a plenary session Dec. 30 passed the “Law on Regulation of Taxpayers’ Liabilities as of Jan. 1, 2017,” which provides for cancellation of the tax debts of the country’s citizens.

Azerbaijan is deeply concerned by Armenia’s recent military provocations aimed at undermining the outcomes of the talks held in Vienna and Saint Petersburg and efforts being taken towards a peaceful solution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as well as expanding the scope of the conflict, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 30.