Russia & CIS

Over 26 thousand new members were admitted to the New Azerbaijan Party NAP last year APA reports

Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up near the US embassy in the Tunisian capital Tunis killing five police officers The Guardian reported

Azerbaijan and the World Health Organization WHO are collaborating effectively on a longterm basis Trend reports on March 6 referring to the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers

The novel coronavirus officially known as COVID19 infected more than 97000 people across the world according to a data collecting website worldometer Anadolu Agency reported

The route created in Azerbaijan upon the Jewish heritage the work conducted in this regard as well as the promotion of this tourism product are appreciated by the Israeli government Israeli Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek said at the meeting with Chairman of the State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev in Baku Trend reported

Greece has detected 14 new cases of coronavirus health authorities said on Friday bringing the total in the country to 45 Reuters reported

The traffic police officers accompany the drivers of vehicles transporting transit cargo through Azerbaijan Trend reports on March 6 referring to the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry

The EU on Friday welcomed a recent TurkeyRussia agreement for a ceasefire between conflict parties in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib Anadolu Agency reported

The general sense of uncertainty in the world due to the Coronavirus outbreak has reached the chess world with plenty of open tournaments announcing they will not take place or have been postponed Chess News reported

Social media giant Facebook Inc FBO and Alphabet Incs GOOGLO Google on Thursday recommended their San Francisco Bay area employees to work from home to minimize the risk of spreading Covid19 Reuters reported

The negotiations on a new agreement between Azerbaijan and the EU are underway Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said in Baku at the event dedicated to International Womens Day March 8 Trend reports

At least 23 people have been killed and 33 injured in the deadly attack in Kabul targeting the ceremony attended by former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah sources at the Mohammed Ali Jinnah hospital said Sputnik reported

Nearly 90 percent of the worlds population of every gender holds some prejudice against women according to a UN study published Thursday ahead of International Womens Day Reuters reported

The next trilateral meeting between Azerbaijan Georgia and Turkey will be held this year according to Georgias Defense Ministry

Oil prices have decreased on the world markets

An Azerbaijan border guard Orkhan Pashazade who was martyred by Armenian armed forces has been laid to rest

Azerbaijans State Oil Company SOCAR has sent first batch of Azerbaijani oil to the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry Belneftekhim Concern by tankers from the Turkish port of Ceyhan to Belarus Ibrahim Ahmadov Deputy Head of the SOCAR Public Relations and Event Management Department told Trend

President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Azerbaijani women on the occasion of 8 March International Womens Day

The World Health Organization WHO has registered 2241 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the world in the past day with 143 of those cases in China according to the informational bulletin released on Friday TASS reported

Azerbaijani oil price has fallen on the world markets