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An explosion occurred in the trench shelter at one of the positions of the Armenian armed forces in the evening.

Settling civilians in an occupied territory is considered a war crime by the Geneva Conventions.

The Turkish lira reached a record low against the dollar on Monday, after the Trump administration said it was reviewing Turkey’s duty-free access to the U.S. market, a move that could affect some $1.66 billion of Turkish imports.

Deputy FMs of Caspian five will meet in the framework of special working group on August 10.

One of the active participants of Ganja events has been detained.

Azerbaijani tankmen reached the semi-final of the "Tank biathlon-2018" contest.

The Field Kitchen contest held within the International Army Games 2018 is underway at Moscow’s Alabino range.

A permanent exhibition of products under the Made in Azerbaijan brand will be organized in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, chairman of the board of the Association for Azerbaijan-Arab Countries Cooperation (AACC) Elshan Rahimov told Trend July 31.

Zoya Tadevosyan, a member of the "Armenian National Congress" (Levon Ter-Petrosyan's party - editor's note), during a meeting with journalists, issued a statement on the seven occupied regions around Nagorno-Karabakh, declaring that they should be returned to Azerbaijan if the conflict resolution requires it, Oxu.Az reports citing the Armenian media.

According to President’s decree on ‘Amendments to the decree #226 on ‘Additional measures in improving the institutional activity of the Ministry of Agriculture and approval of regulations about state services about Ministry of Agriculture and state services under of the ministry’, Azerbaijan will establish state agrarian development centers in towns and districts.

"Strategic exchange reserves increase", Chairman of Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) Elman Rustamov said at the press conference.

A ceremony has been held in Lokbatan settlement, Garadagh district, Baku, to give out apartments and cars to veterans of the Karabakh and Great wars, the Chernobyl disabled and families of martyrs.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces have 95 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said August 1.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset.

The Azerbaijani people have always cherished their culture, language, literature, poetry and music, elements that have preserved the spirit of our nation through the centuries, Azerbaijan’s First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva said in the congratulatory letter to the participants of the X Gabala International Music Festival.

According to the instructions of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, the Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the Ministry have visited the foremost units stationed in various directions of the front, the Ministry of Defense told APA.

The events, taking place in Armenia contradict the statements of the country's new leadership about the refusal to pursue their political predecessors, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.

Azerbaijan would like to believe that Robert Kocharyan and Yuri Khachaturov will answer for the crimes they have committed against the Azerbaijanis, MP Aydin Mirzazade told Trend July 31.

Journalist Orhan Jemal, the son of the famous philosopher Heydar Jemal, cameraman Kirill Radchenko and director Alexander Rastorguev died in the Central African Republic.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev signed an order July 31 conferring the honorary title of "Honored Civil Servant" on the President’s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs Ali Hasanov.