Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif had a telephone conversation. They exchanged views on the prospects for bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan in economic, trade, energy, industrial, military, scientific, educational, tourism and other spheres. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an increase in the country’s nuclear warhead stockpile and vowed he would not flinch if the country’s “vital interests” were threatened, in a landmark speech from a ballistic-missile submarine base in north-western France, Euronews reports. “I have ordered an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in our arsenal,”…
At least 28 people were killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli airstrikes. According to media reports, four children and two women were among at least 13 people killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, late yesterday. Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes…
The European Union will wean itself off natural gas supplied by Russia in the coming years, the bloc’s top diplomat promised on Thursday, RT reports. Speaking to Television Espanola, Josep Borrell, the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, said EU members had come to the conclusion that they are too…
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, has proposed imposing sanctions on Israeli government members to the 27 EU member states, dpa reports. The proposed sanctions target Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, dpa learned from EU officials shortly before an EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday. …
During his speech at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, the Russian Foreign Minister spoke about the developments in the South Caucasus. Sergey Lavrov has once again announced that Brussels, according to him, is imposing mediation services on Azerbaijan and Armenia and is destabilizing the situation in the South Caucasus with Washington….
The head of the faction of the ruling party of Ukraine “Servant of the People” David Arakhamia, who was previously the head of the delegation of Kyiv at the talks with Russia, opposed granting Georgia the status of a candidate member of the European Union. Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili spoke…
Reuters. U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris will debate on Sept. 10 on ABC, the network confirmed on Thursday, while Trump said he wants to add two more debates that month on Fox and NBC. In a rambling news conference at his Palm Beach, Florida, residence, Trump said he…
Reuters. Two of President Joe Biden’s top advisers asked U.S. lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday (October 31) at a congressional hearing interrupted repeatedly by protesters denouncing American officials for backing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. As the hearing began, a line of protesters raised red-stained hands in the air…
US Congressman Frank Pallone referred to the upcoming national elections in Turkey. “With Erdogan in power, Turkey continues to slide toward autocracy and away from the values that hold NATO together. Next month’s election will be critical for Turkish democracy and the alliance, Pallone twitted.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has launched a large-scale military drill in the northwestern region of Aras along the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Iran International reports. The IRGC on Monday kicked off its three-day military exercise — codenamed “IRGC Ground Force’s Might” — in areas striding the northern sectors of East Azarbaijan and Ardabil provinces….
EU needs to take active steps in response to Azerbaijan’s actions against the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas has said. During a discussion organized at a meeting of the European Parliament’s External Relations Committee,Loucas Fourlas said: “If I were an Armenian and followed this discussion, I would not…
Russia intends to continue contributing to strengthening the security of the Armenian people, the Russian Embassy said in a statement on Armenian Independence Day. “We congratulate the citizens of Armenia on the National Day, Independence Day. Our brotherly Armenia, like Russia, is going through difficult times. The trials and pain of loss is what unites…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson, issued a statement regarding the advancement of “Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence”. The statement, particularly reads: “The United States condemns the Kremlin-inspired “foreign influence” legislation advanced in Georgia’s parliament earlier today and the false narrative government officials have adopted to defend it. Members of the ruling…
Israeli occupation forces on Saturday carried out a new incursion into the village of Taranga, reaching the outskirts of the town of Jabata al-Khashab in northern Quneitra countryside. SANA reporter in Quneitra said that an Israeli army force, consisting of six military vehicles, entered from the direction of Telloul al-Hamr, passing through the area…
Iran’s police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan warned on state television on Tuesday that anyone taking to the streets “at the enemy’s request” will no longer be seen as a protester but as an enemy, saying security forces have their “fingers on the trigger” against protesters. At the beginning of the war against Iran, US and Israeli…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has cautioned the European Union states against providing military assistance to Armenia, Interfax reports. Bayramov met with Marketa Pekarova Adamova, president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, on Friday. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Bayramov said that “Azerbaijan is a reliable partner of the EU…
Almost all Russian peacekeeping troops have already left Nagorno-Karabakh, and the rest will leave by the end of May. This was reported by the Reuters agency, citing the source of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. It is also said that all of their armored vehicles, including 90 armored vehicles and 380 other vehicles,…
A large forest fire broke out in Izmir, Turkey. Due to strong winds, the fire reached settlements. Airplanes and helicopters are involved in extinguishing the fire, according to A Haber TV channel, UNN reports. The fires occurred in a forested area in the Gaziemir and Budzha districts yesterday, July 18. This caused disruptions in the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the further coordination of steps on facilitating a settlement in Syria in a phone conversation on Saturday, TASS reports. “The sides exchanged New Year’s greetings and discussed the plans of cooperation between diplomatic agencies for 2023, including the further coordination of steps…
In response to the accusations and threats of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev against France and the Armenian-French military cooperation Spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policyof the EU, Peter Stano noted that the history of the EU shows that building trust between countries after a long conflict requires time, forgiveness and patience. Answering a…
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation recorded the violation of the contact line and the positional advance by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on March 25, 2023. The daily bulletin of the Russian Peacekeepers in Artsakh reads: “On March 25, 2023, a unit of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, violating…
Reuters. Russian missile and drone attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed six people, officials said on Wednesday (October 22). Two people were killed in Kyiv, while four, including two children, died in the aftermath of Russian strikes on the surrounding region, Ukraine’s emergency service said on Wednesday. Handout video released…
Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang on Friday, Russian news agencies said, Reuters reports. The visit took place at a critical juncture in the war in Ukraine, opens new tab, for which the United States says North Korea has supplied…
Freedom House referred to the latest raid in Azerbaijan in an independent media outlet. “Today’s crackdown on Azerbaijani broadcaster Toplum TV is the Aliyev regime’s latest unacceptable attack on critical, independent voices in the country. The 10+ employees reportedly detained today join the dozens of other media workers in Azerbaijan targeted for their reporting….
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was registered today in the eastern Turkish district of Tunceli, after last night two earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.4 and 4.5 in the southeastern district of Hakkıari caused panic among local residents, Turkish state TV reports. The earthquake occurred at 4:28 p.m. local time (3:28 p.m. Bulgarian…
Russia and Ukraine on Sunday exchanged 146 prisoners of conflict from each side, the Russian Defense Ministry said, Reuters reports. Ukraine returned eight residents of Russia’s Kursk region. The area was briefly seized by Ukraine in a surprise attack in August 2024, before Russian forces recaptured it earlier this year. The Russian servicemen…
The leader of Iceland’s largest opposition party is urging European politicians to stay out of the country’s referendum on reopening EU membership talks next month, as senior figures across the bloc welcome the prospect of renewed negotiations, Politico reports. “It’s extremely important that this decision in August will be left to the Icelandic nation,”…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he will have a quadrilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Council Charles Michel during the informal summit of the European Union in Prague. Pashinyan stated this at the Parliament-Government question-and-answer session. Speaking in Parliament, PM Pashinyan also said that…
On July 2, 2025, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Yevdokimov, was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, Azerbaijani authorities lodged a formal protest over what they described as Russia’s “unfriendly actions” that have undermined the bilateral relationship. The protest…
