Russia & CIS

An explosion occurred in the teahouse in Ismayilli, APA’s regional bureau reports.

Georgian startups will now able to enter the Iranian market of 80 million consumers and develop new businesses in Iran.

Russia's Caliber missiles will be installed on 949A Antey submarine cruisers. Antey submarines are designed for the destruction of enemy aircraft carriers. The underwater cruisers are armed with Granit missiles. They are too big, more vulnerable and inferior to the performance of new Caliber missiles

John McCain spoke of Russia as a "gas station country." Russia the gas station has developed into a country that could allegedly show influence on the course and the outcome of the presidential election in the US. Western "partners" acknowledge that solving major international problems without the participation of Russia is impossible

The Prosecutor Genera’s Office of Azerbaijan has initiated a criminal case and launched an investigation into the facts of illegal economic activities of foreign companies in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, the press service of Prosecutor General’s Office told APA on Saturday.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin, who is in prison in Azerbaijan, has been allowed to telephone his neighbors, his friends have written on his Facebook page, APA reported.

The body of a man was found in the section of the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, not far from the oil-gathering station #3 of Azneft Production Union’s Oil and Gas Production Department named after Narimanov, where a deadly accident had happened.

There is a reason behind armed provocations of the Armenian authorities on the frontline.

A young woman with Down’s Syndrome is about to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a weather presenter in France.

Former head coach of the Azerbaijani national football team Berti Vogts will come to Baku.

Armenians have violated ceasefire 125 times.

Iran may soon issue permission for importing rice from India, India's Commerce Ministry said in a statement.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with prominent American political scientist and President of the Center for the National Interest, Dimitri Simes, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday.

Current Director General of one of Georgia’s largest private broadcasters, Rustavi 2 has offered to purchase the company's shares from its major shareholder Kibar Khalvashi.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Friday gave a strongly-worded reaction after Turkish ministers were barred from holding public rallies in two German cities ahead of the April 16 referendum in Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian talked on phone on Friday, APA reports quoting Interfax.

Former Haitian president Rene Preval has died, the government of the Caribbean nation said on Friday, Reuters reported.

The Federal Reserve is set to raise its benchmark interest rate later this month as long as economic data on jobs and inflation holds up, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday, in comments that likely cement a rate hike at its next meeting, Reuters reports.

According to the Pajhwok news agency, 149 militants were killed and 73 others were injured during the operations carried out in eight provinces of the country.

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State terrorist group carried out 16 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq on Thursday, including 10 strikes near the Iraqi city of Rawah, the US Central Command said in a press release, Sputnik reported.