Russia & CIS

The flag will be lowered to halfmast in Embassy of Kazakhstan in Azerbaijan over fatal plane crash in Kazakhstan the Embassy told APA

The European Union may need to extend the deadline for talks about a new trade relationship with Britain European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told French daily Les Echos in an interview published on Friday Reuters reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev first lady Mehriban Aliyeva and their daughter Leyla Aliyeva viewed work done at Shahdag Tourism Center

Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the ambassador of the Republic of Sudan Abbas Mustafa Ahmed Abdalla upon the termination of his diplomatic tenure

President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC Jahangir Askerov met on December 26 with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Sami Asem Ghosheh according to Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC

Citizens of Ukraine China and Kyrgyzstan were inside the Bek Air plane that crashed on Dec 27 in Almaty the Kazakh Interior Ministry said according to AKI press

One year has passed since the formation of the new board of the Azerbaijani community of Azerbaijans NagornoKarabakh region Trend reports

A poetry night has been held at the Baku branch of Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University on the initiative of VicePresident of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva

Iraqi President Barham Salih refused on Thursday to designate the nominee of an Iranbacked parliamentary bloc for prime minister saying he would rather resign than appoint someone to the position who would be rejected by protesters according to the Gulf news

Oil prices rise on the world markets

The Iraqi Airways plane en route from Baghdad to Minsk has made an emergency landing at Platov Airport in southern Russias RostovonDon due to technical reasons the airports press service told TASS on Friday

Mobile internet was cut on Friday in parts of Indias most populous state and thousands of riot police were deployed as authorities readied for fresh protests over a citizenship law seen as antiMuslim AFP reported

The death toll has risen to 35 in clashes between militia and traders in Bangui the capital of the Central African Republic local media reported Thursday Anadolu Agency reported

Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev illegally detained in the occupied Azerbaijani territories should be transferred to the Azerbaijani side Head of the Azerbaijani community of Azerbaijans NagornoKarabakh region Tural Ganjaliyev told reporters Trend reports

For the first time in the history of Azerbaijans civil aviation the socalled fifth and seventh freedoms of the air will start operating at all international airports of the country

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed condolences to President of Kazakhstan KassymJomart Tokayev

Kazakhstans president KassymJomart Tokayev has declared December 28 a national day of mourning in the wake of Fridays Bek Air plane crash near Almaty Presidential Spokesman Berik Uali wrote on his Facebook page TASS reported

A captain of British Airways Boeing B7878 Dreamliner en route from London to Islamabad decided to land at Bakus Heydar Aliyev International Airport on Friday due to heavy fog at the Islamabad International Airport the Baku airports press service told AzVisionaz

So far there has been no information about the presence of Azerbaijanis among the victims in the plane crash in Almaty Kazakhstan the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told AzVisionaz

A Bek Air plane with 93 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off killing at least 15 people authorities in the Central Asian country said Reuters reported