Russia & CIS

Five countries outside the EU, but the ones that support the policy of Brussels, have extended sanctions against Russia for another six months. The list of these countries includes Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania, as well as Liechtenstein and Norway. All the discussions about easing the sanctions have been pushed back till the summer of 2017

A group of militants is holding some 200 cadets after storming a police facility in southwestern Pakistan, while four people were wounded, Sputnik reported.

2,000-year-old Roman bath, also known as 'Basilica Therma,' located in Central Anatolian Turkish province of Yozgat is expected to be open to tourism in the next few years, Daily Sabah reports.

The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee has today kicked off at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris.

More than 3,800 people have been displaced in areas around Mosul since a major offensive was launched last week to oust Daesh from the northern Iraqi city, according to the ministry of migration and displacement Monday, Anadolu reported.

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Buenos Aires Rashad Aslanov held consultations with Health Minister of Argentina, Jorge Lemus.

Baku hosts NATO training course on “Psychological and information operations during crisis”.

An official dinner reception has been hosted on behalf of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva in honor of President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and her husband Jakov Kitarovic.

I hope number of Azerbaijani tourists travelling to Croatia will increase, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia said.

The purity of the heavy water at Iran’s Arak nuclear reactor (aka IR-40) has improved from 75.99 percent to 95.99 percent, said Presidential Office Director Mohammad Nahavandian.

Russian researchers have reportedly discovered a secret Nazi base in the Arctic, previously thought to be a WWII myth.

Azerbaijan hopes that at the latest stage Croatia and other countries of the Balkans will join the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev making statements for media with his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Baku Oct. 24.

Ganja State University and Istanbul University will sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. This was agreed during Istanbul University Rector Mahmut Ak`s visit to Ganja State Unversity.

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met with BP Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gordon Birrell Oct. 24, Georgia Online reported citing the prime minister’s office.

Armenian PM Karen Karapetyan on Monday appointed a new Deputy Minister of Health.

President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who is on an official visit in Azerbaijan, has delivered a lecture on Azerbaijan-Croatia relations at ADA University.

Azerbaijan has created an electronic portal for the export of homemade goods and services as part of promotion of non-oil exports, the Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Fund (AZPROMO) said in a message Oct. 24.

Western University has hosted a conference commemorating world famous singer Muslum Magomayev in Baku.

Comedian Bill Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded Kennedy Center ceremony on Sunday, with friends and fellow actors praising him for the joy he has brought to audiences worldwide.

"Armenia does not want peace and tries to maintain the status quo in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."