The UN Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission on the island of Cyprus until July 31, 2017, APA reports quoting Anadolu agency.

Iranian firemen rescued a flamingo that fell into an open reservoir of oil in Hormozgan province, south of Iran.

A Yerevan court today sentenced two citizens of Armenia to more than twenty years in jail after finding them guilty of murdering an Indian citizen in Dubai and stealing US$1.7 million in diamonds.

A North Korean defector and former diplomat has claimed that DPRK leader Kim Jong Un could launch a nuclear missile aimed at Los Angeles, knowing that Washington would retaliate.

Azerbaijan’s State Security Service has eliminated a religious extremist who put up armed resistance during the attempt to arrest him, Trend reports.

Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile, BBC reports.

The 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Azerbaijan will be marked by a year-long ‘India-Azerbaijan Dostluq Festival’ dur

Head of the Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Aydin Ismiyev and head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation of West Azerbaijan Province of the Islamic Republic of Iran Jalil Jabbari have explored ways of developing cooperation in the spheres of culture and tourism between the two countries.

Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for the eight soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July, APA reports quoting the state-run Anadolu news agency.

The trade and economic exchanges between India and Azerbaijan went from strength to strength in 2016, Indian Embassy in Baku said in a message Jan. 26.