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The US has moved a Navy destroyer to off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two US officials said Feb. 3, amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran, Reuters reported.

Chairman of the State Committee of Azerbaijan for Work with Refugees and IDPs, Chairman of the Republican Commission on International Humanitarian Assistance Ali Hasanov on Friday met with refugees settled in “Shafaq” sanatorium situated in Sariqaya, Binaqadi district.

The US has expanded sanctions against Iran, RIA Novosti reports citing the US Department of Treasury.

Armenia pushes foreign citizens to visiting Azerbaijan’s occupied territories by fraud and other ways, and later tries to turn these people into a tool in its propagandist political games, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, told APA on Feb. 3.

The United Nations hopes for further expansion of cooperation with Azerbaijan to conduct joint activities in order to respond to new challenges effectively at international level, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a letter addressed to Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Coordination Council on Sustainable Development Ali Ahmadov.

The Armenian leadership is infamous for its fascist statements, Vahid Bayramov, a representative of the Israel-Azerbaijan International Association in Azerbaijan, told Trend Feb. 3.

The first issue of the monthly children’s magazine “Qaranqush” (Swallow) by TEAS Press Publishing House was presented at the European Azerbaijan School (EAS) on Friday (www.qaranqush.az).

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Belarus sees no reason that would prevent Minsk from handing over Russian-Israeli blogger Andrei Lapshin to Azerbaijan, APA reported.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced USD/AZN rate for February 6.

Armenians have violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 7 times.

The conference dedicated to the results of the third year of implementing the “State program on socio-economic development of Azerbaijani districts in 2014-2018” has kicked off in Baku, APA reports.

At least two law enforcement officers and three militants have been killed during a police operation in Russian Chechen Republic.

Armenian Defence Minister Vigen Sargsyan will visit Iran.

Germany should not accept the asylum requests of 40 former Turkish soldiers allegedly linked to the July 15 defeated coup.

"Iran's foreign ministry called the decision 'illegal, illogical and contrary to international rules'."

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the Pentagon to submit a plan for the defeat of Daesh to him in the next 30 days,APA reports quoting Sputnik.

In a phone call on Saturday, the Presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, agreed to maintain regular contact and charged their teams with organizing their meeting in person, the Kremlin press service said, TASS reports.

Azerbaijani cultural monuments and cemeteries are being destroyed as a result of the Armenian occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is a cradle of Azerbaijani culture, Sevinj Fataliyeva, a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, said.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by President of American Jewish Committee John Shapiro.

Flights on Baku-Ganja-Baku route will be restored from February 5 upon the request of Ganja city executive authority.