Russia & CIS

Five minors 17yearold boys have died in a road accident in the Mtirala Park of Adjara region in western Georgia earlier today according to Agendage

The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that theres a 50 chance the structure might not be saved because scaffolding installed before this years fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument Toronto Star reports

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order regarding measures to renovate roads in the city of Mingachevir APA reports

The Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency AQTA will provide free support to exporters Adviser to the AQTA Chairman Elkhan Mikayilov told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting with entrepreneurs as part of the Support for Exporters project Trend reports

Pope Francis appealed for peace in many of the worlds hotspots singling out the crises in the Middle East Venezuela and Lebanon as well as armed conflicts ravaging many African countries AFP reported

Tim Clark will retire as the president of Emirates Airline EMIRAUL at the end of June 2020 after more than three decades at the statecontrolled business that has helped to transform Dubai into one of the worlds major travel crossroads Reuters reported

Russia Iran and China will hold fourday joint naval maneuvers that will kick off on December 27 spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Abolfazl Shekarchi said on Wednesday TASS reported

Taliban militants have kidnapped 27 peace activists from a highway in Afghanistans western Farah province local officials and peace activists said on Wednesday

In January 2020 Azerbaijans Food Safety Agency will tighten control over unregistered business entities operating in the field of food safety Trend reports referring to the Agency Dec 25

Oil prices have risen on the world markets

An Iranian MiG fighter jet crashed in the northwest of the country on Wednesday killing both pilots the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported

Azerbaijani oil price has increased on the world markets

Six people suffered injuries after a Mil Mi8 helicopter made a crash landing in Russias Krasnoyarsk region the regional Health Ministrys spokesperson told TASS

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan president of the National Olympic Committee Ilham Aliyev has attended a ceremony dedicated to sporting results of 2019 at the National Olympic Committee

Azerbaijan House opened in Berlin on December 24 on the initiative of the State Committee of Azerbaijan on Work with the Diaspora

urkey may establish a naval base in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TRNC as a group of experts are surveying the area to determine the location of such a base reported the Milliyet daily Wednesday

A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians almost all of them women the president said one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country AFP reported

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is mulling over the withdrawal of US troops from West Africa as part of a plan to redirect the deployments of around 200000 forces abroad The New York Times reported on Tuesday

Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation AFP reported

New Year festivities have been held for children at the Rehabilitation Centre for People with Down Syndrome