Russia & CIS

Facebook on Thursday said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online AFP reported

In accordance with the combat training plan for 2019 approved by Azerbaijans defense minister the Army Corps conducted livefire night exercises at the combinedarms range the Defense Ministry reported

Azerbaijani oil price has increased on the world markets

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants an immediate trial in the Senate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not hand off impeachment to the Senate until she learned how Republicans would manage the proceeding Reuters reported

Armenias Special Investigation Service has decided to arrest the property of expresident instigator of the NagornoKarabakh conflict Serzh Sargsyan who is involved in a criminal case on charges of corruption Vestnik Kavkaza reported

Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met with a delegation led by Deputy SecretaryGeneral for Political Affairs Political Director for the European External Action Service JeanChristophe Belliard

A gunman has opened fire with a Kalashnikov automatic weapon at the Moscow headquarters of Russias Federal Security Service FSB local media reported

Azerbaijan is Georgias fourth largest foreign trade partner with the bilateral trade between the two countries totaling 9327 million in JanuaryNovember of 2019 Georgias National Statistics Service said AZERTAC reported

Azerbaijan has become the 46th state to have ratified the Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Lanzarote Convention said a statement from the Council of Europe

Azerbaijans Prime Minister Ali Asadov has met with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Sentop AZERTAC reported

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Chief of the State Migration Service Vusal Huseynov has participated in the First Global Refugee Forum in Geneva coorganized by UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency and the Government of Switzerland

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 20 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 20

New Zealand Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Change urged kiwis to have their say on two important environmentalrelated policy decisions to switch New Zealand to full renewable energy and solve the challenge of climate change Xinhua reported

Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney authorities said on Friday forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar Reuters reported

On December 19 the meetings were held at Azerbaijani Parliament with Needs Assessment Mission NAM of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ODIHR having arrived on a visit to Azerbaijan in regard with the early parliamentary election press service of Azerbaijani parliament told APA

The webcamera practice has been used time and again in many elections already said Mazahir Panahov Chairman of Central Election Commission APA reports

Leading mobile operator of Azerbaijan Azercell Telecom jointly with the foremost bank in the region International Bank of Azerbaijan has launched a special cobranded card for their customers This card enables its holder to earn 1 point for every 1 AZN paid via cashless payments with a chance of converting them to onnet minutes or megabytes To take advantage of this feature one should send SMS with the relevant keyword to 2937 short number

Major General Namig Poladov and Major General Mubariz Rzayev were appointed to the positions of Chief of the Defense Industry Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense and Chief of the TrainingEducational Center of the Armed Forces respectively upon the decrees of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan CommanderinChief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday

The visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Azerbaijan can be assessed as a new stage in KievBaku relations and the beginning of more successful cooperation Ruslan Stefanchuk First Deputy Chairman of Ukraines Verkhovna Rada told Report agency

Cuba is to resurrect the position of prime minister in a parliamentary session at the end of the week with President Miguel DiazCanel nominating a candidate to the post which has remained dormant for more than 40 years AFP reported