Russia & CIS

President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed Rishi Ram Ghimire to this position.

Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has taken under a serious control every criminal case in connection with cases of violence against Azerbaijanis in this country.

By 2050 the population of Armenia will make 2.4 million people, while Azerbaijan will account for 10.8 million citizens.

Russia is taking over presidency of the United Nations Security Council from October 1, TASS reports.

The Armenian law enforcement officers have arrested two more persons on suspicion of their implication in the Yerevan police station takeover in July.

Vice President of Bulgaria Margarita Popova has visited Baku Slavic University, AzerTag reports.

Azerbaijan’s capital Baku hosted the first session of the Russia-Azerbaijan business council with the support of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO).

Crime situation is fully under control in Azerbaijan, said Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov Oct.1.

First Deputy Prime Minister said that Russia has started privatization of 19.5 percent of shares in the state-run energy company Rosneft as well as the controlling interest in oil company Bashneft.

Babken Tunyan, an expert for the NA Monitoring project, on Friday, told reporters the results of monitoring of Armenian MPs’ income statements and property reports for 2015-2016.

Baku Court on Grave Crimes has passed a judgment on extradition of Turkish citizen to his country, APA reports.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire a total of 10 times throughout the day, using large caliber machine guns.

Since the implementation of the JCPOA, Iran has succeeded in attracting $7 million of investment from abroad, according to Ahmad Jamali, CEO of Foreign Investment Organization.

Negotiations between oil giants Saudi Arabia and Iran to ease a global oversupply of crude and boost oil prices have ended in deadlock.

Representatives for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) said that all bomb shelters and underground shelters in Moscow meant for the evacuation of people in case of a nuclear attack or other emergencies, "were prepared and will be able to accommodate the entire population of the capital."

The Kremlin commented on the report from the international investigative group about the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donbas. According to official spokesman to Russian President Putin, the conclusions that the investigators made in the most recent report were not final and shall not be considered as the final truth about the tragedy

Number of troops in Iraq as part of 60-nation anti-Daesh alliance now stands at 8,000, US official asserts.

President Ilham Aliyev received participants of meeting of Council of Heads of CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.

German Chancellor says EU members have humanitarian responsibility, should take in refugees irrespective of religion.