Russia & CIS

The Azerbaijani State Border Service and the Military Prosecutors Office have disseminated the information about the provocation of the Armenian armed forces in Azerbaijans Gazakh district Trend reports on March 2 referring to the Azerbaijani State Border Service and the Military Prosecutors Office

The Last Jew in the Village a documentary by Azerbaijani director Rufat Asadov was screened at the 23rd Edition of the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival NYSJFF

The operational headquarters under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has decided to suspend educational process and the related activities in all educational institutions across the country Trend reports on March 2 referring to the headquarters

Azerbaijan congratulates the Iranian government on the successful holding of parliamentary elections Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told reporters in Baku Trend reports on March 2

The death toll from coronavirus in Iran has climbed to 66 the Health Ministry announced Monday Anadolu Agency reported

Health officials in Washington state said late Sunday that a nursing home resident had died after contracting coronavirus while New Yorks governor confirmed his states first positive case as the virus moved out of its West Coast foothold Reuters reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has visited the newlybuilt park where the statue of Shah Ismayil Khatai was moved

In accordance with the plan of the largescale commandstaff exercises of the Azerbaijani army the troops command posts combat and reserve units that have been put on alert are moving to the operational areas the Defense Ministry reported Monday

Turkey with Spring Shield Operation launched on Sunday in Idlib northwestern Syria in response to regime attacks has neutralized 2557 regime elements said the countrys defense minister on Monday Anadolu Agency reported

The activities for promoting Azerbaijani business in China scheduled for February and March were postponed due to the spread of coronavirus in China Acting president of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation AZPROMO operating under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economy Yusif Abdullayev said

On 28 February 2020 the IOM Azerbaijan organized a job fair career day in Guba as part of the USAIDfunded Public Action for Resilience PAR Activity project

Oil prices have increased on the world markets

NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is partly related to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak the space agency said AFP reported

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and the OSCE Minsk Group cochairs discussed the settlement process on the ArmeniaAzerbaijan NagornoKarabakh conflict

Lufthansa LHAGDE said on Monday that it was suspending flights to China until April 24 and to Tehran until April 30 due to the coronavirus outbreak

Azerbaijani judo fighters have brought home three medals from the Warsaw European Open 2020 held in the Polish capital from February 29 to March 1

The captain of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2011 heading from Baku to Dubai at 1012 local time decided to turn around and requested a landing at Heydar Aliyev International Airport Trend reports

Indonesia on Monday reported its first confirmed cases of coronavirus after health officials in the worlds fourthmost populous country hit back at questions over its apparent lack of infected patients AFP reported

Seyyed Mohammad Mirmohammadi a member of the Islamic Republic of Irans Expediency Discernment Council has died of the novel Coronavirus IFP News reported

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia does not plan to go to war with anyone but wants to dissuade other countries from engaging in conflict with Moscow the TASS news agency reported Monday