Russia & CIS

Baku will host 7th Azerbaijan-Russia inter-regional forum on October 31- November 1.

“History of the Republic of Azerbaijan” book has today been launched at the Presidential Library of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) recognized the movement of Fethullah Gulen as a terrorist organization, Turkish newspaper Haber 7 reported Oct. 13.

Fighters from Central African Republic's largely Muslim 'Seleka' militia attacked refugees in the country's remote north on Wednesday, stabbing or hacking to death at least 10 people before UN peacekeepers dispersed them, witnesses said, Reuters reported.

President Barack Obama’s reluctance to use sanctions has undermined US national security and credibility abroad, House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and congressman Todd Young said in an opinion piece published Thursday, Sputnik reported.

Consortium including Azerbaijani AzVirt and Chinese China Power companies intend to participate in international tender for implementation of infrastructure projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nearly 200 judges and prosecutors have been suspended from their duties for using a smartphone messaging app linked to the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey’s top judicial board announced Thursday, Anadolu reported.

Italian newspaper Cronache di Napoli has published an article about Azerbaijani IDPs, AzerTag reports.

A space nation, independent of countries on Earth, could be founded after a team of engineers, scientists and legal experts put forward proposals for an extra-terrestrial state.

Azerbaijan’s grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani and chess players Narmin Khalafova, Mushvig Asgarov and Elmar Gasimov will compete in the 23rd Chigorin memorial in Saint Petersburg.

Turkey and Israel will complete the process of exchanging ambassadors within one week to 10 days, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday, a key step in a process of normalizing ties ruptured six years ago.

About 160 businessmen from 33 countries will attend the first World Forum of Azerbaijani businessmen that will be held Oct. 28-29 in Baku, said the State Committee on Work with Diaspora Oct. 13.

Personnel changes took place in the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Justice.

Azerbaijan’s Honorary Consulate will be opened in the Australian city of Perth – the biggest city and capital of the Western Australia, said the Azerbaijani parliament’s press service Oct. 13.

Iran sent on Thursday two warships to the waters of Yemen to ensure safety of merchant ships' navigation from pirate attacks, APA reports quoting Sputnik.

Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev has met CEO of Italy’s Tenaris Global Services Paolo Rocca, AzerTag reports.

Azerbaijan is preparing a list of foreign retailers where some racks with “Made in Azerbaijan” branded products will be created, said Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev.

CJSC Azerbaijani Railways will close its depots in the city of Baku.

The 30th volume of the “Ilham Aliyev. Development is our goal” multivolume book has been published, Trend reports.

"You know, it's very difficult to have a dialogue with the incumbent US administration. There's almost no dialogue at all. What does it look like? The US administration sets forth its requirements and then insists we should meet them. This is no dialogue, this is some kind of dictate. And that is what's going on with almost each issue," Putin said