Russia & CIS

UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres hopes the latest deal between Turkey and Russia will end hostilities in northwestern Syria to protect civilians his spokesman said Thursday Anadolu Agency reported

The number of people who have died from novel coronavirus in mainland China has risen to 3042 a total of 80552 have been infected and more than 53700 have recovered the National Health Commission said on Friday Spuntik reported

Today is the remembrance day of one of the founders of the first democratic republic in the East Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh APA reports

The enemys provocations against our positions on the Gazakh section of the AzerbaijaniArmenian state border continue APA reports quoting the press service of the State Border Guard Service

US health officials said on Thursday they expect to be able to get enough coronavirus tests to public laboratories this week to test about 400000 people and acknowledged the challenge for doctors seeking to get patients screened for the disease Reuters reports

Azerbaijans Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with a delegation led by Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Thursday to set up a security corridor for Syrias Idlib province Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order regarding measures to construct AlirzaliKhan GarvandSafikurdTap Garagoyunlu road in Goranboy district

Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home on Thursday as authorities closed schools in more than a dozen countries in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus UNESCO said Reuters

At the 178th meeting of the OPEC Council of Ministers in Vienna the cartel member countries agreed to reduce oil production by 15 million barrels

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili APA reports citing the Presidential press service

The Sports Festival has got underway at the Saat Meydani Clock Tower Square Tourism and Recreation Center in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic AzerTag reports

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has congratulated newly appointed Ukrainian Foreign Minister the Ministry twitted

Airlines could lose up to 113 billion in revenues this year due to the coronavirus equivalent to the damage experienced by the industry during the financial crisis a trade body warned Thursday AFP reported

Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home on Thursday as authorities closed schools in more than a dozen countries in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus UNESCO said Reuters reported

The Russian and Turkish leaders on Thursday met in Moscow in the aftermath of an attack in Syrias Idlib which led to the martyrdom of at least 34 Turkish soldiers Anadolu Agency reported

Iran on Thursday reported 15 new deaths from the novel coronavirus raising the national toll to 107 and said it would keep schools and universities closed until early April AFP reported

Turkish National Defense Ministry on Thursday said it neutralized scores of Bashar alAssad regime troops military vehicles and weapons in the past 24 hours as part of its recent military operation in northern Syria Anadolu Agency reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Nahid Baghirov on his appointment as head of Ismayilli District Executive Authority and Mirhasan Seyidov on his appointment as head of Neftchala District Executive Authority

The United Kingdom and Azerbaijan plans to hold a ministerial foreign policy dialogue this year AzVisionaz cited UK Ambassador James Sharp as saying Thursday