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Three people were killed and four injured in a head-on collision between a passenger car and truck in Hajigabul region of Azerbaijan, APA reports.

Before Azerbaijan was famous for oil, it was a land of silk and spices, reads a story published on CNN, according to Trend.

The European Commission will allocate 5 million euros worth grant for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline ( TANAP ), which is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor, envisaging transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe, said a message from TANAP consortium.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding "Dostlug" Order to Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova.

Current ambassador of the Czech Republic to Belarus, Milan Ekert, will be appointed the country’s envoy to Azerbaijan, СTK, national public service news agency in the Czech Republic, reported citing the country’s Foreign Ministry.

An agreement was reached on another meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told APA.

The delegation headed by Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzadeh presented Azerbaijan at the 24th International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer Equipment and Electronic Commerce (ELECOMP) held in Tehran.

On 30 July 2018, Mars and Earth will be closer than since their historically close approach in 2003, the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) told APA.

U.S. President Donald Trump will postpone the second meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin until next year after the federal probe into Russian election meddling is over, national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday, APA reports quoting Reuters.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order on the construction of a carpet weaving workshop in Tartar region, AzerTag reports.

As of July 1, 2018 the profit of the banking sector stood at AZN 36.3 million.

Azerbaijani Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov has met with African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy, ICT, and Tourism Amani Abou-Zeid to discuss prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and the African Union.

At least 31 people have been killed in an explosion outside a polling station in Pakistan.

Terrorists carried out deadly attacks in As-Suwayda, in southwestern Syria, over a fear of an imminent defeat, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, TASS reports.

The draft agreement "on cooperation in the field of labor and social protection between the Ministry of labor and social protection of the population of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of social security and labor of Lithuania" is ready for signing, Minister of labor and social protection of the population Sahil Babayev said at a meeting with Lithuanian Ambassador Valdas Lastauskas in Baku, the Department of public relations of the Ministry of labor said in a statement.

The ceasefire monitoring exercise on the Azerbaijan and Armenia state border, in the direction of Tovuz region, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on July 25, ended with no incident.

Due to unbearable conditions of service and hazing in the Armenian army units deployed in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, almost every day, cases of desertion and unauthorized abandonment of duty by military personnel are recorded.

Iran has abolished a duty of $600 levied on each truck traveling from Azerbaijan to Qatar in connection with the transportation of agricultural goods, Deputy Head of the State Road Transport Service under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ibrahim Aliyev said at a conference dedicated to innovations, problems and upcoming tasks in passenger and cargo transportation July 25.

One of the participants of the assassination attempt on the head of Azerbaijan’s Ganja Executive Power, Elmar Valiyev, has been eliminated.

In the units of the Armenian occupation army stationed in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the arbitrariness of officers, the complete absence of military discipline and non-adherence continue to "rule the ball".