Russia & CIS

Warplanes carry out airstrikes in northern Syria hitting five Daesh targets, says Turkish military.

Azerbaijan removes higher military aviation and higher navy schools from list of special purpose educational institutions.

President Aliyev signed an order on allocating funds for a new school in Azerbaijan’s Salyan city.

President Aliyev has ratified the agreement between Azerbaijan and Afghanistan on military assistance.

The plant was meant to provide Petkim and Star refinery with electricity as well as ensure the sale of electricity to Izmir’s population.

President Aliyev signed an order on new appointments of Azerbaijani diplomats.

The bank holds MasterCard liable, says no money will be repaid to its client.

President Aliyev signed a decree on the next census in the country.

In 2016, Russia's arms exports are to reach the level of $15 billion. From January to August 2016 Russia exported weapons and military equipment worth more than $7 billion. Order portfolio of Russia's defense export giant Rosoboronexport amounted to $48 billion as of July 2016. Interestingly, the USA lifted sanctions against Rosoboronexport

Azerbaijan is to blacklist Deutsche Welle's official.

Gazprom has received the first permits for Turkish Stream pipeline.

Beauties giving preference to military service are rare.

To date, 846 observers have been registered at Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) to observe the September 26 referendum, said CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to see how far Russian President Putin can go to achieve a compromise on the Kuril Islands. Putin has said a thousand times that Russia is not selling its territories. Yet, the words from the Russian leader do not seem to reach Japan. How can Putin make Abe become a realist?

The sides hailed the successful cooperation between FIDE and Azerbaijan.

Two years ago, Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit in Australia before it ended. At the summit in Hangzhou, China, Russian President Putin will be one of the most anticipated guests. US Secretary of State John Kerry has had 20 meetings with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov under the conditions of Russia's "international isolation."

OPEC and Russia should reach a deal to freeze oil supply, while Iran deserves to complete its return to world markets, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in interview to Bloomberg.

Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Işık plans to visit Azerbaijan.

Germany's government has plans to distance itself from a resolution recognizing the events in 1915 in Ottoman Turkey as genocide.