The bureaucratic preparatory work for the launch of direct trade between Armenia and Turkey was completed on May 11, 2026, as part of confidence-building measures undertaken within the process of rela...
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Armenian authorities are trying to sit on two chairs, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said, according to RIA Novosti. “Unfortunately, Yerevan is still trying to maintain what I would call a pol...
High in the mountains of present-day Turkey, a mysterious geological formation sits that some researchers believe could be the remains of Noah’s Ark, the Daily Mail writes. According to the Bible, the...
Fuel prices continue to increase on the global market, RIA Novosti writes. As noted, the price of Brent crude oil has risen by 6.3%. “Against the backdrop of failed Iran–US negotiations, it is trading...
Oil prices plunged by about 9% on Friday after Iran’s foreign minister said that the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz was open for the remaining ceasefire period, ...
The South Caucasus has already entered a period of peace, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan and head of the presidential administration’s foreign policy department, said during ...
Russia and Azerbaijan intend to strengthen their cooperation within the framework of the declaration signed by presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev in February 2022, Lenta.ru reports. The docume...
The BBC is to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years, the BBC writes. This will affect about 10% of the BBC’s 21,500 employees. The round of ...
Azerbaijan has, for the first time, imported goods from Armenia. According to data from the State Customs Committee, in March of this year Azerbaijan imported $960 worth of goods from Armenia. Moreove...
Russia’s customs service has begun imposing higher import duties on goods entering from the EAEU if they were produced in so-called “unfriendly” countries, lawyers and business representatives told Fo...
The damage inflicted on Iran as a result of strikes by the United States and Israel has been estimated at $270 billion, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told RIA Novosti. “Preliminary and ve...
The unified command of the Iranian armed forces says the ports in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman are “either for everyone or for no one”, Al Jazeera writes, citing state broadcaster IRIB. “The A...
