Russia & CIS

A bomb hidden among bags of potatoes at a Pakistani market killed at least 16 people half of them ethnic Hazaras officials said in an attack apparently aimed at minority Shiite Muslims Reuters reported

Azerbaijans national pavilion has been selected as the best stand at the 26th International Forum on Information and Communications Technologies TIBO2019 in Minsk Belarus AZERTAC reported

Azercell as a part of the Azerbaijani delegation participates in the 26th International Forum on Information and Communications Technologies TIBO2019 in Minsk Republic of Belarus

Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and China from highlevel political dialogue economic and trade cooperation to energy education culture and humanitarian spheres are developing Hikmat Hajiyev Head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan told China Daily

SpaceX carried out its first commercial launch on Thursday with its Falcon Heavy rocket easing a Saudi telecoms satellite into orbit

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 24 times using heavy machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said April 12

The Yerevan Court of Appeals ruled to extend the custody of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan who is charged with overthrowing the constitutional order in 2008 prosecutor Petros Petrosyan said

Azerbaijani MP Kamran Bayramov will participate in the NATO Parliamentary Assemblys 99th RoseRoth Seminar to be held in Antalya Turkey from April 11 to 14 according to AzerTag reports

The Prime Minister of Armenia who speaks about refraining from use of force and threatening by use of force for educative purposes should get acquainted with the OSCE Helsinki Final Act of 1975 Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend

The Smartavia airline plans to start flights to Azerbaijan in summer said Svetlana Rodionova Smartavia Commercial Director Trend reports referring to Russian media

On 1112 April 2019 IOM Mission in Azerbaijan organized a training workshop for officials of the related government agencies representatives from civil society and academia with the aim to increase a knowledge and skills on various topics in the field of violent extremism and radicalisation

The 34th Conference of Directors General of Railways of the Organization for Cooperation of Railways is being held in the capital of the Republic of Korea Seoul Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC on April 11

The Czech Hiking Markers System of safe tourist trails is being introduced in Azerbaijans Shahdag and Hirkan national parks Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources on April 11

Freestyle wrestler Sharif Sharifov 92kg has bagged another gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Championships in Bucharest Romania

IranianAzerbaijani brotherhood is strong and the two countries are by each others side Major General Ilham Abdullayev Commander of Civil Defense Troops under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan told reporters at the Astara border about the sending of humanitarian aid to flood victims in Iran Trend reports referring to Mehr News Agency

Having signed a decree declaring April 24 the day of memory of the socalled Armenian genocide French President Emmanuel Macron has grossly violated international law Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted Trend reports

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012 Reuters reported

A seminar on international humanitarian law was held in a military unit of the Azerbaijani army with the support of the Defense Ministry and the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC the Defense Ministry reported Thursady

Rocket and artillery units of the Azerbaijani army conducted livefire exercises in accordance with the training plan for 2019 approved by the countrys Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov

Humanitarian aid sent to Iran April 10 on the instructions by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has been delivered to this country Azerbaijans Ministry of Emergency Situations reported