Russia & CIS

ndonesia will carry out cloud seeding on Friday in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta after deadly flash floods and landslides following some of the heaviest rains ever recorded AzVisionaz reports citing Reuters

On the instruction of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Supreme CommanderinChief of the Armed Forces Mr Ilham Aliyev on January 2 the leadership of the Ministry of Defense visited one of the Air Defense Units with the aim of an unannounced inspection of the combat readiness of the Air Force

Fiftytwo people affected by the New Years firecrackers and fireworks have turned to medical centers in Armenia the countrys Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said

As a result of the creation of electronic systems by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the population each citizen will have his own individual social program said Sahil Babayev Azerbaijani Minister of Labor and Social Protection APA reports

Taiwans top military official was found dead following a Blackhawk helicopter crash Thursday morning in mountains outside the capital Daily Sabah reported

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesias capital Jakarta reached at least 21 on Thursday with more heavy rain forecast authorities said Reuters reported

A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors researchers in the United States and Britain said Reuters reported

An earthquake with a magnitude of 50 jolted 41 km SSW of Coquimbo Chile at 165132 GMT on Wednesday the US Geological Survey said Xinhua reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 30 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Jan 2

UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned that North Korea has indicated it could resume nuclear and missile tests a UN spokesman said on Wednesday Reuters reported

2019 is about to end It has been a successful year for our country All the goals we set ourselves at the beginning of the year have been successfully fulfilled and Azerbaijan has successfully developed said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year

Our position on the ArmeniaAzerbaijan NagornoKarabakh conflict remains unchanged Our position of principle is that this conflict must be resolved within the territorial integrity of our country NagornoKarabakh is ancient Azerbaijani land an integral part of Azerbaijan from an international legal perspective All leading international organizations have made decisions and resolutions on the conflict and expressed their position said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year

This year the TANAP project was commissioned It is a historical project TANAP has already reached the EU We celebrated this historic event in November this year TANAP is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year

2019 will go down in history as a year of indepth reforms Political reforms personnel reforms structural reforms economic reforms in the political and social spheres have made us stronger Our economy grew this year the nonoil sector of the economy grew by more than 3 percent said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year

Our international positions have strengthened further During the year more than 40 heads of state and government visited Azerbaijan Our bilateral ties have significantly expanded We successfully cooperate in a multilateral format several prestigious international events have been held in our country I should specifically mention the Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkicspeaking States As a result of the summit Azerbaijan assumed chairmanship in the Cooperation Council of Turkicspeaking States said President Ilham Aliyev in his message of congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and New Year

Weeklong holidays have started in Azerbaijan on the occasion of World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day and New Year

First VicePresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has congratulated the people of Azerbaijan on 31 DecemberWorld Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day and the New Year

Solidarity Day of the World Azerbaijanis is marked today APA reports

The Moscow authorities have dumped artificial snow in the city center for New Year festivities as this is now the Russian capitals warmest December since 1886