Russia & CIS

President Ilham Aliyev has awarded Patrick Hickey with the Sharaf order.

Under the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the contact line near Omar mountain pass of Goygol district was monitored on June 17, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

"The people of Azerbaijan will always remember Demirel".

"Armenia is responsible for the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan."

The latest report from the State Customs Committee.

Azerbaijan's Education Minister Mikail Jabbarov is elected president of the Badminton Federation of Azerbaijan.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Laszlo Kover.

The well-informed sources of Zhoghovurd daily have informed that executive director of the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) Company, Yevgeny Bibin, has written a “secret” letter to chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC), Robert Nazaryan, reported the daily.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would aim its striking forces at the territories that posed a threat to Russia's security. "If someone threatens our security, we will have to aim our striking forces at the territories, from where the threat comes." According to Putin, it is NATO that is approaching Russia's borders

Turkey has declared three days of national mourning over the passing of former President Süleyman Demirel, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu have expressed deep sorrow.

An African pinguin who escaped from the Tbilisi zoo during a devastating flood was found swimming in a river at the Red Bridge (the Georgian-Azerbaijani border).

I do not think that the second European Games will be held at such a level.

Azerbaijani athlete Yashar Aliyev (57kg) has defeated his Armenian opponent Garik Barseghyan in a 10-6 win in the 1/4 finals of the freestyle wrestling competitions among men as part of the first European Games in Baku on Wednesday, according to APAsport.

Competitions in rhythmic gymnastics have started at the Gymnastics Arena.

The music choice was the theme to Van Helsing and Russia once again showed that, behind the synchro smiles, they can suck the life out of any opposition in the pool.

Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar says Tehran seeks a fair and balanced nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on conferring the Sheref (Honor) Order upon Patrick Hickey, the president of the European Olympic Committees, Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov told APA on June 17.

A woman has been quarantined in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Territory on suspicion that she may be infected with MERS.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry will help deliver humanitarian aid provided by Cyprus to Ukraine’s southeast.

A representative of the Saudi Arabian Navy says that the International military exhibition Army-2015 that kicked off Tuesday in Moscow region is a good opportunity to see Russian military equipment.