Russia & CIS

Russia and Japan are developing 20 joint projects.

The number of people entered in the database of Belgian police as suspects in terrorist activities increased 10-fold in 7 years.

The Yerevan-based Public Information and Need of Knowledge (PINK Armenia) LGBT rights non-profit has conducted an online survey to find out how common name-calling, bullying and harassment of LGBT students is in Armenian educational institutions.

The Georgian Parliament has approved traffic security legislation changes which will see a demerit points system be introduced in the country from July 1.

Forty-five terrorists were neutralized in counterterrorism operations targeting the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK).

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a brief first meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Berlin topped the ranking of the most dangerous cities in Germany.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 117 times throughout the day, using sniper rifles, 60 and 82 millimeter mortars (15 shells).

The 9th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival will be held in Baku from April 23- 27.

Iran and China will sign the deal on redesigning Arak nuclear power plant on Sunday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said.

The Russian energy minister said that he was discussing further oil production cuts with Russian companies and executive bodies.

Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO), Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade met with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Tbilisi on Friday.

Ankara provides Sudan with equipment to deal with ongoing drought in Horn of Africa region.

Investigators have identified French citizen Karim Cheurfi as the shooter behind the killing of a policeman in Champs-Elysees boulevard in Paris on Thursday night, according to the city’s Chief Prosecutor, Francois Molins, on Friday, Reuters reports.

The U.S. carried out a land raid in Syria that led to the death of a Daesh operative linked to the deadly New Year's eve attack on Istanbul's Reina nightclub, Central Command confirmed Friday, Anadolu reported.

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has approached the Council of State -- the highest administrative court in Turkey -- in Ankara amid a row over Sunday’s constitutional referendum, a lawyer from the party said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone conversation that Moscow regrets that Washington opposes a proposal to send inspectors to Syria to probe the alleged chemical attack in Idlib, Sputnik reported.

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industry as a delegation led by Kazakh Deputy Minister of Defence and Aerospace Industry Arman Ramazanov visited Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense Industry, AzerTag reports.

The United States has so far failed to act in accordance with both the letter and spirit of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, IRNA reported.

Russian President Putin has been losing control over his inner circle, Russian and foreign publications say. Although not all of them are ready to talk about it in the affirmative, some still doubt. Putin is said to be losing control over a variety of things on a regular basis. There are experts, who predict the imminent fall of Putin's regime