Russia & CIS

Over the past years positive development dynamics have been observed in trade and economic relations between Azerbaijan and China President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Azerbaijan Niyaz Alizade said at the opening ceremony of the 5th exhibition of goods of the Silk Road countries Trend reports

Police in Athens on Thursday removed over 200 migrants including dozens of children from two squats in the city centre as part of a clean up drive by the new conservative government AFP reported

Azerbaijan closely cooperates in the political and economic spheres with each of the Caspian littoral states which is an important factor for ensuring mutual security and trust in the Caspian Sea region said Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Special Representative of the Azerbaijani President for border and Caspian Sea issues Khalaf Khalafov Trend reports

On London ICE InterContinental Exchange Futures cost of the Brent crude oil increased 014 to trade at 6374 while the price of Light crude oil at the NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange rose 017 to stand at 5828

The fifth exhibition of goods of the Silk Road countries has opened in Baku Trend reports

About 1000 homes were inundated in Russias Khabarovsk Region during the flood season regional Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Litvinchuk who is in charge of public utilities said at a regional government meeting Trend with reference to TASS reports

The amount of Azerbaijans investments to the foreign countries reached almost 24 billion over the past 25 years Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR

Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday affecting at least 17 million pupils officials said as toxic haze from rampant forest fires sent air quality plummeting AFP reported

In accordance with the plan of the Azerbaijani armys largescale exercises the interaction of troops was carried out on the terrain model board upon completion of the area reconnaissance the countrys Defense Ministry told AzVisionaz

The Taliban killed at least 10 people and wounded 90 Thursday after a car bomb targeting an intelligence services building exploded and destroyed a nearby hospital in the southern Afghan city of Qalat the governor of Zabul province told AFP

Azerbaijans export to Israel grew 916 million USD in the eight months of 2019 to reach 989366000 USD according to the State Customs Committee

More than 99 percent of stringing has been completed along the onshore route of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline TAP Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium

European Council President Donald Tusk and Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson are due to hold bilateral talks on Brexit on the sidelines of a UN session in New York next week according to an official with the bloc Reuters reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 19 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 19

Two people are missing after emergency workers on Wednesday recovered at least 29 bodies from the scene of a fire which broke out at a school near Liberias capital Monrovia according to local authorities Xinhua reported

English courses organized for media representatives by the leading mobile operator of the country Azercell Telecom LLC has already ended

US President Donald Trump is set to appoint Robert OBrien the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the US State Department as his new national security advisor the US leader said via Twitter on Wednesday

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the second time this year on Wednesday in a widely expected move meant to sustain a decadelong economic expansion but gave mixed signals about what may happen next Trend reports citing Reuters

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Luigi Di Maio Trend reports citing MFA press service