An opening ceremony for the largest mosque in Europe is being held today in the city of Shali, Chechnya, with more than 200 guests from 43 countries in attendance. The new mosque has been heralded as 'The pride of Muslims'; it …
Red flags have been put out at the coastal regions of Georgia to note holiday-makers that swimming conditions are dangerous. According to the Emergency Management Service, a 3 - 4 magnitude storm is observed along the Black Sea …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he gave the security forces the instruction to do what is needed to thwart Iran's plans. "I don’t give Iran immunity anywhere," he said, …
Eleven soldiers were taken to hospital after a military truck overturned in Armenia's Tavush Province. This morning, at about 3:30am local time, a military truck carrying soldiers overturned nearby the military unit close to …
A total of 170 firefighters, dozens of firefighting and emergency machines and two border police helicopters have been brought in to extinguish a fire in Georgia’s Shida Kartli region. The firefighters from all the municipalities …
Power stations in Azerbaijan generated 14.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-July 2019, which is 5.1% more compared to January-July 2018, according to Azerbaijan's State Statistical Committee. It was noted that …
Iran will not start a war in the Gulf but it will defend itself, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday, Reuters reports. “Will there be a war in the … Gulf? I can tell you that we will not start the …
A car burnt down completely Thursday in Yerevan, News.am reports. At 12:21am, the 911 emergency hotline received a call informing that a vehicle was on fire on a motorway in the capital city of Armenia. A fire brigade was …
Fire broke out at the building of the Kazakh Drama Theatre in the city of Atyrau, according to the Emergencies Committee. The municipal fire-fighting department was informed about the fire in the theatre at 14:30 local time. …
What did federal authorities do to stabilize situation with forest fires in Siberia
Specialists at the Armenian Food Safety Agency have found out the source of anthrax infection in Geghovit village of Armenia's Gegharkunik province, according to the press office of the agency. It was reported two …
The Syrian Army has taken full control of Khan Shaykhun, a strategic town in northwestern Syria and one of the last strongholds of foreign-backed terrorists, for the first time since 2014, a war monitor confirmed. The …
This year Azerbaijan will host the Summit of World Religious Leaders, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations Mubariz Gurbanli said. According to him, the 2nd Baku Summit of …
Local fishermen caught a five-meter sixgill shark in the Strait of the Dardanelles off the coast of Turkey’s Canakkale province, according to TRT Haber. Reportedly, fishermen for several hours could not pull the net on board. The …
The Dagestan-based Kizlyar Brandy Factory intends to boost ready products output by 25% to 12 mln bottles, Chief Executive Officer of the distillery Evgeni Druzhinin said. "We plan to increase the volume to 12 mln …
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense has analyzed and studied the data of the flight recorder and other technical documents of the MiG-29 combat aircraft of the Azerbaijani Air Force, which crashed on July 24, 2019. Based on the …
Former Prosecutor General Indira Joldubaeva has been placed under house arrest in Kyrgyzstan in connection with the criminal probe into illegal freeing of crime boss Aziz Batukaev from prison. On August 20, …
The National Flag Day of the Russian Federation is celebrated on August 22 every year in accordance with the presidential executive order "On National Flag Day in the Russian Federation," dated August 20, 1994. The white, blue …
A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket took off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan today to deliver to the International Space Station (ISS) the Soyuz MS-14 manned spacecraft with a Russian humanoid robot Fedor on board. The rocket took …
Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, Bavar-373 mobile surface-to-air missile system. State television showed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attending an unveiling ceremony for …
